New Smilies Alert

[livius drusus]

For Ymir's blood and anyone else who has missed new arrivals, I've decided to make my 5000th post the OP of a new smilies alert thread. Honestly, I'm not sure which is more pathetic: my post count or the forum smiley count, but either way, it makes sense that they should dance this waltz together.

First, some fair commentary on both the obscene counts: :eyebrow3: :shiver: :not:

And now, a little something special for Ymir's blood collection: :cthulhu3:



Keep an eye on this thread for news of any future additions. Thank you.

[Ymir's blood]

And now, a little something special for Ymir's blood collection: :cthulhu3:
A star-nose mole! :D

You really shouldn't have! :wink:

[livius drusus]

You know me. I just can't stop with the giving.

[Ex-zombie]

What about a rooster smiley? When I posted Happy Year of the Rooster I had to settle for a chicken smiley instead. It was sad.

[Seven of Nine]

For Ymir's blood and anyone else who has missed new arrivals, I've decided to make my 5000th post the OP of a new smilies alert thread. Honestly, I'm not sure which is more pathetic: my post count or the forum smiley count, but either way, it makes sense that they should dance this waltz together.

Pathetic??!! Pathetic??!! Please allow this drone to assure you that having far and away the best smiley collection of any board on the net significantly adds to our collective's perfection.

As for achieving 5,000 posts, in my case, "pathetic" may be an apt descriptive term. I believe Q explains my situation best:
http://sevenofnine.cherrytaco.com/Star_Trek_Sound_Files/Q/asreal.mp3
Nevertheless, in your case, Captain, 5,000 posts demonstrates your dedication to our welfare.

Keep an eye on this thread for news of any future additions. Thank you.

I will comply. Please continue waltzing. http://sevenofnine.cherrytaco.com/Miscellanea/Emoticons/icon_Borg_Rosie.gif

[livius drusus]

Pathetic??!! Pathetic??!! Please allow this drone to assure you that having far and away the best smiley collection of any board on the net significantly adds to our collective's perfection.

You are an excellent drone. Perhaps someday you will rise to the level of counterpart.

As for achieving 5,000 posts, in my case, "pathetic" may be an apt descriptive term. I believe Q explains my situation best:
http://sevenofnine.cherrytaco.com/Star_Trek_Sound_Files/Q/asreal.mp3

Ah, the wisdom of the Q never ceases to make me :lmao:

Nevertheless, in your case, Captain, 5,000 posts demonstrates your dedication to our welfare.

Yeah, that's it. That's the ticket! I bring order to chaos, donchaknow.

I will comply. Please continue waltzing. http://sevenofnine.cherrytaco.com/Miscellanea/Emoticons/icon_Borg_Rosie.gif

I will indeed, and thanks to you (and the lovely Rosie who along with "seven" is a keyword for her creations), I have several new dance partners.

:7of9: :herb: :fdragon: :pirate2:

[Seven of Nine]

You are an excellent drone. Perhaps someday you will rise to the level of counterpart.

Unlikely, Captain, yet she is a worthy role model. It is worth the attempt.

As for achieving 5,000 posts, in my case, "pathetic" may be an apt descriptive term. I believe Q explains my situation best:
http://sevenofnine.cherrytaco.com/Star_Trek_Sound_Files/Q/asreal.mp3

Ah, the wisdom of the Q never ceases to make me :lmao:

Agreed...when I'm not terrified by it. He is like a diety of which Chakotey once spoke: Coyote...and Coyote always waits.

Nevertheless, in your case, Captain, 5,000 posts demonstrates your dedication to our welfare.

Yeah, that's it. That's the ticket! I bring order to chaos, donchaknow.

A function, Captain, which ex-drones immediately recognize and appreciate.

I will comply. Please continue waltzing. http://sevenofnine.cherrytaco.com/Miscellanea/Emoticons/icon_Borg_Rosie.gif

I will indeed, and thanks to you (and the lovely Rosie who along with "seven" is a keyword for her creations), I have several new dance partners.

:7of9: :herb: :fdragon: :pirate2:

Thank you, Captain. I also find them asthetically pleasing, but can't take credit for any of them. If I may add credit where credit is actually due, a young woman known as "ithildin" is the creator of :fdragon:

[livius drusus]

What about a rooster smiley? When I posted Happy Year of the Rooster I had to settle for a chicken smiley instead. It was sad.

Heartbreaking, even. Thankfully, I have now remedied this painful oversight with as proud a cock as anyone could ask for: :rooster:
Oh, and another classic bird of world-wide reknown: :foghorn:

[Farren]

Love the cock!

[Skep]

Oh, and another classic bird of world-wide reknown: :foghorn:
:foghorn: This is gonna... I say, this is gonna create more confusion than a mouse at a burlesque show. :mousecheese: :cancan:


Congrats on your V-barth post, liv. :)

[LadyShea]

Do we have a list of the cool special keywords?

[livius drusus]

A function, Captain, which ex-drones immediately recognize and appreciate.

:qex:
:burns:

Thank you, Captain. I also find them asthetically pleasing, but can't take credit for any of them. If I may add credit where credit is actually due, a young woman known as "ithildin" is the creator of :fdragon:

I have added her biological and technological distinctiveness to our own.

[livius drusus]

Love the cock!

I figured you would. Will the version with the big ol' blunt hanging out his beak will be forthcoming shortly?

[livius drusus]

:foghorn: This is gonna... I say, this is gonna create more confusion than a mouse at a burlesque show. :mousecheese: :cancan:

/me giggles
I totally read that out loud with the accent and everything.

Congrats on your V-barth post, liv. :)

Thank you kindly. Congrats on coining a cool new word. :thumbup:

[livius drusus]

Do we have a list of the cool special keywords?

We don't, but that's an excellent idea. I'll see what I can put together.

[copiae]

Congrats on your 5k post count, liv.

Lets see... I currently have 82 posts, and and I post at the rate of .40 posts per day. Calculating milestones based upon this average:

100 posts: 45 days (.12 years)
1000 posts: 2295 days (6.28 years)
2000 posts: 4795 days (13.12 years)
5000 posts: 12295 days (33.66 years)

... Heh, at this rate, I'll be joining you in a little while :eek: .

[livius drusus]

Good lord, copiae. You need to speed it up, because if I'm still running this forum when i'm 65... :shudder:

[Crumb]

I guess you better start posting more silly and useless posts that add nothing to the thread, but still add to your post count.

Like I do. :tiphat2:

[Skep]

After seeing the hovertext of the Can-Can smilie (which seems to imply that I made it), I went ahead and made one of my own. http://img55.exs.cx/img55/7230/3cancan6gk.gif

Yay me! http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/YayMe.gif




And look!

http://img55.exs.cx/img55/7230/3cancan6gk.gifhttp://img55.exs.cx/img55/7230/3cancan6gk.gifhttp://img55.exs.cx/img55/7230/3cancan6gk.gifhttp://img55.exs.cx/img55/7230/3cancan6gk.gifhttp://img55.exs.cx/img55/7230/3cancan6gk.gif

[lady cop]

And now, a little something special for Ymir's blood collection: :cthulhu3:



Keep an eye on this thread for news of any future additions. Thank you.
now THAT is GREAT! i love the little creature! :yup:

[Seven of Nine]

A function, Captain, which ex-drones immediately recognize and appreciate.

:qex:
:burns:

Thank you, Captain. I also find them asthetically pleasing, but can't take credit for any of them. If I may add credit where credit is actually due, a young woman known as "ithildin" is the creator of :fdragon:

I have added her biological and technological distinctiveness to our own.

Well done, Captain.

http://sevenofnine.cherrytaco.com/Star_Trek_Images/Star_Trek_Animations/locutus_ani.gif

Locutus agrees.

[JoeP]

Love the cock!
Yes, it reminds me of someone ... but I can't think who ...

[JoeP]

I guess you better start posting more silly and useless posts that add nothing to the thread, but still add to your post count.

Like I do. :tiphat2:
And me: :tiphat2: :tiphat2:

[beyelzu]

Love the cock!
Yes, it reminds me of someone ... but I can't think who ...
is someone thinking of me?

my ears are burning

[JoeP]

No, not you, you old cock ... have you seen the smoking rooster? Or has it not been around since you have?

[livius drusus]

Ladies and gents, I think my latest masterpiece even surpasses the dead horse beating smiley both in terms of graphic detail and philosophical import. Dedicated to Seven of Nine, please welcome

:rif:

[wei yau]

Ladies and gents, I think my latest masterpiece even surpasses the dead horse beating smiley both in terms of graphic detail and philosophical import. Dedicated to Seven of Nine, please welcome

:rif:

Hot damn! That's cool. Awesome work, liv!

[Skep]

That's awesome, liv. Keep up the good work. http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/Excited.gif

[Seven of Nine]

Ladies and gents, I think my latest masterpiece even surpasses the dead horse beating smiley both in terms of graphic detail and philosophical import. Dedicated to Seven of Nine, please welcome

:rif:


Unbelievable, liv! Incredible! You've outdone yourself creating Rif! Brava! :appl:

[Ensign Steve]

:rif:

:bow: :hearts: :madlove: :heart: :love: :lovey: :rollover:

[livius drusus]

And from the darkest recesses of Skeptoid's horny mind, please welcome his gorgeous Can-Can girls, both nice and naughty. :D

:cancan2: and :cancan3:

[livius drusus]

:bartmoon:

Because I needed it.

[Crumb]

Cheater!

[livius drusus]

:flex:

[Crumb]

:madrant:

[livius drusus]

Sigh... (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1933)

[Crumb]

:muahaha:

[livius drusus]

At Seven's request and because you kids are making me :crazy:!

[Crumb]

I have to admit Liv, including this smilie in the database makes you just slightly less of an :asshat: .

[godfry n. glad]

Love the cock!
Yes, it reminds me of someone ... but I can't think who ...

That wouldn't be the ol' "cock of the walk", now would it?

The one with that gorgeous plummage and the smokin' spliff?

[ceptimus]

Ever since I saw this post (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1585) of viscousmemories, I've been meaning to make this:

http://www.mround.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/freethought/images/tilting.gif



It could do with a bit of work though to clear up the jaggies around the smiley. :blush:

[viscousmemories]

:roflmao:

Meanie.

[livius drusus]

Well, it's been a while since we had anything new. I was actually a little rusty, so I didn't finish uploading the ones that are ready, nevermind finishing up the ones that need a little work (like cep's windmill burn, which has a lot of taunting potential). Anyway, blah blah, without further ado:

:bow4:
:smitten:
:poke2: (finally a poking one which doesn't look retarded in one way or another)
:drowned:
:rainshit: (Skep's find)
:bass:
:frolic:
:thrust:
:picasso:
:study: (aren't those glasses adorable?)
:ww:
:pinkele:
:coin:
:idea2:
:drunk4:
:barrel:
:crybaby: (because darkmoon continues to be a damn genius)

And my own creation, FF's very first Roman themed smiley:

:caesar:

[Skep]

And my own creation, FF's very first Roman themed smiley:

:caesar:
Too cool. Great job. :yup:

[Ex-zombie]

:rainshit: Pure genius. :bow:

[viscousmemories]

Welcome to the newest members of smileyville, and to echo Skeptoid the Roman one is cool. Great job. :yup:

[Crumb]

All hail Livius, the smiley master.

:bow4: :caesar: :bow4:

[Skep]

:rainshit: Pure genius. :bow:
That's another one of comino's smilies. He's one of my favorite emoticonists. Here's a couple more of his that I like:

http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/Muscles.gif

http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/Hungry4.gif

http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/Flowers3.gif

http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/SmokeJoint7.gif

[Jules]

I love all the smileys,Jen knows how much i use them in posts,i`m a smilie addict :D.I use them when ever possible lol.

[wei yau]

Excellent! More new smileys!

The Roman conqueror is awesome. Great work, liv!

[livius drusus]

More randomness:

:victory:
:caught:
:rude:
:pissed:
:hairpull:
:ghost2:
:rolldead:
:stranded:
:nude:
:snoopy2:
:angel:
:kettle:
:viper:
:stoopid:
:mitosis:

And for those who were disappointed by refusal to upload the icky girls gone wild thing: :kissass:

[Seven of Nine]

WAY TO GO, LIV!!! YAY! YIPPEE! WOOT! WOOT! :appl:


And for those who were disappointed by refusal to upload the icky girls gone wild thing: :kissass:
Well, this one is gonna make some of the chillins mighty happy!


should I ask about the icky girls gone wild thing? :eek:

[Shake]

WAY TO GO, LIV!!! YAY! YIPPEE! WOOT! WOOT! :appl:


And for those who were disappointed by refusal to upload the icky girls gone wild thing: :kissass:
Well, this one is gonna make some of the chillins mighty happy!
Yup!
/me raises his hand

[pescifish]

:rolldead: I may be forced to face my fears and open a thread as thanks for this one. Very cute!

[livius drusus]

Yay! Go pesci go! :victory:

[JoeP]

All hail livius drusus!

All the other compliments double. There are some truly excellent ones in this crop.

I was a bit surprised to see :bow4: in the package ... he looks a bit oversized, a bit roughly proportioned (are those hands or oven mitts?) and just freaky. Am I out of tune with the liv style?

[pescifish]

I was a bit surprised to see :bow4: in the package ... he looks a bit oversized, a bit roughly proportioned (are those hands or oven mitts?) and just freaky. Am I out of tune with the liv style?If you are, so am I. I was surprised for the same reasons. :susp:

Those aren't hands -- they look like teddy bear ears! I thought it was a bear falling face forward, asleep.

[livius drusus]

Oh poop. Y'all caught me. It was a desperate act. I needed a new worshipful one because someone who shall remain nameless (:cough: godfry :cough: ) put the word bow between colons in a post. All the good ones I had already, and I didn't want to just upload some different colored version of an extant bow, so I settled for the oversized mouseketeer freak.

I hate myself. :angst:

[Ex-zombie]

Oh poop. Y'all caught me. It was a desperate act. I needed a new worshipful one because someone who shall remain nameless (:cough: godfry :cough: ) put the word bow between colons in a post. All the good ones I had already, and I didn't want to just upload some different colored version of an extant bow, so I settled for the oversized mouseketeer freak.

I hate myself. :angst:

Hmmm. Interesting. I've heard that in desperation for their next fix addicts will use less than top grade stuff. I now know it's true.

[godfry n. glad]

I was a bit surprised to see :bow4: in the package ... he looks a bit oversized, a bit roughly proportioned (are those hands or oven mitts?) and just freaky. Am I out of tune with the liv style?If you are, so am I. I was surprised for the same reasons. :susp:

Those aren't hands -- they look like teddy bear ears! I thought it was a bear falling face forward, asleep.

Or some critter with stunted, swollen antlers sleeping and snoring.

[livius drusus]

:shutup:

[Crumb]

:cheerup: I appreciate all your smilies, Liv. Even the ones that are a little... eh... slow.

Well... except for this one :kissass: its a little disturbing.

[godfry n. glad]

And now I see I am being scapegoated as the reason for this travesty.

You could have put a pretty satin ribbon bow....or the bow of a ship...or a bow with arrows.... :giggle:

:qsigh:
godfry

(at least I know now how to facilitate acquisition of needed smilies...just put the needed term between colons and 54 goes a-huntin') :plotting:

[Crumb]

:crumb:

[godfry n. glad]

:calvin:
:hobbes:
:dancinhobbes:
:spacemanspiff:

[viscousmemories]

I was a bit mystified by the creepy looking big eared bear passing out too. :giggle:

[livius drusus]

I hate you all.

[wei yau]

Is it gone? I don't see him in the intro list, but he's still in the smileys menu.

Anyhoo, I have to admit that I noticed him right off the bat. However, I chose not to say anything. I don't want to appear to be ungrateful to liv for the wonderful menagerie she has made available to us. They can't all be perfect, though whatever flaws they may possess are easily overlooked for the simple fact that someone as discerning and conscientious as liv chose to embrace them :hoard:

[JoeP]

Eldar, you are right. Pesci, zombie, crumb and vm were all cruel, heartlessly pointing out liv's momentary lapse in judgement. Whereas I was careful to praise first and then gently raise the question, in the spirit of improving. I was taking the generous and caring approach of someone who gives a few rand (dimes) to a poor soul clearly fallen on hard times. Even if she is a hopeless druggie.

:druggie:
:beggar:
:charity:
:livius:

[pescifish]

Pesci, <snip> were all cruel, heartlessly pointing out liv's momentary lapse in judgement. Whereas I was careful...Excuuuuse me, but I challenge you to demonstrate how it is that I did anything but echo your kind words and offer what I feel is a very generous (and cute) alternate explanation. Benefit of the doubt, sir. My sleepy bear was not a mockery, but was a sincere favorable judgment granted in the absence of full evidence. :hmph:

[JoeP]

P, I would surely give you the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure a case could be made (by a good lawyer) that "a bear falling face forward, asleep" is in some way a favourable judgement on a "bow" smilie.

But the doubt was cast by the injured party. My post: 06:29 PM (local time). No response from liv. 20 minutes pass. Your post: 06:49 PM. 11 minutes pass. Liv's post: 07:00 PM: "I hate myself."

The court can only conclude that my post was not offensive but yours - albeit unintentionally - was. I find you, and everyone else posting on this thread, guilty, and sentence you to 500 posts.

[livius drusus]

I can't support the proceedings of this kangaroo court, but I sure love its conclusions. Oh, and that's 500 substantive posts, btw. :muahaha:

[Ex-zombie]

How come vm's name doesn't link up to any smilies? Is it because he is just liv's whipping boy/slave?

[Ensign Steve]

Ya. And how come a search for "Blake" doesn't bring up: :pancakebunny: ?

[godfry n. glad]

Ya. And how come a search for "Blake" doesn't bring up: :pancakebunny: ?

Yeeeeaaah....Why is that?


:mob:

Inquiring minds (with their pitchforks and torches) want to know.

[livius drusus]

I try to avoid obviousness. Although I don't always succeed, given my penchant for putting the requester as keyword for his requested smilies.

:calvin: :hobbes:

[godfry n. glad]

I try to avoid obviousness. Although I don't always succeed, given my penchant for putting the requester as keyword for his requested smilies.

:calvin: :hobbes:

:hands1: Awwwwwright!:mememe: :mememe::mememe:

Thank you, 54. You are a gem; a priceless gem. :cool: Bill Watterson is an absolute genius. Calvin and Hobbes are my favorite, favorite literary characters (and Suzy Derkins and her Buns, too!). Of all time. Hence, why my feline domesticus household pest has the handle he does. :hobbes: He does a fair job living up to it, too.

godfry n. grateful

:calvin:(Just out of interest, do you know why searching with "godfry n." brings up what it does?)

[Ensign Steve]

godfry:

http://stfunoob.com/calvin_hobbes/

[livius drusus]

(Just out of interest, do you know why searching with "godfry n." brings up what it does?)

If you searched using the "any word" dropdown option instead of "all words", then I believe it's the n. found in the hovertext. That's one of the reasons I used "godfry" by itself for C&H. I didn't really want people turning up random n's and glads.

Still, you could do worse. I think :caught: is adorable.

[Crumb]

/me searches for 'crumb', finds:

:pimpin: :sammich:

/me wonders why.

[livius drusus]

I told you when you got your keyword. Same time you got your title. As for the sammich, there are crumbs around the bite, hence the keyword.

Here's your latest avatart with a transparent background.

[Crumb]

This isn't the first time I have written a quick reply and instead of hitting post, hit the bloody go button. :hairpull:

Oh well, I don't feel like writing it again. Thanks for the transparent background Liv.

[livius drusus]

You're welcome. What's a go button? :scratch:

Oh, if you don't like the keyword or think it's too random or something I'll take it down. Name your pleasure.

[Crumb]

The 'go' button is the little button at the bottom that says 'go'. :wink: If I click it after I write this here, I will loose everything I wrote. I have lost whole posts this way without knowing it, then later come back to a thread and go: "Wait a minute, didn't I reply to this thread?"

The keyword thing is fine. Although I did expect more livestock in there. :wink:

[Ex-zombie]

What's a go button?

I wondered the same thing. No way was I going to ask. I've already made myself look ignorant enough today.

[livius drusus]

The 'go' button is the little button at the bottom that says 'go'. :wink: If I click it after I write this here, I will loose everything I wrote. I have lost whole posts this way without knowing it, then later come back to a thread and go: "Wait a minute, didn't I reply to this thread?"

How very odd. What browser is this?

The keyword thing is fine. Although I did expect more livestock in there. :wink:

Maybe it's the bone-weariness talking, but I have no idea what the livestock thing is about. Sorry. Meanwhile, perhaps this keyword (and hovertext) will suit you better: :joecool:

[Crumb]

:joecool: Is fabulous, Liv. You are the best.

As to the livestock I was refering to you having said that smilies suggested my a user would have their name as a keyword. Not that I really care. You have made me happy now.

Here's the go button:

[livius drusus]

Ohh that go. Dude, it's like a half mile away from the post buttons. :tmtongue: Still totally lost on the livestock, but I'm glad you're glad.

[Crumb]

I guess I am too subtle, oh well.

I didn't say it was near the other button, but if I don't post its the button I push, sometimes I push it even if I write something in this little box and then everything I wrote goes bye-bye.

I am feeling much better now.

[livius drusus]

I see how that could be possible. I never use the Jump box myself, but I have filled up a Quick Reply box with unparalled brilliance only to click on http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/freethought/buttons/quickreply.gif again and delete everything.

I'm pretty sure the entire works of Shakespeare could be found in those posts and the ones I've lost due to browser crashes.

[Crumb]

"Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio." :shakespeare:

[godfry n. glad]

godfry:

http://stfunoob.com/calvin_hobbes/

Well, I'll be dognamed. Ain't that a treasure trove? :redhoard: This is under Watterson's imprimatur? Wow. :holycow: Arranged by chrono order.

This is for....slack time.

Thank you, Ensign. :medal:

godfry n. gladtanoyeh

[godfry n. glad]

Ah, Crumb...

I, too, have sent some of my best, my most inspired deathless prose, into the ether. Usually inadvertantly. If I hit the "back" button on my browser, the setup dumps me out and I have to log back in and start all over. I tend to be far too cavalier in punching buttons; ergo, I edit a fair deal after I've posted.

Some days, it's just not worth chewing your way through the leather straps.

You have my sincerest condolences. Paying dues ain't fun. :sadnana:

godfry

[Ensign Steve]

Ohh that go.

Duh.


This is under Watterson's imprimatur?

Most likely not. Then again, it's a hell of a lot less annoying than those stupid window stickers of Calvin peeing on stuff. Credit should be given to Cynical Chick, she sent me the link. Slack time, indeed!

[godfry n. glad]

Ohh that go.

Duh.


This is under Watterson's imprimatur?

Most likely not. Then again, it's a hell of a lot less annoying than those stupid window stickers of Calvin peeing on stuff. Credit should be given to Cynical Chick, she sent me the link. Slack time, indeed!


:heh:

I had fun one summer afternoon a couple years back when I "admired" the "peeing Calvin" decal on the back window of a pickup truck parked next to my rig in a lot. The driver was proud of it, so I asked him where he got it and he gave me the name and location of the shop. I carefully wrote down all the information, thanked him kindly and informed him I'd stop by the shop to check if they still had them before I reported it to Bill Watterson's publisher for prosecution on copyright infringement.... and that I'd heard that the artist was really pissed off at this slanderous misrepresentation of his work.

He blinked...

Writing down his license number, I told him I'd tell the dealer I got the information from him.

I got in my van and drove off.

It was fun. I, of course, have done no such thing since.

I did it again when I got a chance to talk to an owner of one of the "praying Calvin" decals (actually Calvin and Susie praying at the base of a cross). Only this time I told him that it was my understanding that the artist was even more upset about the praying one than he was the pissing one.

godfry

[livius drusus]

Our brand new :shocking:, now in new non-seizure formula.


Oh and :chicken: and :frog: just because I think they're really, really cute.

[Ensign Steve]

That's the non-siezure version?

[viscousmemories]

If you're still seeing the black and white version, you have to refresh your browser.

[Ensign Steve]

That fixed it! Grazie!

[JoeP]

Oh and :chicken: and :frog: just because I think they're really, really cute.
That's a chicken? Not a mad professor?

I'll grant you cuteness on the frog.

[livius drusus]

The fluffy chicken is adorable. Meanie. :madrazz:

[pescifish]

How many new substantive (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=48206&postcount=72) posts does he have to make for being a meanie? :smugnod:

[JoeP]

More to the point, how many substantive posts does livius have to make to pay for these confusing pink, whiskered, red-nosed, oven-mitt-wearing, fainting supposed bowing chicken smilies? Next we'll have a bear with chickens for hands. Or a bear with its hands in the cavities of two dressed chickens. Fainting. Or chickens fainting while bowing down to bears.

I'm not a meanie, really, I'm just confused. Help me believe!

[livius drusus]

Oh please. If anything I have to pay by not posting for a change. As for my sweet little fluffy chicken, I just don't understand how anyone could not love her. I was even considering putting her in my sig just because she's so adorable.

I could understand the reaction to the fainting bear; I can even understand the oven-mitt railroad hands guy looking shady to some, but the fluffy chicken? Why God why?

[Ensign Steve]

:chicken:

I see the mad professor. But you're right. He is very cute!

[godfry n. glad]

Hmmm... I still don't see any professor, mad or otherwise.

It looks to me like a chicken that has just been goosed.

[Shake]

Hmmm... I still don't see any professor, mad or otherwise.

It looks to me like a chicken that has just been goosed.
... or like it's just slammed into a window! (Anyone see the Garfield movie?)

[Ensign Steve]

Hmmm... I still don't see any professor, mad or otherwise.

It looks to me like a chicken that has just been goosed.

He's got small eyes, a big round nose, and no mouth. He's got a tuft of red hair on top, and wild white hair sticking out the sides. Looks like the collar of his lab coat is askew or something. Blur your eyes, and you will see. Like a Magic Eye puzzle.

[livius drusus]

In honor of Lauri's new baby.

:miniglomp:

[Skep]

No wonder those cars are so small... you don't have to actually get into the car to drive it. :D

[livius drusus]

It's glomp-powered, donchaknow.

[Skep]

How many miles to the glomp does that little car get?

[livius drusus]

Fifty-seven frames to the glomp. I'm not good with English measurements; you do the conversion. :giggle:

[Ex-zombie]

:reaper2: This smiley kicks ass! :reaper2:

[livius drusus]

He is cool, isn't he? He doesn't get anywhere near enough screentime. You should hook him up, Ex-zombie. Always assuming you don't find another worthy object of fixation in this latest group.

:tease:
:yay:
:moon:
:thewave:
:flirty:
:lovenote:
:nuhuh:
:redx:
:airbox:
:electro:
:woopsie:
:killme:
:nutty:
:climbing:
:dollup:
:sunbathe:
:baby3:
:gangster2:
:boss:
:vampire:
:luvbirds:
:beewave:
:cowdance:
:fish:
:ofish:
:gbear:
:cheers2:
:manhater:
:whatever:
:skates:
:skydive:
:skydiver:
:tennis2:
:matrix:
:redbaron:
:rinse:

[viscousmemories]

Those are awesome, liv. :appl:

:cowdance:

[Ex-zombie]

Very nice, liv( :nutty: ).

However I just knew for sure you would locate a moose smiley, instead of that ballpark elk thing. Donchaknow.

Is this what you're going to do to me? :electro:

[livius drusus]

I was thinking more along the lines of: you -->:ballgag::whip:<-- me

[livius drusus]

Further additions to the vegetarian whimsy collection:

:turnip: :banana2:

And from darkmoon3636 -- who I believe has truly surpassed herself and is no longer an emoticonist but an animated short director:

:ipod:

[viscousmemories]

Yeah! More dancing food. :woohoo:

And that IPOD film is hilarious. (Though at first I thought she was just dancing in the dark... I didn't immediately get that she was listening to an IPOD.)

[livius drusus]

Anyone who has seen the commercial will likely spot it as an ipod. For everyone else, there's the hovertext. :matrix:

[livius drusus]

And this guy, for godfry and Gurdur: :garden:

[godfry n. glad]

Why, thank you, 54.

Just for that, I'll force you to look at fluer pitchers sometime soon. :snapshot: :rose3:

[livius drusus]

I can think of worse fates, godfry. :rose2:

Meanwhile, I can't believe the lack of responsiveness on my latest uploads. Where's JoeP? Where's Skeptoid? Where's eldar? Where's Crumb? I mean really, people. Do you think accolades and appreciation are going to kill me? :glare:

[livius drusus]

:brooding:

[Crumb]

:sarclap:

[godfry n. glad]

Hey... I'm appreciatin' as hard as I can. :mememe:

I think that several of the smilies you last notified about are real gems...additions of stature (or lack thereof).

But I still don't see a kicking ass. :sadcheer:

godfry n. grateful

[livius drusus]

:kickscan:

[livius drusus]

Hey... I'm appreciatin' as hard as I can.

Oh no, you're a veritable lifeline.

I think that several of the smilies you last notified about are real gems...additions of stature (or lack thereof).


:bgirl: Thank you thank you thank you.

But I still don't see a kicking ass. :sadcheer:

I shall move heaven and earth to get you your ass. This I do swear. :yessir:

[Crumb]

:snoopy: They are great liv, there are just so many all at once it is hard to take them all in. Keep up the good work. :cheer:

[livius drusus]

:wriggle: Thank you thank you thank you.

[Crumb]

Sorry about the :sarclap:. I was just being an :asshat:.

[godfry n. glad]

:thewave::thewave::thewave::thewave::thewave: 4:54

[livius drusus]

:bliss:

[godfry n. glad]

[quote]But I still don't see a kicking ass. :sadcheer:

I shall move heaven and earth to get you your ass. This I do swear. :yessir:

Oooo...oooo...

Given the movement detail to this one: :runwolf: and this one: :joust: , I have some pretty high expectations. Maybe even one where the little yellow smilie guy gets kicked and it leaves marks like the closed eyes (I think they're supposed to be eyes) on: :bow4: on his backside....maybe after being kicked part way across the page?

I know... I expect too much. But, do what you can. :innocent2:

Nothing half-assed.

[wei yau]

And from darkmoon3636 -- who I believe has truly surpassed herself and is no longer an emoticonist but an animated short director:

:ipod:

I couldn't agree more, the smileys created by darkmoon3636 are my absolute favoritists in this forum.

[Skep]

Words alone cannot express the thrillededness I feel due to liv's latest uploads of smilies to this lovely forum.

:yahoo: :slide: :woohoo: :yay: :bbed: :cheer: :thewave: :yes: :thankee: :highfive2

[livius drusus]

:pleased:

[livius drusus]

And two new ones from the genius who calls himself Fool.

:cowboy2:

:sleep:

[Skep]

Those are great, liv. The gunslinger is technically superb and the sleeper is hilarious. :D

[godfry n. glad]

Those are great, liv. The gunslinger is technically superb and the sleeper is hilarious. :D

Great butt scratch action! True to life! :mememe:

[godfry n. glad]

I suppose this should be over in JoeP's Smily Request thread, but hey, I'm here.

I was just thinking about some of my favorite smilies. They all tend to be "action" smilies...
:roflmao: :mememe: :angrynana: :pepper::turnip:

What I'd like to do as a user is to modulate the speed and timing at which they are moving. This is because if you have a whole page of :mememe: :mememe: :mememe: :mememe: :mememe: :mememe:

They are all moving in unison, like some kind of boyband. I'd prefer to have them not look so Pippish. I'd like to have a set, say, where they are all off by a quarter or third of a cycle and slightly different speeds.

"Dream on" is my bet.

godfry n. deluded
'ere....

[Skep]

Oh, such a thing is possible... Fast--> http://img221.exs.cx/img221/8950/mememe8vy.gif (http://www.imageshack.us) slower-->http://img43.exs.cx/img43/876/mememe26ir.gif (http://www.imageshack.us)slower still-->http://img43.exs.cx/img43/7590/mememe35tp.gif (http://www.imageshack.us)

:D

[livius drusus]

It's easy to change the animation frame rate, but you have to do it in a graphics program, save it and upload it. I can't imagine how it would be possible to make animation speed a user option. :hmm:

[Crumb]

:sleep: :giggle:

[livius drusus]

He he... Those two guys look kinda naughty together, Crumb. :giggles:

[Crumb]

:couch:

[Skep]

It's easy to change the animation frame rate, but you have to do it in a graphics program, save it and upload it. I can't imagine how it would be possible to make animation speed a user option. :hmm:
I missed the part where godfry asked about a user setting. But if it must be done it's easy enough to do it as you describe.

[livius drusus]

Well sure, but then we'd have identical smilies at different speeds cluttering up the categories. It would make things a bit messy, don't you think?

[Skep]

Oh, yes, I quite agree but I meant on a per-use non-native basis, the way I did it.

[Crumb]

Unless there could be a hack to not include all the different speeds in the smiley categories, but just append a number at the end to change the speed.

:meme: :meme1: :meme2: etc... (I know there already are some with number though)

but I don't think godfry is asking about different speeds, but really about different starting frames. If you could start the smilies at a different frame but at the same speed they would stay out of sync. but that is probably more difficult than changing the speed.

[livius drusus]

blah blah blah non-native blah blah blah

:glare:

[livius drusus]

but I don't think godfry is asking about different speeds, but really about different starting frames. If you could start the smilies at a different frame but at the same speed they would stay out of sync. but that is probably more difficult than changing the speed.

Oooh... Yes, that makes sense. All in all, I've gotta go ahead and vote for the "dream on" option. Sorry godfry dear. :comfort:

[Skep]

blah blah blah non-native blah blah blah

:glare:
http://img69.exs.cx/img69/7633/cheerleader1xk.gif

[livius drusus]

You rat. And such a brutally ugly non-native too. Shame on you, Skep. Shame, shame on you. :shakefist:

[Skep]

:kickscan:

[livius drusus]

:staymad:

[Skep]

:bliss:

[ceptimus]

It's easy to change the animation frame rate, but you have to do it in a graphics program, save it and upload it. I can't imagine how it would be possible to make animation speed a user option. :hmm:I have some PHP code that assembles animated gifs on the fly. I used it for a program that converts chess matches (in the normal 1. e4 e5) format to tiny (in kb not pixels) animated gifs. I was very anal about making the gif's as tiny as possible, even though this made them more complex. I've attached an example.

If you like, I could make you some smiley adjusting code in php. This could either run once, when a user posts the special smiley, and cache the modified gif on the server, or run whenever a user displays a page containing the modified gif. The latter version would save storage space, but at the expense of extra server processing time (though I doubt that the processing time would ever become that significant).

The attached gif is for a 44 move chess match, any uses 180 frames of animation. It's pretty large in area, but only 18kb in size. It's a game I played against LuxFerum on mu.nu We decided it was a draw after 44 moves.

If we go for different starting frames for the gifs, that's easy. If we wish to scale the speed, then except for multiplying all the frame delays by integers, there will be some rounding errors. Say an animated smiley uses delays of 10, 12, 15, and 17 hundredths of seconds, and we want to make it run 25% slower - the best we could do would be to change the delays to 12, 13, 18 and 21, which is not quite right but no one would probably notice.

[livius drusus]

I'd like, I'd like, I'd very much like. Thank you so much. :wriggle:

I'm not entirely sure I understand how it works, however. A certain smiley would have to be set up to run at the other speed, right? Would a user be able to pick the speed?

I think perhaps I'd better leave this end of the discussion to vm lest I look like even more like a blithering idiot than I already do. Gorgeous chess match though, this much I do know. :yup:

P.S. - Not that I know anything about chess, mind you. I just know about the gorgeous bit. :blush:

[ceptimus]

I'll bung some example code on a PHP server I have access to - to show how it will work. You'll have to upload the gif to it, plus the required starting frame (or percentage I suppose) and the speed modifying multiplier. Then it will create a modified version of the gif and display it.

To incorporate the mod onto your board, we need to decide the best way for the users to specify the two parameters (where to start, and how fast to run) - that's something for vm and maybe Joe to consider. Then, as I said, the modified gif could either be saved somewhere on your server, and linked to, or we could set up the server to produce them as required.

The way you'd do this is to set up Apache and PHP to 'execute' .gif files (the same way it knows to execute a PHP file rather than just serve it out. The special module I'll write would then just load and serve the gif as normal, unless the filename is in a special format, when it would load the gif, process it, and serve out the processed version.

Sorry if this is too techy. I'm thinking that my mod might work like this...

path/smiley.gif just loads the file from the path and serves it out.

path/smiley.aa.bbb.gif (where aa and bb are numbers) loads the smiley from path/smiley.gif, alters it to start at frame aa% of the way through the sequence, and at bbb% of the original speed, and then serve that out.

Come to think of it, I could provide a couple of slider controls on the example page to allow the user to vary the start point and speed change.

It'll take me a few days to cobble together - I might have it ready by the weekend, depending on how busy I am with other stuff.

PM me any ideas you have or problems you foresee, or post them on this or another thread if you prefer.

[livius drusus]

Mmm... Slider controls... :homdrool:

Seriously cep, this sounds fancy and cool beyond belief (as far as I understand it). Thank you much. Perhaps our test board might come in handy? Okay. Leaving it to vm now.

[JoeP]

I can think of worse fates, godfry. :rose2:

Meanwhile, I can't believe the lack of responsiveness on my latest uploads. Where's JoeP? Where's Skeptoid? Where's eldar? Where's Crumb? I mean really, people. Do you think accolades and appreciation are going to kill me? :glare:
JoeP's not here, but he would want you to know that he would be too utterly overwhelmed by the sheer beauty and awesomeness of these smilies to find remotely satisfactory words of praise.

[livius drusus]

Such a lovely sentiment. It's a pity he's not here to express it. Or to make more fishy wordart with the new guys. Yup. Damn shame.

[JoeP]

:ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish:
:ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish:
:ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :vampire: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish:
:ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish:
:ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish: :ofish:

:vampire:

:luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds:
:luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds:
:luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds: :vampire: :luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds:
:luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds:
:luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds: :luvbirds:

[viscousmemories]

:appl:

[livius drusus]

Can't. Tear. Eyes. Away. :hypno2:

[Crumb]

When you are done Cep, you can next write some php to generate custom: :qcool: :wink:

[viscousmemories]

That sounds like an awesome hack, cep, but I really don't know if or when I'll be able to hack in a user choice feature like you describe. Joe could probably do it since he's a lot more familiar with the smilie code than I am, but he seems to be pretty busy lately...

[Crumb]

So how many smilies are in the database now? and why isn't that number on the bottom of the forum index with the number of members and threads and such? :stwitch:

[JoeP]

So how many smilies are in the database now?
1851. When posting or replying, hover over the [More] in the smilies box and it will tell you (only in Arabic numerals, unfortunately).

and why isn't that number on the bottom of the forum index with the number of members and threads and such? :stwitch:Damn good question. vm? liv?

[viscousmemories]

and why isn't that number on the bottom of the forum index with the number of members and threads and such? :stwitch:Damn good question. vm? liv?
Um... 'cause liv didn't tell me to put it there.

liv?

[livius drusus]

Goddamn it, vm. Put it there now. Now, now, now, now, NOW!

[Crumb]

Ah...the sweet smell of progress.

[Ymir's blood]

Goddamn it, vm. Put it there now. Now, now, now, now, NOW!
Get a room you two! :eek:

[Crumb]

:hysteric:

[Crumb]

Goddamn it, vm. Put it there now. Now, now, now, now, NOW!

Um...why isn't this done yet? And don't give me any of this "Working on the Journals" crap! Smilies are a top priority people! :madrant:

[viscousmemories]

Um...why isn't this done yet? And don't give me any of this "Working on the Journals" crap! Smilies are a top priority people! :madrant:
Sorry it took me so long. :blush:

[Skep]

Um...why isn't this done yet? And don't give me any of this "Working on the Journals" crap! Smilies are a top priority people! :madrant:
Sorry it took me so long. :blush:
Lazybones! I'm hopping mad. :madrant:

[viscousmemories]

Clearly I was negligent. :sadnana:

[Crumb]

All is forgiven. You da man. :slide:

[livius drusus]

:moose:, :biker:, :fbowl: and darkmoon's latest which has been giving me flashbacks to my teenagerhood: :sleepin:.

Now go and look at the changed number on forum home and say ooo.

[TomJoe]

I nominate myself for smiliey immortality!

[Crumb]

Ooo. It's like magic. I love the new guys, Liv.

Now we have a real moose Moosie! :moose:

(so why does the elk still appear when I search for moose?)

[ceptimus]

I see at the bottom of the forum we have (at the time of this post) 385 members and 1855 smilies. That's 4.81 recurring smilies per member.

How can we get some more members? :chin:

[Crumb]

Do we want more?

[ceptimus]

Perhaps we ought to have a maximum smilies to member ratio. We can easily look after five smilies each and quite a few more than that, but we don't want our smilies to be neglected or unloved, so the ratio shouldn't get too high.

[Crumb]

So who has to look after these two: :welcome3: :jd:

:shudder:

[Ensign Steve]

I think it would depend on the smilies. These guys would be a piece of cake to look after:
:bed: :curlbaby: :shy2: :surrend: :bonghit:


It would be a little more involved to care for this bunch, though:
:austin: :assault: :club: :bikeover: :onfire:

[Crumb]

This one would be a bitch to look after: :rollpin: (wa..wa..)

[livius drusus]

Okay, by popular request, we now have a :peace:. Inspired by pesci and JD's conversation, we have a :chihua: and :dobie:. There's a :candyhrt: for Crumb, a couple of non-animated :train2: :train3: for Abdul (even though I know he's totally going to reject them), and appropros of nothing: :melo: :dunno: :corner: :sun: :snowedin: .

[viscousmemories]

Another brilliant assortment. :appl:

[maddog]

Do we want more?
"Where smilies?!? Gib 'em to me!!!"

#398

[Skep]

Very nice, liv. :) A bone to pick... The hovertext for this one --> :train3: is incorrect; it is not a caboose, it's a locomotive. :cool:

[livius drusus]

I was just seeing if you were paying attention. :wink:

[godfry n. glad]

Okay, by popular request, we now have a :peace:. Inspired by pesci and JD's conversation, we have a :chihua: and :dobie:. There's a :candyhrt: for Crumb, a couple of non-animated :train2: :train3: for Abdul (even though I know he's totally going to reject them), and appropros of nothing: :melo: :dunno: :corner: :sun: :snowedin: .

:dunno: <----I like this one, even though I'd like to see it cycle a bit slower, so the hands were out and the eyes scrunched a bit longer, and the hands would retract (presumably back into the pockets they emerge from), rather than disappearing instantaneously.

and liv's been waiting for this one...just for me---->:corner:

[Crumb]

Wow, Liv. Love the shrugger, though godfry's improvements would help. I was often dissatisfied with our existing shruggers. A candy heart just for me. How sweet. :)

[ceptimus]

You could slow down the cycle with the freethought smiley processor (http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/FreethoughtSmileyProcessor/fsp.php), but the hands retracting back into the pockets needs a bit of artistic intervention.

[ceptimus]

Here's some examples, showing how you can do on-the-fly processing of the smilies here, without having to host them anywhere.

75% http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/dunno.gif&b=0&s=75

50% http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/dunno.gif&b=0&s=50

25% http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/dunno.gif&b=0&s=25

10% http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/dunno.gif&b=0&s=10

[ceptimus]

And here's how you can alter the start point of the animation on-the-fly. I set these two to both run at 120% speed, but one starts 50% of the way through.

http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/shopping21ut.gif&b=0&s=120

http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/shopping21ut.gif&b=50&s=120

[viscousmemories]

Man that is just too cool. Once we have that integrated into the site we're gonna be the best forum ever!


Not that we aren't already... :D

[Skep]

That is way cool, cep. :yup:

[Skep]

Due to the way some smilies are animated, starting an animation at a frame other than the first may not work well, as can be seen in the "Shopping" smilie posted by cep.

[ceptimus]

Hmmm. Good spot Skeptoid. I could fix it, but then the processing load would be much greater. I think the main function of the processor will be to change the speed anyway. There's no point in changing the starting point unless you're going to post more than one of the same smiley in the same post. Even then, most smilies will work fine - I think only the larger more complex ones rely on only redrawing parts of the image (which is what causes the glitch in that shopping one).

[livius drusus]

So, cep, does your massive endowment of coolness make it hard for you to walk?

[Skep]

Here's an example of a rather simple smilie that doesn't work right:

Normal TipHat --> http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/TipHat2.gif

TipHat started halfway through. --> http://img167.exs.cx/img167/6889/fsp3yg.gif (http://www.imageshack.us)

[ceptimus]

Just testing...

http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gifhttp://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=10http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=20http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=30http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=40http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=50http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=60http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=70http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=80http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=90

[Skep]

Oh, yeah, and:

Man that is just too cool. Once we have that integrated into the site we're gonna be the best forum ever!


Not that we aren't already... :D
I couldn't agree more. It's so cool that it's like... one of those cool things. You and liv are the best... admins... ever. :bow:

[Skep]

Just testing...

http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gifhttp://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=10http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=20http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=30http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=40http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=50http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=60http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=70http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=80http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/runinbox.gif&b=90
AAAARRRRRGH!! There's carpenter ants crawling all over my screen!! :eek:

[ceptimus]

Here's an example of a rather simple smilie that doesn't work right:

Normal TipHat --> http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/TipHat2.gif

TipHat started halfway through. --> http://img167.exs.cx/img167/6889/fsp3yg.gif (http://www.imageshack.us)Dammit! How come all the ones I picked for test purposes worked ok? :glare:

I'll see what I can do - but like I said, fixing them means a lot more processor load - rather than just rearranging the frames in a different order, it will have to render and then recompress them.

Perhaps I should remove the 'start point' parameter, and only let the speed be altered? :chin:

[livius drusus]

I'd vote for sticking to speed alteration. It's enormously cool just by itself.

[ceptimus]

If you start your tiphat 60% in, he's OK. :tmcnfusd:

http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/TipHat2.gif

http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/TipHat2.gif&b=60

[viscousmemories]

I couldn't agree more. It's so cool that it's like... one of those cool things. You and liv are the best... admins... ever. :bow:
And here of late I've been lamenting what a thankless job it is. Thanks! :blush:

[Skep]

I'd vote for sticking to speed alteration. It's enormously cool just by itself.
I agree. I think anything that can be done to fix the problem that starting at other than the first frame causes is going to increase the file size, a bane to those of us on dial-ups. :(

[Ensign Steve]

(which is what causes the glitch in that shopping one).

I watched the shopping one for a long time and I couldn't find the glitch. :shrug: You guys have a critical eye for your own work, but FYI, laypersons such as myself really aren't going to notice the difference.

[Crumb]

Fabulous work! I can't wait until this is fully integrated. Speed only would be fine. But since you have already done it, you could still leave the start in the middle thing with just a warning that it might have glitches sometimes.

This is the best forum. :yup:

[JoeP]

Here's some examples, showing how you can do on-the-fly processing of the smilies here, without having to host them anywhere.

75% http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/dunno.gif&b=0&s=75

50% http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/dunno.gif&b=0&s=50

25% http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/dunno.gif&b=0&s=25

10% http://cgi.novaweig.force9.co.uk/sp.php?f=http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/dunno.gif&b=0&s=10

Nice work ... but how are you going to enable hover text? Not to mention the hovertext actually in the forum database at a point in time. Can your sp.php be incorporated into the vb code? (Of course, but would it make sense?)

[livius drusus]

So Joe... How's that demon work going? Planning on being around for a little bit, by any chance? Because if so, I'm thinking it's time for you, cep and vm to start your own little conclave over on a test board. Know what I'm sayin'? :heybabeh:

[JoeP]

Give cep a login. Give me a break. But not for too long, honest!

[viscousmemories]

I'll have to finish upgrading the test server first. :blush:

I'll do that later today, I promise.

[JoeP]

:moose:, :biker:, :fbowl: and darkmoon's latest which has been giving me flashbacks to my teenagerhood: :sleepin:.

Now go and look at the changed number on forum home and say ooo.
What number on the forum home? I'm not seeing anything new.

[viscousmemories]

Um... erm...

How'd you get that box all scrunched up over there? :blush:

[JoeP]

Obviously it's something to with one of my options. The 'user info on the left' option has been known to cause trouble hasn't it? ... Not that, checked it.

The complete home page looks like this for me:

[ceptimus]

I don't see the smiley count on the home page, but it is now at the bottom of the main 'Freethought Forum page': http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/index.php?

[JoeP]

Aha. Multiple concepts of "home".

I see it and it's neat!

[ceptimus]

Nice work ...Thanks.

but how are you going to enable hover text? Not to mention the hovertext actually in the forum database at a point in time. Can your sp.php be incorporated into the vb code? (Of course, but would it make sense?)I can think of a few ways, but I need to see how the existing code works before I decide on the best way.

If we just alter the current code bit that outputs "smiley.gif" to "sp.php?f=smiley.gif" then we can still leave the ALT and TITLE fields exactly as at present, and the hovertext will still work. A bigger problem is how we pick up the speed and startpoint parameters (probably from slider bar controls when the post is made) and store that information. We could perhaps hide it in the filename, like "smiley.0.120.gif" or store it in some extra fields in the database.

When the testbed is up, and I have access (and time) I'll see if I can figure out a way that will have as little impact as possible on the existing hacks.

It might turn out to be more trouble than it's worth, but it'll be fun trying.

[livius drusus]

Forum home means the main list of forums in vB speak. The homepage is a separate thing, ya see, cause there ain't no forum on it. I know... It's not the most intuitive thing in the world. :dunno:

[viscousmemories]

Yeah sorry about the confusion, Joe. I'll make sure the info gets to the homepage too. :)

[livius drusus]

Dragar's flattery has put me in a scientifical kinda mood, but don't take my word for it. See for yourself:

:atom:
:bigbang:
:degrees:
:!=:
:sqroot:
:x:
:sigma:
:larrow:
:rarrow:
:^:
:V:
:infinity:
:rel=:
:#:
:divide:
:pi:
:delta:
:omega:

Then :anarchy: and :bambi: just for the hell of it.

[Crumb]

:<:
:>:

:scratch:

[livius drusus]

Hmm... Intriguing. I guess it doesn't much like that smileytext. Hold that thought.

There ya go, Crumb. :)

[Crumb]

:ffdance:

[viscousmemories]

Bambi Anarchy sounds like a porn star. :bambi: :anarchy:

[Skep]

Indeed. :chuckle:

[Ensign Steve]

Then :anarchy: and :bambi: just for the hell of it.

There's a sentence you won't read on any other forum!

[JoeP]

Bambi Anarchy sounds like a porn star. :bambi: :anarchy:
And Anarchy Bambi sounds like a punk band ... :drums: :bambi: :band: :anarchy: :drumming:

[viscousmemories]

Do all punk bands have three drumsets?

[livius drusus]

It's not exactly new, but look at the adorable little animation pesci added to :fishie:.

[viscousmemories]

Cool fishie.

[Ensign Steve]

It's called a drum kit, Mr. Smartiepants!

[viscousmemories]

It's called a drum kit, Mr. Smartiepants!
Oh yeah? Well Googlefights says different (http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=drum+kit&word2=drum+set).



Although if you go with how I actually wrote it, as one word, I kinda lose.

[Ensign Steve]

Googlefight finds all references to drum sets. It's specifically punk bands that call them kits.

(how convincing is that?!)

[pescifish]

Check me out!
...:qthanks:
:fishie:

[livius drusus]

I found godfry's smiley doppelganger! :godfry:

[Ymir's blood]

Scooby Doo in a viking hat?

We need a smilie hater's smilie.

[Crumb]

We need a smilie hater's smilie.

We have one: :asshat:

[godfry n. glad]

I found godfry's smiley doppelganger! :godfry:

Another horny guy, huh? :wink:

By Crom!

[Crumb]

By Crom!

Thou shalt not take my name in vain! :ptht:

[livius drusus]

:shrek: :fan:

[viscousmemories]

:shrek: :fan:
Cute! I'm definitely a :shrek: :fan: