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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:46 pm
Nice one, Soo or whoever. I love the caption to my photograph! ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
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Kirk you actually said that to a girl? Were you drunk at the time?Charlie Reams wrote:Incidentally yes, those quotes are genuine. That section could easily be expanded, Kirk has a talent for the soundbite...
I've just looked at that as well now. One thing interesting about those maxes of yours (and I make it 54 btw) is how they are spread over the three parts of the shows. 13 are in part 1, 12 in part 2, and 29 in part 3. Even getting all 8 conundrums, doesn't account for the general improvement as you went into the last third of each game.Kai Laddiman wrote:I have just looked at my page and found out I got a measly 53 out of 90 maxes in my prelims, including just 5 in my 8th, which averages 6.625 a game.
You're probably right with 54Howard Somerset wrote:I've just looked at that as well now. One thing interesting about those maxes of yours (and I make it 54 btw) is how they are spread over the three parts of the shows. 13 are in part 1, 12 in part 2, and 29 in part 3. Even getting all 8 conundrums, doesn't account for the general improvement as you went into the last third of each game.Kai Laddiman wrote:I have just looked at my page and found out I got a measly 53 out of 90 maxes in my prelims, including just 5 in my 8th, which averages 6.625 a game.
I can't think what that can possibly be.Kai Laddiman wrote:And, quite off the subject, I missed a 7-letter in the EMPTINESS round that begins with PEN
Is there some difference between 4OD and catch-up that allows you to print screen? I've been trying to get images from one of my games on catch-up, but it's not working.Martin Gardner wrote:I have channel 4 on demand so whenever there's an Octochamp or a finalist I can take a picture using print screen. I also managed to get a few from YouTube (cf James Martin, DCeDL, etc...)
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I can't vouch for either but you shouldn't be able to screengrab ANY videos - they are displayed using DirectX, a different graphics processing method to the rest of the desktop that is being displayed. Think of them as being two different layers, the screenprint will only pick up the desktop and just have a black space where the video was playing.Martin Bishop wrote:Is there some difference between 4OD and catch-up that allows you to print screen? I've been trying to get images from one of my games on catch-up, but it's not working.Martin Gardner wrote:I have channel 4 on demand so whenever there's an Octochamp or a finalist I can take a picture using print screen. I also managed to get a few from YouTube (cf James Martin, DCeDL, etc...)
Martin
Or use an operating system without the retarded display mechanism.Matt Morrison wrote:I can't vouch for either but you shouldn't be able to screengrab ANY videos - they are displayed using DirectX, a different graphics processing method to the rest of the desktop that is being displayed. Think of them as being two different layers, the screenprint will only pick up the desktop and just have a black space where the video was playing.Martin Bishop wrote:Is there some difference between 4OD and catch-up that allows you to print screen? I've been trying to get images from one of my games on catch-up, but it's not working.Martin Gardner wrote:I have channel 4 on demand so whenever there's an Octochamp or a finalist I can take a picture using print screen. I also managed to get a few from YouTube (cf James Martin, DCeDL, etc...)
Martin
Sometimes you can get around this by full-screening the video and then trying to print screen (so long as you are using a single monitor and none of the desktop is being displayed when video is full screen) but usually if you want to get screen grabs from videos (or indeed games) then you'll need a bit of software that is a bit cleverer than the print screen button by itself. Shouldn't be hard to find something freeware on Google.
Well, he wrote it...Kai Laddiman wrote:I don't think this is an incredibly nice thing about a brilliant bloke who looks uncannily like Peter Davies!
I've still got a copy of most of them on my PC, along with most of the rest of the msn archive. Bevins, if you're reading, pm me whether you'd prefer to pay by cheque or Paypal.Clare Sudbery wrote:Any chance of a link to wherever these Kirk quotes can be found?
I prefer http://jononeill.com/.Gary Male wrote:They used to be on http://sooreams.com/ but they aren't available there any longer. Also Charlie looks a hell of a lot more attractive there than in real life.
I don't fancy yours much.Phil Reynolds wrote:I prefer http://jononeill.com/.Gary Male wrote:They used to be on http://sooreams.com/ but they aren't available there any longer. Also Charlie looks a hell of a lot more attractive there than in real life.
I don't fancy either of them much, but Jono's has a much more interesting list of links.Gary Male wrote:I don't fancy yours much.Phil Reynolds wrote:I prefer http://jononeill.com/.Gary Male wrote:They used to be on http://sooreams.com/ but they aren't available there any longer. Also Charlie looks a hell of a lot more attractive there than in real life.
Puzzled me for a while as well. I eventually solved the mystery; one of the contestants (I forget which) posted a link to it on his blog. Can't find the blog now though, I guess it's since been deleted.Kai Laddiman wrote:Why has this episode had so many views? I can't see anything special about it, apart from the fact that it has the exact same conundrum scramble as one of Junaid's.
What a piss easy conundrum, you'd have to be an absolute retard not to get that.Kai Laddiman wrote:Why has this episode had so many views? I can't see anything special about it, apart from the fact that it has the exact same conundrum scramble as one of Junaid's.
Lol, this website now exists.Phil Reynolds wrote:I prefer http://jononeill.com/.Gary Male wrote:They used to be on http://sooreams.com/ but they aren't available there any longer. Also Charlie looks a hell of a lot more attractive there than in real life.