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Rob Thomas

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH But..but.. Damian..I thought we meant something to you? We represent upwards of HALF A WHOLE PERCENT of your contestants... you NEED us..right? I thought one day... maybe, just maybe... I could be on again... if I just kept imp...

Rob Thomas

Calling Ian Dent are you out there? Let me know when you can play. I'm good most lunchtimes and evenings (tragically)!

Cheers,

Rob

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Derek Hazell wrote:All quite good jokes, Rob, and certainly better than some of the stuff which actually does make it onto Comedy Roadshow. I would say c), b), a)

It was C A B. Not bad.

Rob Thomas

Seen a few of them live, Matt. Future of the Left's gig the other week gave me unrivalled tinnitus. They were even louder than Mogwai. Future of the Left are just beautiful. Every song's a cracker. Saw them at Reading last year but only caught half the set, and would definite prefer a smaller venue...

Rob Thomas

Here's 3 stand-up jokes I wrote and performed yesterday at an open-mic night. Reading a joke and judging in advance whether an audience will find it funny is a tough skill - one i'm not very good at - so why not try your arm and see if you can rank these jokes in ascending order of amount of laughte...

Rob Thomas

Promising new wordy website, currently in beta. Naff selection of dictionaries but it has a good usage section. e.g. see http://www.wordnik.com/words/hoplite.

Rob Thomas

Good thread this one Matthew. I would say there is an increased likelihood of some of the top Apterous people becoming bored of Countdown because they'll: a) whup most contestants most weeks from their armchair b) see coming a mile off the kind of words that the good contestants get However for me, ...

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I was nervous about misspelling this one!

Rob Thomas

Was looking at a few peoples Daily Duels for yesterday (22nd June 2009) and noticed that we don't get the same selection of letters, which is the whole point right? Seems the conundrums are the same but the standard letter rounds vary. e.g. Kai's duel: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=80056...

Rob Thomas

james doohan wrote: even I got two of them

Such Octomodesty!

Rob Thomas

Apterous has ran almost flawlessly for about 3 months now. The logjams that used to occur where whole waves of people would have to log out and in again and say "oh forget it it's not working today" seem to have gone. Whether I open it in IE, Firefox, or Chrome I get a boringly consistent ...

Rob Thomas

OK. Guess the score (if you don't already know it!). My guess is the conund is crucial and Kirk gets it to give 102 for Kirk, 83 for Jimmy.

Rob Thomas

Sure, DC don't get everything and never will. But Susie and Rachel are both fantastic at what they do, and you'd have to trawl the length and width of the planet to find anyone capable of matching them in terms of presentation, ability and all-round brilliance. And even then, you won't succeed. Cel...

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Another small problem with the a/b system is that if someone plays a b match, and they know they did really well on it, and don't think that the opponent will do as well, that would be a disincentive to play the a match, which I imagine is the main match which really should happen. Yeah I was think...

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I've just realised that B above would require programming, as opposed to being something that could be run via the forums, which was the spirit in which you suggested it right Daniel?

Rob Thomas

I like the idea of more than one league table so that people like me can have a pop at being best of the rubbish people. OK it's not too different from just looking at the ratings table and splitting it arbitrarily, but promotion would still be something nice to aim for and to see announced on the s...

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For people who have not been on before right? Or open to all?

Cheers,

Rob.

Rob Thomas

I was once in a small waiting room with one other person into which (we were told in advance by excited staff) Tom Cruise would soon be entering. One of the few DVD's available in said waiting room was Mission Impossible so we froze-framed it on the bit where he is thrown screaming towards the camer...

Rob Thomas

Jon O'Neill wrote:
Rob Thomas wrote:OK i'm a definite now, and i'll go for the lunch please. Ta. See you all there.
See you there, bathrooms.

No witty riposte due to your ununscrambleable name

That and my inability to come out with witty ripostes.

Rob.E.Thomas

Rob Thomas

OK i'm a definite now, and i'll go for the lunch please. Ta. See you all there.

Rob Thomas

Hi. Just found this forum a day or two ago and I have plucked up the courage to join. Welcome Ken. I hope you enjoy this forum. Perhaps we will see you on the programme one day. Well, courage finally came to the fore and I'm due to record in Manchester on June 16th. Butterflies have already invaded...

Rob Thomas

Anyway, here's the first version again with the less obtrusive tick and some other changes to the sounds used, plus some improved mixing and a bit of stereo separation. That is really quite good, as in, I wouldn't be embarrassed to listen to it during an actual game. Can you send me/post the midi v...

Rob Thomas

Yep, the new interface is good. Took me couple of goes to get the general idea, couple more to stop choosing numbers always from the left-hand column, and now I really like it. Something that hasn't been mentioned yet is that it more closely mimics the order in which you give your solution on the TV...

Rob Thomas

The news page says that the 'stepped' clock is a trade-off for improving "lots of round time issues". I feel it's one of those things where yes, a smooth clock would be better, but if less clock cycles painting the clock is what it takes to improve the nightmarish task of synchronising rea...

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I was thinking more about playing 200 games where the only words I suggest are things like "ME" and "THICK". That would get me 200 thrashings but top of the table right?

Rob Thomas

I think I see an opportunity to get myself onto a table.

Rob Thomas

Fairly good chance I can come, will confirm later in the week...

Clare, i'm one of the lowest ranked people on the attendee list, fully expecting a 6-pack of hammerings, so you're not the only one!

Rob

Rob Thomas

"First". Sorry, yuck, never done that before - feel dirty now. Anyway, fantastic job on the help pages. Poos on it's peers. Will help new people to not feel too stupid as they blunder through their first few games, although it could be argued that was part of the fun... Many thanks. Rob. <...

Rob Thomas

I know what you mean (i'm an IT guy). So, let's buck the trend. Genuinely, before reading this thread, I had noticed that Apterous uptime had greatly improved (= 100% from my p.o.v.). Since the April 16th note about fixing some bug crashes in particular. It is a superb website - I keep wishing i'd t...

Rob Thomas

Thanks Charlie for organising the bash. I wussed out shamefully before it even started due to "family pressure" so I wasn't even there but I still appreciate the efforts you put in to give us this excellent piece of software, and to put on the bash. Out of interest, what would it take to d...

Rob Thomas

A mini-adventure. I'm in.

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I can't log in. Seems like other people can judging by the "today's games" list. Will try another version of java on another computer...

Rob Thomas

Sadly no. If they were, I would have been able to release / free / detatch / withdraw my doubts...

Rob Thomas

Most of the time my risky words are rubbish and I don't bat an eyelid when they are not in. Today, I had "sieged" ruled out in my Daily Duel. I had a nagging sense that it was dodgy as I played it (mainly because it wasn't "besieged"), but its disallowment still caused the left h...

Rob Thomas

Count me in. And I shall be the whipping boy's whipping boy.

Rob Thomas

Thanks for the responses Clare, Steven and Ian. Hey Jimmy - why the sarcastic "Read the forum"? Is it "put off new people" week? I am trying to prepare for my appearance on the show around having a busy work / family life. So, I read the FAQ, searched the forum for "Attempt ...

Rob Thomas

Hi everyone, i'm new. First post. When launching Apterous I get "attempt x of 50" and x plods from 1 to 11 (so far) and nothing. My Java is up-to-date (Version 6 update 10). Can someone reassure me it's not something i'm doing wrong and tell me what we do when this happens? Wait? Do we ema...

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