< 1090040478 0 :clog!unknown@unknown.invalid JOIN :#esoteric < 1090040478 0 :clog!nef@bespin.org JOIN :#esoteric < 1090043052 0 :Toreun!~Toreun@ool-45738c44.dyn.optonline.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1090050946 0 :Toreun!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer) < 1090051199 0 :clog!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :ended < 1090051200 0 :clog!unknown@unknown.invalid JOIN :#esoteric < 1090084256 0 :calamari_!JeffryJohn@as01-pho-az-205-186-104-213.rasserver.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1090085152 0 :calamari_!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Leaving" < 1090099895 0 :Toreun!gyonaj@ool-45738c44.dyn.optonline.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1090100490 0 :Toreun!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT : < 1090101416 0 :tonsofpcs!~mirx@ool-4351f382.dyn.optonline.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1090101419 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :hey < 1090101468 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :oy. < 1090101483 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :vey < 1090101510 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the black knight moves for no man. < 1090101785 0 :Lord_AnthraX!~none@ool-4350e7fe.dyn.optonline.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1090102039 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the black knight always triumphs, you know. < 1090102146 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ya < 1090102151 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :right then < 1090102170 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :yes < 1090102180 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :tons you know me? < 1090102208 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :no, why would i? < 1090102243 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :hahah < 1090102244 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :you do < 1090102247 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :and i know you < 1090102264 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :lets see what the dice say < 1090102273 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :bastard < 1090102314 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the dice say i might < 1090102323 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :what was it < 1090102330 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :what does the magic 8-ball say? < 1090102330 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :a twenty sided? < 1090102386 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :REPLY HAZY: TRY AGAIN < 1090102387 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ya, d20 < 1090102392 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :says the magic 8-ball. < 1090102400 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :bah < 1090102409 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :fuck the 8-ball < 1090102412 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the d20 is god < 1090102423 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :no < 1090102424 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the d20 is quite spherical too. < 1090102426 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the d1000 is god < 1090102429 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :lol < 1090102450 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :now now, no die is sphereical < 1090102467 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :well, a d100 is pretty much spherical. a d1000 I haven't yet seen. < 1090102472 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ooo < 1090102478 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :d100 is no where nere spherical < 1090102478 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :there's a project < 1090102481 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :its a golf ball < 1090102483 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :gotta start work on it onw < 1090102484 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :no < 1090102486 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :w < 1090102491 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :actually, a d300 is a golf bar < 1090102493 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :*ball < 1090102501 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :you've counted the dimples? < 1090102506 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :no < 1090102508 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :someone told me < 1090102517 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :don't count < 1090102519 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :start counting < 1090102530 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :and when you think of geometric shapes that spring to mind when you say "golf ball", I'm quite sure many would say "uh.. sphere?" < 1090102537 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :indeed < 1090102541 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :but a golf ball is a die < 1090102550 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :a golf ball is an object with dimples < 1090102566 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :a d100 has a sphere inside usually < 1090102583 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :a ball is a ball is a ball. and besides, what good is a die if it doesn't have sharp corners you can step on, like a d4. < 1090102595 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :dn is spherical if n is the result of the limit of x to infinity of x < 1090102607 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :what about a d5 or a d7? < 1090102610 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :those are sharp too < 1090102619 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :lol < 1090102628 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i like the way fizzie thinks < 1090102629 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :what, they are < 1090102659 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :roll a d% < 1090102665 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :lol < 1090102732 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I'd like a small, dice-size klein bottle I could throw. at least with a d1 you can be relatively certain what the outcome will be. < 1090102741 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :lol < 1090102792 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Just throw a perfect sphere. That's a d1 too. Or get a coin with two heads (or tails). < 1090102824 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :no < 1090102834 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :a perfect coin is a weighted d3 < 1090102840 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :heh < 1090102844 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :its true < 1090102850 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :anyone know any good laser disc's? < 1090102854 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ya < 1090102860 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :fraggle rock on laser disc < 1090102862 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :hehe < 1090102882 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :throwing a sphere sounds relatively boring when you could be throwing stranger topological things like a klein bottle around. < 1090102938 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :and I don't have a shpere. < 1090102979 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :fizzie - think bouncy ball < 1090103007 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :there is no bouncy ball. < 1090103028 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid NICK :Lord_AnthraX_Awa < 1090103030 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :only sphere here is my mirror ball thingie, and it gets.. er, deconstructed, if I mishandle it. < 1090103031 0 :Lord_AnthraX_Awa!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :bah < 1090103093 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :and I don't have glue to fix it with. < 1090103403 0 :Lord_AnthraX_Awa!unknown@unknown.invalid NICK :Lord_AnthraX < 1090103404 0 :Lord_AnthraX!unknown@unknown.invalid PART #esoteric :? < 1090103458 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :hm, pretty strange, actually, that I completely lack a sphere. I only found a torus. < 1090103626 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I have... A magic 8-ball. But it isn't entirely spherical. < 1090103667 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I wonder what a super-egg counts as... A weighted d3, probably. < 1090103840 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I have a.. thing. it could be considered spherical, but it's not exactly solid, it's.. eh, hard to describe. it has a core and then ~5cm long (coloured) pieces of rubber band sticking outside away from the core, so the rest shape of it is a sphere, sorta. < 1090103882 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I'm probably not explaining this very well, but I lack my digital photography device so I can't elaborate easily. < 1090103916 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Rubber band? Is it some sort of tensegrity sculpture? < 1090104152 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :nno, more like a stress relief toy. < 1090104167 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :How does it relieve stress? :) < 1090104172 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the rubber band "hair" is quite dense/thick. < 1090104187 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :well, you can throw and catch it. < 1090104203 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Oh! I know what it is then. < 1090104204 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :it used to have few loops in there too, but those are now broken. < 1090104230 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Uh, that is, I've seen it before... I can't begin to describe its function, though. < 1090104253 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I'm not sure about the stress relief thing, but "stressipallo" (literal translation: "stress ball" (er, probably guessable)) is what I've always called it. < 1090104301 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :it had a brand name too, but I've forgotten it. < 1090104326 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :once again google helped me! http://www.geriatric-resources.com/assets/images/Koosh.JPG < 1090104357 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :mine is differently coloured, and perhaps a bit bigger. (or maybe not. hard to estimate scale in that pic.) < 1090104377 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :supposedly those make great toys for people tripping on LSD < 1090104380 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :"The famous rubbery porcupine ball. Soft, safe and fun!" < 1090104399 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Safe!? SAFE!?? < 1090104411 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :You could put someone's eye out with that... < 1090104422 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i don't think you could < 1090104426 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :unless you tried really, really hard < 1090104426 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I wouldn't know. despite repeated queries, our student union people have only installed the soft-drink and candy vending machines, not drugs. < 1090104443 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :if you're so inclined, you can probably put someone's eye out with most things. < 1090104458 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :yes, but koosh balls would be near the bottom of the list < 1090104487 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :"you'll shoot your eye out, kid" < 1090104493 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :right next to cotton candy and porridge < 1090104707 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :koosh balls are fun :) < 1090104740 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :but it's a sphere only in a vague sort of way. < 1090104744 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :so are over-sized bb guns/rifles from movies :-p < 1090104752 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :no, its not a sphere, its a koosh ball < 1090104768 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i got a pile of em somewhere < 1090104813 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I have only this one. < 1090104813 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :but i guess if you count the number of triangles made by 3 adjacent 'pins' or bands, you would be able to tell how many 'sides' it has < 1090104835 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :it's hard to determine how it landed since the spikes aren't rigid. < 1090104854 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the top should always have a flat-most triangle < 1090104865 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :mhm. < 1090104930 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :then I used to have a frisbee-like thing, only it was just a ring, not a disc, with a somewhat elastic outer edge, and then ~6cm of fabric inside the outer edge, but that broke. I believe it was called "whoosh" or "woosh" or something like that. < 1090104938 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i got one of those < 1090104948 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ya, the same company made them i think < 1090104955 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :then i have one that doesn't have the fabric, it flys better < 1090104965 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :but its hard, and will break windows easily < 1090105255 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I think I'm going to see if I can find my koosh ball. < 1090105367 0 :mooz-!~root@cs182082.pp.htv.fi JOIN :#esoteric < 1090105378 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :it was under a pile of stuff, therefore it's a bit clumpy now. < 1090105482 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :maybe I should apologise to it. < 1090105963 0 :tonsofpcs!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :heh < 1090105978 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :it's a bit messy-looking now. < 1090105982 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :much like I. < 1090106508 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :hm. < 1090106546 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :there are some rather ambiguous choices when determining which is the "top" side of a thrown koosh ball. < 1090106611 0 :Toreun!~Toreun@ool-45738c44.dyn.optonline.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1090108250 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :booo < 1090108481 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I is tired and may fall asleep at any moment. < 1090108770 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i can wake you up < 1090108780 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :if you give me an account on your box, with access to /dev/dsp