Cyclops enjoyed his job at the pizza place...and anchovies...
bmp bad! jpeg good!
I am very, very, very sorry to you all.
(bangbangstoat, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:35, archived)

So you should
with the BROWSER BORKING SLOW LOADING BMP FROM HELL!

WHERE ARE THE MODS?
( Rev. A-MOL, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:36, archived)

Brighton?

( nick the greek I'm sorry for calling you an inanimate object., Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:59, archived)

Big enough
for you? :s
( nick the greek I'm sorry for calling you an inanimate object., Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:37, archived)

how big?
that loaded slowly on broadband
( MrSanity still playing WoW more than is healthy, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:38, archived)

It's loaded?
You lucky bastard

Oh, now it has
( Rev. A-MOL, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:38, archived)

it took about a minute*

*maybe not, but it seemed like I was back on dial up
( MrSanity still playing WoW more than is healthy, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:39, archived)

i'm on 37 Kbps at work
so by christmas i should see it
( mongychops, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:43, archived)

To be honest
as presents go, it's knitted jumper more than a Raleigh chopper.
( Rev. A-MOL, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:44, archived)

arse
i was hoping for Tin Can Alley AND a Big Trak
( mongychops, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:46, archived)

with one arm longer than the other

( MrSanity still playing WoW more than is healthy, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:46, archived)

Knitted jumper
is being kind.

Knitted jumper from thalidimide, epileptic, colour-blind and mentally retarded grandmother is getting closer...
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:47, archived)

Ouch
Strike until your boss stops being so tight!
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:46, archived)

37kbps?
Lucky sod. I'm at 0.7kbps at home :( Woo for slow analogue phone lines. We even have those phones with the spinny-dial on them.
(benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 13:05, archived)

sorry for posting a half megabyte bitmap?
JPG dearie or gif..
Please writers of the board code, make it impossible for bitmaps to be posted, can't be too hard.
( Evil Lu, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:38, archived)

seconded!

( Deadpool, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:39, archived)

And while you're at it
attempt nuclear fusion at home, that can't be too hard either :p
( Goatpod, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:40, archived)

Well,
there was a guy who did....

Ooops, sorry, misread 'fusion' as 'fission'. It's still impressive mind.
( Rev. A-MOL, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:41, archived)

very Barry Ween
bit overkill just for a merit badge, though
( Deadpool, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:44, archived)

nah,
that's fission. Completely different. Oh yes.

\edit: Sorry, you noticed. Pedantry Ends.
(babery, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:45, archived)

actually,
you could have a go. All you'd need is some water, a bit more hydrogen, loads of electricity and a magnet.
(babery, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:42, archived)

or put "Do not post bitmaps you spamheads"
on the front page.
(babery, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:41, archived)

but then that relies on people actually reading it
banning them thru code eliminates human stupidity
( Deadpool, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:42, archived)

well, yes
but if it wasn't for human stupidity we'd all be getting on with our work.


Yay for total idiots!


although I do kind of agree with you as well.
(babery, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:49, archived)

err...
...compress it?
( DaveBr tes noisivelet ruoy tsujda ton od, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:38, archived)

And so you should be
That took approx 1 whole minute of my time to load - and with all teh broadbean!
(wobblyjelly, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:39, archived)

.gif or .jpg
Simple.
( Jahled He's just a grunt, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:41, archived)

You nasty PNGist

( Rev. A-MOL, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:42, archived)

pngs are beautiful
pure brilliance
( Naive Amoeba Hardly ever goes on this site anymore., Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:50, archived)

agh!
it's loading backwards! what is this madness?
( Naive Amoeba Hardly ever goes on this site anymore., Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:50, archived)

I know.
It ruins the killer punchline.
( Rev. A-MOL, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:51, archived)

a bitmap?
oh for goddness sake
( VampireMonkeyOnSpeed www.ZXBadger.com - EAT IT!, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:52, archived)

how has a 600k bitmap
been on the board for twenty minutes without being mod'ed?
are we temporarily mod free?
ANARCHY!

edit: damn ... too late ... *puts away bottles and petrol*
( Dr. Shambolic is Pootle made out of marshmallow, Mon 9 Aug 2004, 12:52, archived)