[Kamikaze]

Originally posted by ZylonBane
Well look on the bright side... think of all the stupid people that would die.  

Am I the only one thinking that's more pessimistic than bright?

[Nico]

Originally posted by Setekh
It's a bit depressing when you realise there's enough destructive power in the world to destroy... well, all life on Earth and then some...

yeah, but the strange thing is... look at those pics... ok, this is huge, no question... but even with a thousand fo that, do you really imagine that little thing big like a dust next to the planet, reapping everything from the planet?
Huh,, I can already see all the big brains yelling at me and explaining me stuffs and others: no need, I know what it does and all, it was just a personal thought

[CP5670]

lol, my brother sometimes goes to this website where they have images and movies of big explosions; I need to ask him what the address of that is...

Well look on the bright side... think of all the stupid people that would die.

That is an interesting way of putting it; you're right though.

Oh and very nice shockwaves CP.

thanks. I'm actually not perfectly satisfied with them though; I am going to try and add the ripple effect that appears on the FS2 version. I started with the FS1 shockwave as a template though because the FS2 one is too blurry for my tastes, although I might be able to sharpen it up a bit.

[Setekh]

Originally posted by venom2506
yeah, but the strange thing is... look at those pics... ok, this is huge, no question... but even with a thousand fo that, do you really imagine that little thing big like a dust next to the planet, reapping everything from the planet?

I suppose so... but when you think of how big the world is, you think of how big the solar system is, and the galaxy, and the universe... then suddenly everything seems so small...

[CP5670]

I suppose so... but when you think of how big the world is, you think of how big the solar system is, and the galaxy, and the universe... then suddenly everything seems so small...

lol, that's why I never think of absolute size but rather of relative size...

[Ace]

Same here, the school has the main HLP site blocked out since it's at 3d Action Planet. At least my personal site and VWatch aren't blocked out because they're occult!

[USS Alexander]

Talking about shockwaves how about this one:)http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,5544.0.html

[CP5670]

Ah, I like that one. It's a bit blurry but looks good otherwise. Mine is similar but has a fire-like color to it.

Regarding the school thing, my school has a filtering system but it is extremely easy to bypass it. They have designed it so that Internet Explorer blocks all attempts to load anything with "http://" except for the bookmarked sites, but people simply type in the address without the http and it works fine. Heck, this one guy who was in my C++ class downloaded Max Payne from some BAD site using the school T1, put the contents of the download on four or five zip disks, and took it home. (teacher was out of the room and did not notice) Another time, our class happened to be a few days ahead of the other classes and there was going to be a substitute teacher for a few days, and he said that we could do whatever we wanted to. One guy installed Quake 3 on some of the computers and we had a bit of a LAN party for two class periods. (from which I emerged as the winner!!:D:D) I am out of school at the moment though (doing various independent study projects), so it doesn't really matter anymore.

Edit by Setekh: BAD site highlighted.

[Setekh]

That's better...

[Dr.Zer0]

Originally posted by WMCoolmon
But then there would be no more HLP Forums
Or Freespace!!!!!

Nah, HLP and FS will be floating particals in space, all you have to do is redeem them an put them back togeather

[Stryke 9]

Anyone who can't crack their school's incompetent security systems from within doesn't deserve anything above a 486 with a 56k modem and DOS. Barring large schools and technical colleges, of course.

Never seen the FS1 explosion, so I'll take a guess at 2.

Posting pics would be nice.

[Grey Wolf]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
Anyone who can't crack their school's incompetent security systems from within doesn't deserve anything above a 486 with a 56k modem and DOS.

Too much time. Too high of a risk factor for the possible outcomes. I like to stay away from the school computers anyway. They run Windows 95!

[Dr.Zer0]

Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
Too much time. Too high of a risk factor for the possible outcomes. I like to stay away from the school computers anyway. They run Windows 95!

I found 95 to be better then 98 at times, but my school uses worse... evil user hating IMacs
but lucky for me I was in tech ed, they use Dells with 98

[Stryke 9]

NT.

And thay've got the ****ers locked up like a fortress. They're so bad at it to, all the security protocols conflict and make it so that you can hardly use any programs and can't save a file except in certain places, but can go in and tinker with some of the core settings. Everything's run off of a central computer, whose location is known only to the resident tech guy, and aside from everyone being essentially unable to use a computer without him there to supply passwords and tinker with the central computer, he can spy on what any comp is doing at any time. It's not a piece of cake, but I've cracked one of the computers. It was strangely unrewarding, and yet tantalizingly dissapointing.

[Dr.Zer0]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
NT.

And thay've got the ****ers locked up like a fortress. They're so bad at it to, all the security protocols conflict and make it so that you can hardly use any programs and can't save a file except in certain places, but can go in and tinker with some of the core settings. Everything's run off of a central computer, whose location is known only to the resident tech guy, and aside from everyone being essentially unable to use a computer without him there to supply passwords and tinker with the central computer, he can spy on what any comp is doing at any time. It's not a piece of cake, but I've cracked one of the computers. It was strangely unrewarding, and yet tantalizingly dissapointing.

Hell I could crack the securty easy, just use the infumus Crtl Alt Del, I know that that would work, but I dont relly care about doing it since I never had a use for it, but I can still get to the HLP with no porblem, but I think I created a harable off topic now just becasue  Iwas bored at 10:30 AM

[Ulala]

Speaking of school computers, one time some guy at my school slipped a rather large magnet into the inside of the case of the server computer in the lab. Lol... the entire lab lost connection to everything... good thing whoever did it didnt get a magnet into the office. Anyway, thats the exciting news around here for awhile.

[Stryke 9]

I swear- those magnetic earrings with the rare earth magnets were created specifically for tactical sabotage.

Small, easily concealed, more devastating than a sledgehammer. OK, just a regular hammer, but still...

[Dr.Zer0]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
I swear- those magnetic earrings with the rare earth magnets were created specifically for tactical sabotage.

That is what the next computer terroist group will be based on

[Vertigo1]

Originally posted by Ulala
Speaking of school computers, one time some guy at my school slipped a rather large magnet into the inside of the case of the server computer in the lab. Lol... the entire lab lost connection to everything... good thing whoever did it didnt get a magnet into the office. Anyway, thats the exciting news around here for awhile.

LOL

Bet they had a time figuring that problem out.

[Dr.Zer0]

Originally posted by MD-2389


LOL

Bet they had a time figuring that problem out.

They are probely still figuring it out