Sentharn -> RE: =MtAK= The Sensei of L&L: Time Losh (8/16/2008 17:00:46)
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Greetings, oh master Sensi! I do hope you will indulge a lowly Sci-Fi author such as myself as to answer a few of my questions! 1. Do you like the clean, bassy tones of "Jazz" guitars such as the Gibson ES-335 or the Fender Jazzmaster when played by the hands of an expert that knows there is no such note as X-flat? ...my bass guitar is blue 2. What color is your favorite glass that you drink from? Clear actually, it's a tumbler class that I received for my 21st birthday 3. How long ago did this mysterious "inspiration" first compel you to write? I've been drawing my entire life, when I was 12 I started writing comics and eventually I tried my hands at a novel. Between writing this novel and having a temporary addiction to AQ I decided to join here and try writing a fantasy story 4. What sustenance did you ingest for your evening meal two nights ago? Two nights ago? In order to answer this I must trail back a bit...Today I had a roast beef sandwich...yesterday I had ramen...the day before that I believe I had dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets 5. What first comes to mind when you think of blues music? The Blues Brothers, one of the greatest movies of all time 6. Is the fellow we both know as "Coyote" on the IRC chat channels really a coyote, or is he really a fox? Could he perhaps be a fox in disguise as a coyote? Or maybe he really is a coyote but he disguises himself as a fox. Or maybe he's a fox disguised as a coyote disguised as a fox, but goes by the name coyote so we automatically assume that he is a coyote? Or perhaps he is a coyote disguised as a fox disguised as a coyote disguised as a fox disguised as a coyote, and revels in double-reverse-backwards psychology? He's Versy, thats all we need to know 7. Has the urge to pick up a lightweight electrified fretted musical instrument ever struck you? Do you often play said instrument? No, I very rarely touch my guitar unless i'm playing with friends. 8. Would it do me well to create a signature for myself? Up to you, I never use them but...whatever, go for it 9. Have you ever attempted to coax pleasing tones out of your vocal chords in the manner known as, "singing?" Only in the car, and even then it ain't pleasent 10. What is the thickness of the D string that is currently on my favorite guitar, in millimeters? I don't know 11. What is your favorite drink that you ingest? Non-alcoholic? Milk 12. What is the favorite drink that you do not ingest? Iced Tea, it's not that I don't like it...I just don't drink it 13. Is it really necessary to behave on the L&L IRC channels? I find it most difficult to restrain my urges to act like a moron. If you spam a lot, repeat the same thing over and over, I will kick you, but you can just come back 14. Which audio codec do you prefer? FLAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, AAC2, WMA, MP4, M4a, PCM, MPEG-2, TAK, BWF, RAW, AIFF, MPC, AU, GSM, VOX, DCT, ATRAC, RA, RAM, DSS, VOC, MSV, VSF, IKLAX, or CDDA? ...uh...i'm gonna go with MP3 16. Have you indulged yourself in Alvin Toffler's most excellent book, Future Shock? No, I only read mystery, on rare occasions do I read mystery or sci-fi, and they are usually ones with elements of mystery thrown in (Dirk Gently, Harry Dresden, Garrett, Cal McDonald, etc.) 17. Have you read any of Mr. Toffler's other immaculately beautiful works, such as The Third Wave? Nope 18. What type of computer do you have? Most specifically, what type of graphics card do you use for 3D accelerated programs such as those powered by OpenGL and DirectX? I have a Compaq Presario, my graphics card is an ATI Radeion Xpress 200, it's actually not that good lol 19. Do you play any type of video games on a regular basis? This includes games meant to work on a standard Intel or AMD-based architecture, which includes the vast majority of modern computers. This also includes games that were designed exclusively for the Apple Macintosh architecture, as well as various other 3rd party consoles such as the Atari, the Playstations 1-3, the Xbox, the Sega (all versions), the GameCube, the PSP, and the Wii. I play video games almost non-stop, they are my main hobby. I play very few computer games, the only one I really play is Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodline, but I do play a couple MMOs, I played Portal and sometimes I play the Sims 20. Which style of finish would you prefer on a guitar; natural, stained, or painted/airbrushed? ...whatever makes it shiny 21. Which of the three Halo soundtracks is the most haunting to you? I dunno, didn't bother listening to them, I don't like Halo 22. What type of highly-sugared or artificially colored drink did you ingest the last time you went to a McDonald's or other similar drive-through fast food chain? Pepsi, anytime I can get pepsi, I get it. I grew up on the stuff 23. Do you believe that three and one quarter inch floppy disks could be used as a viable storage medium in this day and age? ...wha? 24. What is the most irritating clique in modern science-fiction to you? The 12 year old smart kid. It's a common theme in science fiction to have a kid who is a genius, it's not the best theme but it is one. You always just wanna punch that kid in the face too 25. What is the most irritating clique that I use in my stories? Would you be offended if I said I had no idea 26. Are you forced to deal with silly English knigits with bad French accents in ArchKniggit land? No 27. Has anyone ever farted in your general direction? Many times 28. Have you ever been called a Kinigit? Yeah but he got punched in the face 29. For what reason are you only allowing 15 questions per day per post? That seems just a tad limited! I have thousands of questions I wish to ask of you! So stuff like this doesn't happen 30. What is my favorite guitar? I also hope you can aid me in this last paradox; I have four guitars and cannot decide of which I would rather play the most! Why would I know? 31. Why do most of the people on the IRC channel have the most entertaining host names? Stop asking me stuff I don't know 32. Do you think it is possible for the United States to win the war in Iraq through any method short of a direct nuclear blast? Sadly, I am not certain. Sure, why not 33. Do you find current gas prices mildly ridiculous? I mean, oil's just lying in the ground...it should be free! They've gotten better over here, we went from 4.19 to 3.64 34. At times while daydreaming, I phase out of reality to the point where my 'dream', so to speak, is more realistic than reality. Do you have 'episodes' like this? Thats ALL I have, anytime i'm writing it's like i'm really there xD 35. Do you have a character that is also extremely 'real' in your mind that you've developed but never written about? Yes, her name is Lisa and she is my perfect woman 36. Have you tried your hand at drawing much? I've been drawing comics since I was 12. I'm not what many people would call "good" but I have a unique style 37. Do you think hats are in style? If you ever see me without a hat, something is wrong 38. How loud was Stevie Ray Vaughn's primary Dumble amplifier? I dunno 39. How loud, in comparison, is a Fender Hotrod Deluxe amplifier? I think your problem is you assume I know stuff about guitars 40. Transistors or Vacuum Tubes for High Fidelity audio? ...*sigh* again 41. Do Archtop/Hollowbody guitars have a more "warm" sound than a Fender Stratocaster? ...sure 42. Do you use the GIMP often? No, I use Photoshop, I find it much better 43. Do you play the Piano? Very little, my left hand likes to rebel when I attempt to use both hands at once so I can't play anything to complicated 44. Do you prefer the original Star Trek episodes or the Next Generation episodes? I'm whats known as a purgatory trekkie. Not accepted by fans of the original or NG. I find Piccard to be a better, cooler captain but I prefer everyone else from original more than everyone else from next generation 45. Does your computer have the horsepower to effectively render 3D animations in a short period of time? Yeah, it does alright 46. Which are better, mechanical pencils or 'old fashioned' wood pencils? For writing I prefer a good old fashioned wooden pencil, for drawing I prefer a mechanical one 47. Do you prefer a rural or urban setting? It's pretty rural around here 48. What is the pH value of Coca-Cola? 6 49. Do you have your own 'special place' that you go to get away from the world, such as a secluded lake in the wilderness, or the limitless confines of your imagination? Yeah, theres an abandoned camper about a ten minute walk away, I often go there to think or be by myself 50. Why do you think people in general are becoming more and more angry, short tempered, and rude? Crazy as this sounds, I think it's because we don't physically discipline children anymore 51. Do you think the Universe will be "Open," "Closed," or, "Flat?" Open 52. In a similar vein to the question above, do you think that there are multiple universes beyond this on, occupying a different plane of space-time? Of course, a galaxy is made up of several solar systems and a universe is made up of many galaxies, the same way a Megaverse is made up of several universes 53. Or do you prefer the concept that the universe is so vast, so infinite that what we consider the 'universe' is just the small section of the real universe, which is infinitely larger than we suspect, and the laws of probability make it certain that there is an identical you several trillion billion billion light-years away, past the 'boundary' of what we consider the visible universe? Nah (I didn't bother reading this whole question) 54. Who is your absolute favorite science-fiction author? If you are utterly lost beyond all hope of redemption into the mysterious realm of sci-fi, you may answer with multiple authors. Douglas Adams 55. Who was, "The Iceman?" Bobby Drake? 56. Is your 'boss' a benevolent king or a tyrannical dictator? I don't have a job 57. Have you read any of Brian Jacques's works? He writes that series with the little mice people right? No, I haven't 58. Do you got your mojo working? Non-stop 59. Do you prefer headphones or speakers? Speakers usually so I can still know whats going on around me 60. What type of amplifier should I get for my next purchase; a $1890 38-watt Class A tube amp called, "The Z" that has both a master and a gain control, or a $999.99 Fender Princeton recording amp, 20-watts, class AB, with built in power soak, stompbox-style overdrive, and compressor? ... 61. Do you prefer Pidgin or Trillian? Neither, I just use Yahoo MSN and AIM, I don't need to combine them into one system 62. Have you ever used Linux before? Yes 63. Do you have/wear a kimono? Men don't really wear kimonos, we have yukatas (which women can also wear) so no, but my time in Japan has made me realize how sexy a kimono really is on a woman 64. Which do you prefer, orange juice or apple juice? Apple 65. Is DDR-3 superior to the original SDRAM? I hate Dance Dance Revolution 66. Which are more accurate, Korg or Fender tuners? Dunno 67. Are USB Winmodems superior to hardware modems? See above 68. How much storage space (in megabytes) is available to your computer, total, including all re-writable external storage devices? This includes but is not limited to flash drives, USB pen drives, Iomega ZIP drives, tape-data storage, CD/DVD-RW(+ or -), external hard drives, network shares, and floppy disks. I think it has like 140gb, something like that, dunno 69. What gauge strings are most commonly used for 'rockr' guitars? I DON'T KNOW!!! 70. What is a transposing tremolo? I will punch you in the face 71. What is the difference between tremolo and vibrato? *punches* 72. Should I write a story about Nartashi? Go for it 73. What is the password that Data says to lock the Enterprise D's computer in a particular Star Trek: The Next Generation episode? Not that big of a trekkie 74. Are D'Addario's superior to GHS Boomers? *punches again* 75. Assuming an electric train is heading north-east at 74 MPH, and assuming that the train maintains this speed with a minimum of acceleration and deceleration, neither of which are in excess of 0.1265 gravities, and assuming the wind is blowing south-by-southeast at a speed which is roughly 50kph less than the train's speed, in which direction will the smoke from the train blow? Left I thank thee for taking the time to look through my questions! Uh-huh
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