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by Charlie Reams
Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:03 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Name Our Child
Replies: 110
Views: 17946

Re: Name Our Child

Matt Morrison wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:Apterous Morrison has a certain familiar quality.
Velvet could be a consideration for a middle name, I think that's about as close as I could get.
That'll do.

Also, Penn Jillette's daughter is called Moxie Crimefighter Jillette, which I think is great.
by Charlie Reams
Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:16 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Name Our Child
Replies: 110
Views: 17946

Re: Name Our Child

Apterous Morrison has a certain familiar quality.
by Charlie Reams
Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:59 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Paul Zenon vs Psychic Sally
Replies: 89
Views: 17646

Re: Paul Zenon vs Psychic Sally

This marks an interesting change from the norm. Psychics have, for obvious reasons, generally acted as if they are above resorting to legal means. If they fight this (and I think they will) it could be very significant.
by Charlie Reams
Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:12 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Classic Nick Quotes
Replies: 11
Views: 3410

Re: Classic Nick Quotes

2010-12-12 21:10:52 Joseph Krol: lag test 2010-12-12 21:10:53 Gevin Chapwell: about 2 2010-12-12 21:10:56 Adam Gillard: lagtest MK II 2010-12-12 21:10:57 Gevin Chapwell: If that 2010-12-12 21:10:59 Adam Gillard: lag gone now 2010-12-12 21:11:01 Joseph Krol: instant for me! ha ha 2010-12-12 21:11:04 ...
by Charlie Reams
Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:13 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What did you want to be when you were a kid?
Replies: 27
Views: 6371

Re: What did you want to be when you were a kid?

Palaeontologist when I was really young, the inevitable brief dalliance with astronaut, then at 8 I discovered computer programming and that was it. The last 18 years have just flown by...
by Charlie Reams
Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:18 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Buying faulty crap off eBay - where do you stand?
Replies: 59
Views: 11595

Re: Buying faulty crap off eBay - where do you stand?

Surely you guys can understand that having the forum purposely structured in such a way that a few specific members are able and encouraged to air gripes in a hidden and blameless environment, allowing them to build up support before bringing it onto the visible forum, while everyone else has to pu...
by Charlie Reams
Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:39 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Buying faulty crap off eBay - where do you stand?
Replies: 59
Views: 11595

Re: Buying faulty crap off eBay - where do you stand?

Beautiful. I'm sure there's lots of taxpayers footing the bill for your benefits (if you'll excuse the tabloid-style simplification) who wait a few days for their Amazon deliveries because they would consider the Prime membership an extravagance that they couldn't really afford/justify. Oh, I'm so ...
by Charlie Reams
Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:55 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Buying faulty crap off eBay - where do you stand?
Replies: 59
Views: 11595

Re: Buying faulty crap off eBay - where do you stand?

Julie T wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:
David Williams wrote: If it had been the other way round, and Amazon had been supplying you the service but forgetting to charge you, how would you react if they realised and asked you for £150?
:D
Rubbish argument IMHO.
I think you'll have to concede this one, David!
by Charlie Reams
Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:37 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2011
Replies: 16
Views: 3523

Re: Game of the Year (GotY) 2011

Jon Corby wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:and I'm not sure on what basis you'd decide that that French letters attack was any better
I dunno, "French Letters attack" sounds pretty intriguing to me.
lolz. Item idea?
by Charlie Reams
Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:10 am
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Pointles Series 6
Replies: 76
Views: 21963

Re: Pointles Series 6

Nice start to the series.
by Charlie Reams
Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:28 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: How Googly are you?
Replies: 46
Views: 7559

Re: How Googly are you?

I'm all 12 of the first 12, before eventually giving way to some boring ancestral lists. Not bad.

(For Charles Reams I'm 2nd and 3rd, which is quite surprising to me considering I almost never use that name.)
by Charlie Reams
Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:08 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Has anyone else got chlamydia?
Replies: 32
Views: 6368

Re: Has anyone else got chlamydia?

My (disease-free) other half suggests that maybe one your friends saw the opportunity for a prank following a positive test? Seems like a funny idea. And I don't want to cast any aspersions but we all know one friend of yours who's game for a practical joke... Is that a confession? I actually did g...
by Charlie Reams
Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:58 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Has anyone else got chlamydia?
Replies: 32
Views: 6368

Re: Has anyone else got chlamydia?

My (disease-free) other half suggests that maybe one your friends saw the opportunity for a prank following a positive test? Seems like a funny idea. And I don't want to cast any aspersions but we all know one friend of yours who's game for a practical joke... Edit: Just realised the link was to an ...
by Charlie Reams
Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:15 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Masters 2012
Replies: 88
Views: 17969

Re: Apterous Masters 2012

Thanks for the invite but I'm so out of the loop now, I think it would be better to let a qualifier have my place. Good luck to whoever that may be!
by Charlie Reams
Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:46 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Ditloids
Replies: 26
Views: 6661

Re: Ditloids

1874: Alexander Bell completes discourse experiment: "Mr Watson, Come here, I want to see you" That's absolutely shocking, how the hell were you supposed to figure out that wording? It barely even makes sense. I don't know how these are scored, but I would've thought you'd get the point f...
by Charlie Reams
Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:57 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Raccoon Boy on Pointless
Replies: 100
Views: 12248

Re: Raccoon Boy on Pointless

Phil Reynolds wrote:Hey Raccoon, I've made you a new trophy to replace the defective one the BBC gave you.

Image
:)
by Charlie Reams
Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:25 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Puzzle contest!
Replies: 5
Views: 4017

Re: Puzzle contest!

Gets the Reams thumbs-up. Very nicely designed, and accessible for people who suck at puzzles (me).
by Charlie Reams
Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:29 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Code Puzzle
Replies: 21
Views: 7605

Re: Code Puzzle

This made me happy.
by Charlie Reams
Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:28 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: aptoSOS.02 - signup and shiz
Replies: 76
Views: 21614

Re: aptoSOS.02 - signup and shiz

Martin Long wrote:My presence in this competition will give someone an easy victory!
Can I borrow this line for some Apterous Prune dialogue?
by Charlie Reams
Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:11 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Paul Zenon vs Psychic Sally
Replies: 89
Views: 17646

Re: Paul Zenon vs Psychic Sally

So what is the standard excuse for not proving your abilities if you're a psychic? Is it just that their powers are a bit random so they might not work all the time? Well, that would be perverse mischief . Occasionally people do consent to testing, presumably because some people do genuinely believ...
by Charlie Reams
Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:04 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Sporcle
Replies: 44
Views: 8218

Re: Sporcle

Michael Wallace wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:Well, since my last quiz went down quite well...
Way to link to the answers you n00b.
Ha, that shows you the answers even if you haven't done the quiz? Mental. Fixed now.
by Charlie Reams
Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:37 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Sporcle
Replies: 44
Views: 8218

Re: Sporcle

Well, since my last quiz went down quite well, here's another one. Enjoy!

Incidentally Sporcle doesn't use Flash AFAIK, so apart from formatting issues it should work fine on a phone/tablet.
by Charlie Reams
Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:54 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: University Challenge 2011/12
Replies: 89
Views: 19453

Re: University Challenge 2011/12

http://thequizaddict.blogspot.com/2012/01/university-challenge-quarter-final_24.html Pop shove-it. :oops: I played Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 for a day and that's as much as I've been exposed to skateboarding. I wasn't correcting you (I didn't read your post until afterwards), I just thought I would ...
by Charlie Reams
Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:39 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: University Challenge 2011/12
Replies: 89
Views: 19453

Re: University Challenge 2011/12

Pop shove-it.
by Charlie Reams
Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:41 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Sporcle
Replies: 44
Views: 8218

Re: Sporcle

Cool, thanks guys! It got made Editor's Pick. Maybe I'll do some more.
by Charlie Reams
Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:41 am
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Pointless Series 5
Replies: 216
Views: 42137

Re: Pointless Series 5

Phil Reynolds wrote: "She washed his feet, didn't she?"
"Mmm... but did she stay for the meal?"
Haha, missed that.
by Charlie Reams
Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:39 am
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: The Chase
Replies: 153
Views: 81926

Re: The Chase

Andy Wilson wrote:Quality cut to awkward frowny smile there when Olwyn admitted to two counts of attempted murder.
Actually two counts of successful murder, since she said "electrocuted".
by Charlie Reams
Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:00 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown in the news
Replies: 217
Views: 64053

Re: Countdown in the news

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Lee Kelly wrote:ano but im just saying that it happened more recently than what they had said
No, you said the BBC had "got their facts wrong". They didn't.
No reply? Who'd've thought.
by Charlie Reams
Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:12 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Sporcle
Replies: 44
Views: 8218

Re: Sporcle

I made a wordsy quiz that y'all might like.
by Charlie Reams
Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:12 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Reused Teatime Teasers
Replies: 5
Views: 1830

Re: Reused Teatime Teasers

Jon Corby wrote:I thought I was reading the wrong recap!
:D
by Charlie Reams
Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:59 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Old boy film
Replies: 2
Views: 1955

Re: Old boy film

Yes, it's very good, but you've completely spoiled it for yourself now.
by Charlie Reams
Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:27 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Java on PlayStation 3
Replies: 1
Views: 1353

Re: Java on PlayStation 3

I would be pretty surprised if it were playable even it you could get it to work, but I'd definitely be interested to hear from anyone who's had a go.
by Charlie Reams
Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:25 am
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Pointless Series 5
Replies: 216
Views: 42137

Re: Pointless Series 5

What an atrocious lot of contestants. Really irritating and dislikable. The only pleasant pair eliminated themselves in the first round with a tactical blunder, then the rest of the show was bland guesswork followed by an easy jackpot question with a huge prize. Urgh.
by Charlie Reams
Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:09 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday January 9th 2012
Replies: 49
Views: 8966

Re: Spoilers For Monday January 9th 2012

Tony Atkins wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:
James Robinson wrote:Rhys will be providing the first Hewer era recap later
Will I? Didn't we have this discussion a while back? I got the impression that it had been sorted out.
And someone still needs to do the recap for December 13 and record the winner against S65 on the database.
You're welcome.
by Charlie Reams
Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:15 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Trade Secrets
Replies: 155
Views: 44447

Re: Trade Secrets

Julie T wrote: you have to buy double the amount you use so that you can keep some charged up ready
Surely you only need as many as might reasonably run out at once?
by Charlie Reams
Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:21 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Rachel on Celebrity Mastermind
Replies: 32
Views: 4364

Re: Rachel on Celebrity Mastermind

Michael Wallace wrote: It's the main reason I don't make a habit of watching it - seeing people answering very specific questions about subjects I have no knowledge of is just a bit tedious.
Agreed. Can anyone explain the appeal?
by Charlie Reams
Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:05 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Omelette Game - WTF?
Replies: 10
Views: 3147

Re: Omelette Game - WTF?

Keith Bennett wrote:When I saw the thread title I thought the OP was going to ask why a variant called omelette has a fried egg as its icon.
For the same reason that it's called omelette when obviously a pancake is the relevant metaphor (you have to use everything up).
by Charlie Reams
Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:04 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: GotY 2010
Replies: 46
Views: 7216

Re: GotY 2010

I think it's really good that you've done this, but I might put a ticket on Apterous to suggest GOTW-style system for 2012 onwards. I think you'd get more nominations. It's very unlikely that I'd do it. GOTW is a monster pain in the arse to code and maintain, without running another parallel-but-sl...
by Charlie Reams
Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:11 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Carl Williams
Replies: 50
Views: 12191

Re: Carl Williams

Gavin Chipper wrote:I've heard that it's happened before as well.
Yep.
by Charlie Reams
Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:03 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: aptoSOS.02 - signup and shiz
Replies: 76
Views: 21614

Re: aptoSOS.02 - signup and shiz

Yes please. (What was the ruling? Am I allowed to enter?)
by Charlie Reams
Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:19 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Carl Williams
Replies: 50
Views: 12191

Re: Carl Williams

I presume you are just talking about Apterous here. My basic thoughts on Apterous are that you can do anything - such as fudging numbers solutions. I think Apterous differs from normal Countdown partly because it's more "objective". Pretty much agree with this, although there are still so...
by Charlie Reams
Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:39 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Carl Williams
Replies: 50
Views: 12191

Re: Carl Williams

David Williams wrote:Some people might suggest that spending hundreds of hours practising rather goes against the spirit of Countdown.
Some people might suggest lots of things. Are you actually advocating this position?
by Charlie Reams
Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:14 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: GotY 2010
Replies: 46
Views: 7216

Re: GotY 2010

This sounds cool. I'd prefer not to look through 52 games in order to vote but I'll do it if necessary.
by Charlie Reams
Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:38 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Only Connect
Replies: 169
Views: 100651

Re: Only Connect

Graeme Cole wrote:Have a grid.

No idea how difficult it is, so I've just put "medium".
Quite a nice one, got it in 1:10 but I think we're on a similar wavelength for a few of the niche aspects (without saying too much) so that's probably an underestimate of the difficulty.
by Charlie Reams
Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:01 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1644
Views: 1720993

Re: Politics in General

According to Alistair McGowan, it's not only the best impression of Thatcher he's ever seen, it's the best impression of anyone he's ever seen. When I heard it was Meryl Streep in the role, I pretty much knew it would be good, but that does sound impressive. I'm quite interested in seeing the film ...
by Charlie Reams
Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:54 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Only Connect
Replies: 169
Views: 100651

Re: Only Connect

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:whack it up on Puzzgrid and I'd love to give it a go!
#1619
Nice one. Got it in just under 1:30, but I put "volume units" or something for the beer sizes link, which I guess is not quite right.
by Charlie Reams
Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:49 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Playing apterous at work
Replies: 12
Views: 4119

Re: Playing apterous at work

In order to be slightly more helpful, I waded back through old correspondence and found this nugget from Charlie: "They need to allow outgoing TCP connections on ports 27438 and 27439. Outgoing connections are unlikely to pose security problems so they ought to allow it." which, according...
by Charlie Reams
Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:36 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Should Countdown BAN Under 16's?
Replies: 44
Views: 9082

Re: Should Countdown BAN Under 16's?

James Robinson wrote:When you consider all the under-16 talent there has been on the show, that is really shocking.
Indeed.
by Charlie Reams
Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:27 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Line Puzzle
Replies: 10
Views: 3478

Re: Line Puzzle

I agree with Nick. The Task Force lyric "[it's] like being sixth place in a game of Russian roulette" always annoyed me because sixth place is no better or worse than anywhere else. (I know what he meant to say but come on Chester, you're supposed to be a professional.) If you're talking ...
by Charlie Reams
Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:32 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Line Puzzle
Replies: 10
Views: 3478

Re: Line Puzzle

I agree with Nick. The Task Force lyric "[it's] like being sixth place in a game of Russian roulette" always annoyed me because sixth place is no better or worse than anywhere else. (I know what he meant to say but come on Chester, you're supposed to be a professional.)
by Charlie Reams
Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:02 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Subtitling errors
Replies: 24
Views: 7041

Re: Subtitling errors

Stewart Gordon wrote:And WALES today ... what has the world come to?
And record unemployment. But you're right, mostly subtitling errors.
by Charlie Reams
Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:37 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C Photo Dump
Replies: 343
Views: 55303

Re: C4C Photo Dump

Matt Morrison wrote:Image
Hahaha! Windows XP, seriously?!?
by Charlie Reams
Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:48 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Google Instant
Replies: 20
Views: 3096

Re: Google Instant

I like how it's integrated with the "search from the URL bar" thing in Chrome, since that's where I do 90% of my searches from.
by Charlie Reams
Sun Oct 23, 2011 5:12 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Variant Ideas - a compendium
Replies: 13
Views: 2601

Re: Variant Ideas - a compendium

As a parting shot I'd like to say thanks to MWM, without whose efforts I would never have had the patience to sit and create all the tickets.
by Charlie Reams
Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:40 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
Replies: 604
Views: 345616

Re: Is Apterous down?

Please don't post in this topic unless apterous is actually down.
by Charlie Reams
Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:42 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: CountMax errors
Replies: 727
Views: 91469

Re: CountMax errors

This thread has been superseded by the new ticket system. I'll migrate old dictionary errors to the ticket system in the next few days.
by Charlie Reams
Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:42 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Dictionary fixes
Replies: 38
Views: 9449

Re: Dictionary fixes

This thread has been superseded by the new ticket system. I'll migrate old dictionary errors to the ticket system in the next few days.
by Charlie Reams
Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:41 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Variant Ideas - a compendium
Replies: 13
Views: 2601

Re: Variant Ideas - a compendium

This thread has been superseded by the new ticket system. I'll migrate old variant ideas to the ticket system in the next few days.