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Old August 14, 2003, 10:14   #1
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The Control-V Thread.
Stole this off the straight dope. Of course.

Anyway, to play all you have to do is press control-v and paste whatever it was that you copied last to this thread. Please use the quote tag or quotation marks or something...

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And you see what happened to y'all.
Ahhh. From a post made earlier this morning.
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Old August 14, 2003, 10:15   #2
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From a post someone else made earlier this morning.
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[http://www.utopiatemple.com Angel v1.47 Beta]

Utopian Date: March 10th, YR6
RL Date: August 14th, 2003 (15:00 GMT)

Ruler Name: The Humble Count Eli
Personality & Race: The Shepherd, Human
Land: 2,732 Acres
Money: 1,753,451gc (122,653gc raw daily income)
Food: 132,019 bushels
Runes: 63,233 runes
Population: 80,808 citizens (29.58 per Acre)
Peasants: 30,435 (100% Employed)
Excited: b:100%, t:3.1gc, p:103%, m:103%
Trade Balance: 763,236gc (0% tax rate)
Networth: 465,284 (170.31 per Acre)
Thieves+Wizards+Science Networth: 39,342gc

Soldiers: 0 (58.6% estimated draft rate)
Swordsmen: 17,382 (69,528 offense points)
Archers: 12,742 (50,968 defense points)
Knights: 15,245 (76,225 offense / 91,470 defense)
War-Horses: 2,460 (up to 2,460 additional offense)
Prisoners: 0

Total Modified Offense: 167,925 (61.47 per Acre)
Practical (15% elites): 94,518 (34.60 per Acre)
Total Modified Defense: 146,711 (53.70 per Acre)
Practical (85% elites): 132,577 (48.53 per Acre)

Thieves: 1,984 (0.73 per Acre / 100% Stealth)
Wizards: 3,020 (1.11 per Acre / 100% Mana)

Crystal-Ball on your province will show:
Max. Possible Thieves/Wizards: 5,961 (2.18 / Acre)
Estimated Thieves Number: 4,471 (1.64 per Acre)
Estimated Wizards Number: 1,415 (0.52 per Acre)

Buildings: 2,066gc to build, 1,033gc to raze
Away bonus: 152,175gc (12h) / 456,525gc (20h)
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Old August 14, 2003, 10:29   #5
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Nothing came up. I guess I came to this thread too early.
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Old August 14, 2003, 11:01   #8
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and here i was thinking the president would be a leader of american politics.
thats a quote from the daily show last night. the first was a quote from bush, the second was jon stewart's jab at it
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Old August 14, 2003, 11:02   #9
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Well that was just asking for trouble, wasn't it?
Ah, the FP quote in the tech thread that basically mirrored my earlier response in that thread
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There's a bit when Alex says to his droogs that if they want pretty polly, they just take it. This is after he tells them that they can have all the money and cars they want.
Some text I wanted to quote from another thread here.

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Old August 14, 2003, 11:08   #11
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Ah, the FP quote in the tech thread that basically mirrored my earlier response in that thread

True greatness is not to be found in being the first, but being the most remembered.
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Old August 14, 2003, 11:09   #12
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Didn't Alva once say that?

Great line, FP! Mind if I quote you?

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ID = temp.setRecord(newRow,ID,m_ordernum,m_cust,m_addre ss,m_model,m_jobnum,m_stairsnum,m_datePlaced, m_deliveryDate,location,height,width,length,headro om,openingLength, openingHeight,style,stairType,riserType,sillHeight , method,math.oneInchMaterial,math.halfInchMaterial, math.twoBySixFt,math.twoByTenFt,math.twoByTwelveFt ,math.numRisers,math.OSM,stairTypeStr,math.CTR,m_b illing,m_ponum,threeEightTop,notch,totalHeight,num Staircases,materials,stringerStyle1,stringerStyle2 ,divisor,workorderComments,billingComments,cutlist Comments,invoiceComments,windersAndLandings,workor derCommentsOverride, winder_location, winder_direction, winder_rise, winder_pickup, winder_wrap, winder_onOne, winder_onThree, winder_seat, winder_cutCorner, status, landing_PU, landing_Seat, landing_PU_OSM, landing_Wrap, landing_Wrap_OSM, landing_On_Floor, customLandingL, customFlairsType, customFlairsTypeRight, customFlairsL, customFlairsR, winder_type, winder_sameWandP, winder_left, winder_right, custTreads, bullnose_type, bullnose_type_right, bullnose_left, bullnose_right, custDesc, blurb_winder, blurb_left_bullnose, blurb_right_bullnose, blurb_left_flair, blurb_right_flair, blurb_landing, customPic,connected);
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Old August 14, 2003, 11:12   #15
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coding this early, canuck? or is that from 3am last night?
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replying to someone in the fallout forums at interplay. that MUD actually looks alright, you guys might want to go look at it.
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coding this early, canuck? or is that from 3am last night?
I start work at 8AM mountain time, nearly 2 1/2 hours ago.
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Huh, I thought it was empty, oh well, I disagree with that anyway.
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headroomAngleOfStaircase = (180/pi) * atan(stairRun/riseOfStair); // make it degrees
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stopping by this thread again.

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Private Sub tmrTime_Timer()
'if we are playing...
If cmdPlay.Enabled = False Then


secs = secs + 1

If secs = 60 Then
mins = mins + 1
secs = 0
End If

Dim timeleft As String

timeleft = mins & ":" & Format(secs, "0#")

lblTime.Caption = timeleft & " / " & duration
End If
End Sub
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