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I can see it as well. Don't know what to say, other than that the problem is your (or your ISP's) end.

I'd deem your download program as useless if that's the case. Use torrent links or something else that checksums pieces as it goes, that way you're sure to get an intact file at the end.

I don't mind so much... Except when they screw up the buttons for "turning" pages. If you're going to read from right to left, then the "next" button better be on the left side. I've seen several "mangas" that read right to left, and then you have to go and click the right arrow for the next page. Like philosophy or scientific theory, the very LEAST I expect is internal consistency.

There are already written scripts out there to let you update and automate a comic.

http://atp.cx/?a=downloads
http://walrus.newbsoft.com/

Not bad. I mean, the icy effect worked out pretty well and it looks cool, but it's a bit too high-tech and "busy" for a logo I'd actually want to use.

Bizzare, but one of the better looking fan-films I've ever seen. Full length movie, free to download.

http://www.starwreck.com/

Favorite quote:
"It's a passable day to die."
--Lieutenant Dwarf

"Oh really yeah no fake? We kind of had that feeling when the ground began to shake!"

But animaniacs songs aside...


We had an earthquake here last night. A couple minutes before midnight a 4.1 earthquake hit centered just 14 miles north east of here. I was lying in bed, listening to the final chapter of harry potter and the order of the phoenix when I hear a noise that sounded kinda like a jet approaching, then BOOM! it was enough to shake me back and forth in the bed. I jumped up and went and looked out the windows, because at first I thought it might be a sonic boom from a jet... then I realized I'd heard the "jet" before the boom, and that doesn't happen. Anyway, once I realized it was a quake... Awesome! Just thinking about how much energy is release in even a smaller one like this. I mean, enough that a 30 mile area of granite bounced around like that. Rock! :-)

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Quakes/usdrad.htm

A QUAKE! A QUAKE! from the Yakko's World album
Music and lyrics by Randy Rogel.

Music adapted from The Happy Farmer by Robert Schumann.
 
Yakko: It's a quiet, peaceful night
       The moon is shining bright
       Giving not a hint of what's in store
       A few hours before morning
       Without a single warning
       Something strange begins to move the floor
 
       A quake, a quake
       The house begins to shake
       You're bouncing 'cross the floor
       And watching all your dishes break

       You're sleeping; there's a quake
       You're instantly awake
       You're leaping out of bed
       And shouting "Oh for heaven's sake!"
 
       I ran outside with neighbors
       Their faces full of shocks
       That's because I'm standing there
       In nothing but my socks
 
W+D  : Oops!
 
Yakko: A quake, a quake
       This must be a mistake
       Just feel the ground
       Go up and down
       Won't someone hit the brake?
 
       A quake, a quake
       Oh, what a mess they make
       The bricks, the walls
       The chimney falls
       Destruction in its wake
 
       I did not have insurance
       I called them from the scene
       And suddenly I'm listening
       To an answering machine

       Say "Too late, too late
       You shouldn't ought to wait
       'Cause now you're stuck
       We wish you luck
       Here comes a six-point-eight!"
 
       Whose fault, whose fault?
       Blame it on the fault
       'Cause Mister Richter
       Can't predict her
       Kicking our asphalt
 
       Seismologists all say
       Tectonic plates are in between
       An encroaching crustal mantle
       Yeah, so what the heck's that mean?
 
       It means a quake, a quake
W+D  : Oh really, yeah, no fake?
       We kind of had that feeling
       When the ground began to shake
 
Yakko: And so we wait
       Resign ourselves to fate
       Because our lawn
       Is sitting on
       A continental plate
 
       We shivered through a blizzard
       Went swimming in a flood
       Then we blew off a hurricane
       And now we hear a thud
 
       Of a quake, a quake
       How much more can we take?
       We thought that we had seen it all
       But this one takes the cake
 
       The dirt, the rocks
       Those crazy aftershocks
       It's just the planet
       Moving granite
       Several city blocks
 
*YW+D: Now the town is falling down
*      While the ground
*      Moves around
*      We won't let it get us down
*      Get beneath the door frame
 
Yakko: A quake, a quake
       It's time to pull up stake
Dot  : The worst is over
Y+W  : We don't buy it
       We're fed up
       We can't deny it
       We just want some peace and quiet
YW+D : So we're moving to Beirut!
 
* - sung to "London Bridge"

No, thanks anyway, but I'd prefer to recruit people who are already part of the community here.

Well, the idea is that later generations don't have the power to invite until they earn enough respect in the community. Also, things can be "fixed" retroactively. It is possible to bring a petition and get people removed if they become a problem. Also, I'm thinking that invites are going to need approval from more than just the inviter. That is, other people "near" them have to approve new members. Think of respect as an aggregate. Enough people with enough respect have to agree to the new member. Thus, people low-down the totem poll, as it were, need to invite GOOD people that will easily be approved by many others. People higher up in terms of respect... well idealy they've already proven themselves good judges, but the important bit is they have more respect, as such, they have more "weight" when it comes to new members, and don't have to convince as many other people. This keeps things moving at those levels.

It's like real life in many ways. Say I want to go bomb iraq. I can't. I have no respect in the circles of congress and such, so nothing gets done. Now, if on the other hand, iraq really NEEDS to be bombed, and I suggest it... well, maybe I can get more people to agree and they get even more. I can't convince the army to go attack, but me and 10 million of my closest friends sure could have a pretty good shot at it. On the other hand, there are people like the president. He wants to go to war, and he's really only gotta convince a few people close to him. Things (ideally) get done a lot faster at the high levels because (theoretically) the people that were placed there have earned our respect and trust.

Now, seeing how my example seems blatently a bad thing to most people, here's how Artica would differ from the government. Imagine that, if you didn't like Bush and how he was handleing things, you personally could start the impeachment process. :-)

The other thing is that, unlike america as a whole, an art site would be composed of much more like-minded people. There wouldn't be 10,000 unique interests to balance, but only a few dozen. As such, there wouldn't be the need for the radical compromises that tend to undermind the effectiveness of large government.

Air force admits to killing Rudolph the Reindeer with F-16s, pays santa nearly $5,000 in compensation. Literally!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4295968.stm

This application was posted about a day before applications were actually opened. If it had met all the OTHER requirements in the instructions, I'd probably let it stay in. But apparently you didn't actually read any of the instructions, so this one is nixed.

That's right, it's open finally! I still have to rewrite some backend code to match the new layout *grumble* of the apache configs though.

This thread and it's title will show the current application status. Do NOT post a new application if it is closed.

Current Status: Open!

And only six months later than planned! :-)

Lei: What part would you be able to help with? Coding? Layout? Art? Sorry, you didn't really specify.

Had 5 of those at work this week alone.