who will win, usa or china?
Mars will be ours.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:26 (sixteen years ago) link
what brand of battery do you use? or are you rechargeable
― jaxon, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:50 (sixteen years ago) link
tombot what is your favorite:
song album movie actor sandwich kind of sock continent animal planet
― latebloomer, Friday, 16 November 2007 02:02 (sixteen years ago) link
you know who i hate on csi is that hipster creep who is always partnered up with emily procter.
― omar little, Friday, 16 November 2007 02:26 (sixteen years ago) link
is he the new detective? that guy has made the show unwatchable.
― bnw, Friday, 16 November 2007 03:27 (sixteen years ago) link
tombro, not a funny or particularly inspired question, but i might pick up a wii soon. what are your five must have games?
― sanskrit, Friday, 16 November 2007 03:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Which is better?
New York - LA Edirol - Presonus VA - MD Pro Tools - Logic Nocturbulous Behaviour - Journey to the Martian Polar Cap Alice - Maude
Which is greater threat?
Water - Oil
― laxalt, Friday, 16 November 2007 05:35 (sixteen years ago) link
wow seriously I have some questions of my own now I think
1. wtf yall think I am the guy to ask these questions of, I just ban ppl and make the angry at cunts 2. who is laxalt
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 07:16 (sixteen years ago) link
best games for ps2?
Dragon Quest VIII Rogue Galaxy probably FF XII I'm also enjoying Front Mission 4 at the moment the Katamari games were also a lot of fun as I recall but you can kind of beat both of them in like three days
I'm a copper topper. I used to go for el cheapo stuff until I woke up one day and like 6 crucial input devices in my house all used Bluetooth
what is your favorite:
song
oh man I have no idea
album
seriously no idea at all
movie
can't do it
actor
tie between jimmy stewart and owen wilson
sandwich
free
kind of sock
I have a ton of timberland crew socks in various colors that I picked up at OMG in manhattan like three years ago and I wear those pretty much every day. For weekend laziness I also have some of those nobbly ones with the tread pads on the bottom, I think possibly from ll bean or something. They don't make the timberland socks anymore so I'm going to have to find something else when these start wearing out.
continent
I like Europe. My favorite place in Europe is probably the Frankfurt Airport, though.
animal
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1069/1332573471_10ab231160_m.jpg
planet
Earth, I haven't been able to visit any other ones, also I heard you can't smoke anywhere else
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll bite
New York - LA NY by miles duh Edirol - Presonus don't use either VA - MD virginia still lets you smoke in bars Pro Tools - Logic don't use either Nocturbulous Behaviour - Journey to the Martian Polar Cap C) Jeff Mills Live In Tokyo Alice - Maude Maude is a much more interesting snapshot of America in its respective time frame and kind of amazing to think that it was ever a popular television show.
Water - Oil Oil can't give you dysentery.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.g4tv.com/pile_player.aspx?video_key=19059
^ will this be good
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
TOMBOT otm re Maude -except for the great Vic Tayback, Alice was pretty much unwatchable.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
looks like they hired two separate developers, one to make the ps360+pc versions and another to make the ds/wii/ps2 versions. in neither case does the dev company have a track record of note. bargain bin.
is he the new detective?
yeah, speedle's replacement, played by jonathan togo. I don't mind him much but he's definitely no speedle (just ask eric delko lol)
Excite Truck Twilight Princess Sports Pending Pending
(metroid was eh. I'm just not an fps guy)
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Can't stand the no-neck Henry Rollins preppy. Reminds me of an old boss I had.
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link
(Lego SW complete saga hasn't shown up in the mail yet) (Want: Fire Emblem, Power Pro Baseball, SMG obv) (I am downgrading mario + sonic olympics to "only if I can find it for >=$20" based on mario party 8 sucking)
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm gonna rent excite truck now. thanks!
― jergïns, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link
is metroid for wii all first-person shootery like the one for gamecube? that was dnw for me (OG metroid is my favorite)
― bell_labs, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link
is metroid for wii all first-person shootery like the one for gamecube?
yes exactly + the wiimote does not help as much as I thought it would
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:13 (sixteen years ago) link
1. wtf yall think I am the guy to ask these questions of
its due to the appearance of the ask tombot thread
2. who is laxalt
dont know
q: could you plz crown the new ilc mods thx i love cricket new mod request thread
― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:14 (sixteen years ago) link
is MIS compeltely worthless if your greatest programming feat was to make the logo turtle spell out bad words?
― bnw, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
-- bnw, Friday, November 16, 2007 3:13 PM (18 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
my favorite was changing video modes to make people think the monitor was taking a photo
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
are you referring to a Master's in Information Science degree? I would say completely worthless, period, but YMMV out west. Them shits is a dime a dozen around here.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:29 (sixteen years ago) link
management information systems in this case, it'd be an emphasis area for an mba. Like the business end of IT.
― bnw, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I dunno. I'd probably pick anything but that. They tend to be really non-technical to the point of uselessness (cf CISSP above)
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 17 November 2007 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Tombot do you remember that Halloween episode of Punky Brewster where Punky goes into the spooky cave and encounters an enormous spider?
― iiiijjjj, Sunday, 18 November 2007 00:10 (sixteen years ago) link
That was a Halloween episode?
― Pleasant Plains, Sunday, 18 November 2007 00:16 (sixteen years ago) link
If it wasn't, it was certainly as spooky as one!!!
― iiiijjjj, Sunday, 18 November 2007 00:38 (sixteen years ago) link
No.
I remember the episode of Captain Caveman where they out a soviet spy by triggering his military reflex to come to attention when somebody says "attention" in russian. So dumb.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 18 November 2007 01:01 (sixteen years ago) link
hey tom thanks for taking our questions first time poster long time reader here
is there any 8-bit animation tool for mac? like if i wanna make nes looking little movies. i mean i could do it in flash but i dont really wanna. later tho ill probably want to convert it to flash.
thx
― jhøshea, Sunday, 18 November 2007 12:14 (sixteen years ago) link
well no there's no 8-bit applications for macintosh, I believe even the Lisa ran on motorola's 68000 which is 32 bit. but for two-dimensional animation of any sort I believe toonboom.com is your go-to. hope that helps.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 18 November 2007 19:32 (sixteen years ago) link
dear tom, 1. rank the hershey's traditional assorted bag: mr goodbar; hershey bar; special dark; and krackel. 2. where's the best beach youve ever been to in the world? 3. should i move to SF in october 08? 4. do you believe in god? 5. im not even gonna pretend i understand computers 6. whats your all-time favorite ILX thread? 7. you like obama right? ill think of 13 more tomorrow?
yr 4-eva bro, pete
― 69, Monday, 19 November 2007 04:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Dear TB,
Big Endian or Little Endian?
Sincerely, JR & Teh Bs
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 19 November 2007 04:42 (sixteen years ago) link
1. rank the hershey's traditional assorted bag: mr goodbar; hershey bar; special dark; and krackel.
1. special dark (manly) 2. krackel 3. hershey bar 4. mr. goodbar (don't like peanuts).
2. where's the best beach youve ever been to in the world?
This is just like the movie/song/album questions. Probably Amelia Island, GA. Never been to any beaches in California! I have been to Normandy, though, and you can still see the shapes of craters in the ground.
3. should i move to SF in october 08?
Didn't you already decide to do that a while ago? Or is this more of a permanent thing than just one year or whatever? If you did I would be pretty jealous. Which means you should do it.
4. do you believe in god?
Sometimes I kind of wish I did.
5. im not even gonna pretend i understand computers
That's okay! The world would probably be better if less people did.
6. whats your all-time favorite ILX thread?
I think the one where slocki put peanut m&ms in the toaster oven. I laughed and laughed.
7. you like obama right?
see upthread! this has been addressed!
― El Tomboto, Monday, 19 November 2007 19:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Do you prefer it when other people recommend books for you, or you recommend books for others?
― caek, Monday, 19 November 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, if you were in a film, who would play you?
Whatever gets the job done. Asking for directions to my gate in German? Little Endian. Practically everything else? Big Endian. I am built with switchable hardware.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 19 November 2007 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not sure I understand this one. I recommend books to others quite a bit. I don't have much luck with books that other people recommend to me, to be honest, it seems to work better if I just show up to your house, find some random tome lying around, and ask to borrow it.
Luke Wilson
― El Tomboto, Monday, 19 November 2007 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
man picturing you laughing and laughing over this is like how awesome that one scene in freaks and geeks is where bill is laughing so much at garry shandling or steve martin on TV
― 69, Monday, 19 November 2007 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey Tombot,
Since people like to ask you questions re: professional development, I'll throw in.
(A) I kinda hate my internet retail job right now, but I am pretty competent member of the 3-person retail team, and our sales have been increasing pretty substantially this year. I figure I might stick around for a while so I can show like a 100% increase in sales during my time here, but will prospective employers actually give a shit? I've been here 3+ years already.
(B) Despite my lack of ability to sew and of any design experience, I have a secret desire to be some sort of product developer / apparel designer / rockstar haberdasher. There's a good apparel & textile design program at local college -- should I follow my dream?
Thanks for your consideration, elmo
― elmo argonaut, Monday, 19 November 2007 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
A) all I know about sales is that motherfuckers expect you to perform and by that they want to know how much you made in commissions. Around here I see ads where they don't even seem to give a shit what you were selling at your last job, just that you put down well into the six figures for a couple years running. So yeah, if that's your business, I would assume they'll give a shit. "internet retail" unfortunately is not something I'm familiar with except as a vehicle for me to get stuff done while avoiding interaction with other human beings and also crime
B) can you take night classes? hell yes, fool. At the very least you will learn how to make your own hats which could probably get you laid.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 25 November 2007 01:47 (sixteen years ago) link
TOM, WHERE DID I PUT MY DRUGS????
― chicago kevin, Sunday, 25 November 2007 06:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey Tom,
Should I teach English or go the internets route Assistant Editing some twelfth-tier marketing blog?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 25 November 2007 08:18 (sixteen years ago) link
chicago: wherever you forgot to leave them from the time before. Sticking to booze and tobacco has the advantage of never having to really ask yourself this question. at least not in a challenging style.
BIG: Teach. Duh.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 25 November 2007 08:50 (sixteen years ago) link
A: IN YR BODY
― gbx, Sunday, 25 November 2007 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
i think someone stole them.
― chicago kevin, Sunday, 25 November 2007 17:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Portland, OR or Portland, ME?
― milo z, Sunday, 25 November 2007 23:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I prefer beer to lobster TBH
― El Tomboto, Monday, 26 November 2007 17:27 (sixteen years ago) link
portland ME has some good beers too.
― bell_labs, Monday, 26 November 2007 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS!
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 26 November 2007 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Sorry, a little context might be in order.
Check out the bear cam at the bottom. Haw.
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 26 November 2007 18:25 (sixteen years ago) link
They archive a lot of stuff there IIRC
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 29 June 2019 14:57 (four years ago) link
Tombot, I have been reading this book and was wondering if you have as well, or have any thoughts on the events documented https://www.amazon.com/Sandworm-Cyberwar-Kremlins-Dangerous-Hackers/dp/0385544405
― babu frik fan account (mh), Friday, 27 December 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link
I have the book but haven’t cracked it. The part where Rob Lee from Dragos finagled a sample of the malware from ESET so he could get the scoop on them has already generated some controversy in “the community”
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 22:49 (four years ago) link
tombot will you ever do some new cartoons of ilx posts
― imago, Thursday, 2 January 2020 00:46 (four years ago) link
I no longer have a boring job where I can get away with using Visio to put word bubble captions on top of carefully curated internet images for most of the day. That presents a significant barrier to my creative process.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 2 January 2020 00:52 (four years ago) link
alas! i liked those
― imago, Thursday, 2 January 2020 01:28 (four years ago) link
This revive has caused my 2020s to begin on a very sad and happy note. I can’t believe this thread has almost a thousand answers. And I hate, hate, hate nostalgia.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 2 January 2020 06:21 (four years ago) link
what up son happy new year you old fart
― beef richards (Mr. Que), Thursday, 2 January 2020 13:44 (four years ago) link
I apologize for asking that and then promptly _forgetting to bookmark the thread_ leading me to believe my question was not addressed!
I feel like the internal politics of the analysis/CVE community was mostly left out of the text, probably for the better.
― babu frik fan account (mh), Friday, 3 January 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 4 January 2020 02:05 (four years ago) link