The humble asterisk...


From the Ninja Weapons challenge. See all 262 entries (closed)

( The Great Architect, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:56, archived)

I envy your talent
and thus hate you*



*not really
( M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:56, archived)

heeee he he he he
he gives me the glees
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:57, archived)

Hello.


Guess which animal I'm thinking of.
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:57, archived)

The Cheetah.
Next
( The Great Architect, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:58, archived)

no

( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:59, archived)

Aardvark

( Thor_sonofodin Sent from my Nokia 9210 Communicator, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:58, archived)

not that

( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:59, archived)

a south sea island crab

( Thor_sonofodin Sent from my Nokia 9210 Communicator, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:02, archived)

Nope

( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:02, archived)

Salamander

( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:59, archived)

No,
but that would have been my second choice.
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:00, archived)

YES!
I'm almost psychic...
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)

Duck

( cr3, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:00, archived)

No.

Here's a clue. It starts with 'l' (L).
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:00, archived)

Impala?

(Pachey, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)

That's an L

( cr3, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:06, archived)

Indian elephant?
Ian's cat?
Isabelle's hyena?
( RiffRaff Speaks fluent Blemish, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:05, archived)

It's an L.

( cr3, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:06, archived)

*cleans glasses*
oh yes, so it is.

L E PHANT?
( RiffRaff Speaks fluent Blemish, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:15, archived)

Ian
Ian the rhino?
( The Tig and me, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:05, archived)

It's still not an i.

( cr3, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:06, archived)

ooh,
www.b3ta.com/board/7315697
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:08, archived)

Large Amu-Dar Shovelnose Sturgeon
It must be.
( The Tig and me, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:10, archived)

is "large"
actually part of the name of that creature or did you just slap an adjective on the front?
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:12, archived)

If you are talking about my new friend
Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni or you can call him Large Amu-Dar Shovelnose Sturgeon, then that's what he is called. Except by his mum apparently.
( The Tig and me, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:15, archived)

fury snuff

( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:25, archived)

Large-eared Tenrec
Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec

Lesser Iron-gray Dwarf Lemur
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:14, archived)

damn - llama
should have know... I was foolishly working my way through the Tenrecs...

It's almost never any kind of Tenrec!
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:16, archived)

bloody Tenrec obsession
messing up my game...
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:20, archived)

the spiny echidna

( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:00, archived)

Sorry.

( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)

A fraggle?

( Just Flange fuckbumble.tumblr.com - Another fucking foto blog., Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)

erm...
puppet much?
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:02, archived)

THEY WERE REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

( Just Flange fuckbumble.tumblr.com - Another fucking foto blog., Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)

yes
they were real puppets
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:04, archived)

whatever man, i seen 'em, i seen 'em at the bottom of my garden.

( Just Flange fuckbumble.tumblr.com - Another fucking foto blog., Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:15, archived)

with strings holding them upright
and people's hands up inside them...
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:17, archived)

Get thee to the Derby Bash, heathen

( Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:19, archived)

unicorn?

( Just Flange fuckbumble.tumblr.com - Another fucking foto blog., Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)

can it be milked?

( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)

Yes,
yes it can.
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:02, archived)

now we're getting closer....
Northern Hemisphere or Southern, or both... or neither?
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:04, archived)

Southern,
though it may have been imported to other hemispheres where it would be confined to farms.
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:06, archived)

marsupial?
is it a Platipus?
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:07, archived)

No.
It's not one of them
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:09, archived)

is it a marsupial though...
(damn - why did I ask 2 questions in one post - fool!)
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:09, archived)

Lemur?

( cr3, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)

no

( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)

iguana

( Just Flange fuckbumble.tumblr.com - Another fucking foto blog., Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)

nah

( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)

badger.

( Jeccius 3DS friend code 4897-6337-7123, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)

nope

( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)

Leopard?

( cr3, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)

not at all

( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)

Liger?

( cr3, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:02, archived)

a what?
no, sorry.
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)

Horses!
/best of all the animals to think about
( The Great Architect, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:02, archived)

Indeed,
but they're not being thought of by me.
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:04, archived)

Giraffe?

(Pachey, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:02, archived)

*shakes head*

( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:04, archived)

a octopus

( god save the queen http://www.hatfield-anti-incineration.co.uk/, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)

yuck.
no
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:05, archived)

Hippo
I think about them all the time
( The Tig and me, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)

It's best to keep them in mind,
but that's not the answer
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:05, archived)

Think of all the animals you've ever heard about
like rhinoc'ruses and tigers cats and mink
There are lots of funny animals in all this world
But have you ever seen a panther that is pink?

Think!

A panther that is positively pink,
( Thor_sonofodin Sent from my Nokia 9210 Communicator, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:07, archived)

positively pink...?
it has AIDZLOL?
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:09, archived)

Iriomote Cat

( ivesb Assistant Clinical Physiologist extraordinary, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:05, archived)

He typed a lower case l. Not an i. :)

( cr3, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:06, archived)

It's an L

( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:07, archived)

damn you!!!

( ivesb Assistant Clinical Physiologist extraordinary, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:07, archived)

Indris?

( Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:05, archived)

'L'

( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:07, archived)

Still, Lemur?

( Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:08, archived)

It's a Llama
You 'tards
( SugarSpunSister I love The Bloody Beetroots, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:08, archived)

Yes.
You're the winner!


Hurrah. It was a Llama.

*hugs*
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:09, archived)

:D
Me and thee, little wheelybird, we're connected

*squeezes*
( SugarSpunSister I love The Bloody Beetroots, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:10, archived)

It's spiritual.

Though of course it was going to be a llama. Who thinks of other animals these days? It's a llama-centric world.
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:12, archived)

Llamas and ducks, of course
I guess b3ta must be a little behind the times
( SugarSpunSister I love The Bloody Beetroots, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:13, archived)

www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama
( god save the queen http://www.hatfield-anti-incineration.co.uk/, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:14, archived)

YES

( Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:16, archived)

Hahaha exactly

( SugarSpunSister I love The Bloody Beetroots, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:17, archived)

Late to the party :(

( MetaFarad loves to TANZEN!, Sun 30 Sep 2007, 11:44, archived)

She cheated

(Pachey, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:11, archived)

I can't help it if I'm awesome

( SugarSpunSister I love The Bloody Beetroots, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:12, archived)

I know
That was just poorly-concealed bitterness and jealousy.

;)
(Pachey, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:13, archived)

:)
I'm starting a campaign for free awesome for everyone
( SugarSpunSister I love The Bloody Beetroots, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:15, archived)

I don't want any, it gives me a bad tummy
Someone can have mine
( Hamster Trippin' twitter.com/#!/HamsterTrippin, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:23, archived)

I want to see the brain scan
that proves this. where's the ref?
( The Tig and me, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:11, archived)

Here you go
www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2000/11/brain/composite_2.jpg


As you can see, the llama cognitive centres are highly active.
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:14, archived)

God they are too
When was the lobotomy done, do you think?
( The Tig and me, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:16, archived)

*dribbles*

( SugarSpunSister I love The Bloody Beetroots, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:20, archived)

Lynx

( CandleJakk Formerly Che_Guevaras_Sponge, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:08, archived)

Is it
a Llama?
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:09, archived)

Yes,
but SSS beat you to it. :)
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:10, archived)

was it
a Llama?
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:12, archived)

Yes.

Yes it was.
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:14, archived)

the slender Loris?

( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:09, archived)

Aww, they're lovely

( SugarSpunSister I love The Bloody Beetroots, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:10, archived)

they are in my top 2 lovely animals
along with Sugar Gliders.

Have a googleimages inspierd link:
pbskids.org/backyardjungle/files.php/1274744_discovery_f.jpg

P.s. best animals ever are cats and pygmy goats, but sugar gliders and slender lorises are cuter.
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:14, archived)

My artwork in August's National Geographic :)
www2.b3ta.com/host/creative/9805/1187812703/inprint.jpg

Now someone mentions Slender Loris
( Jahled a cataclysm of spidery hellfuck would be a welcome, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:18, archived)

www.b3ta.com/board/7653613
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:27, archived)

Lion?

( Jeccius 3DS friend code 4897-6337-7123, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:11, archived)

So it was HIM that killed Clippy in Office 2007!

( cr3, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:57, archived)

I've just inadvertantly deleted my copy of Image ready
no more animation

:(
( bilbobaileybarneybobs @bilbobarneybobs- tweet tweet!, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:57, archived)

WHAT!!?
you serious?

you ham fingered monger!


( Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - Jaffa cakes only 500 calories per box - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:58, archived)

I deleted Photoshop CS seeing as I now have CS3
forgot IR isn't in the latest PS, so have now lost it

wonder if I can reinstall the CS1 upgrade...
( bilbobaileybarneybobs @bilbobarneybobs- tweet tweet!, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:59, archived)

bittorrent
is king.

Obviously for evaluation purposes only.
( M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:00, archived)

Doh!
Bad luck, matey


( Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - Jaffa cakes only 500 calories per box - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:00, archived)

ohhh!
can i have one!?
( ivesb Assistant Clinical Physiologist extraordinary, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:12, archived)

Sure!
*passes wooden biscuits*


( Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - Jaffa cakes only 500 calories per box - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:20, archived)

you should be able to just install IR from the CS disk...
you numpty

or learn Fireworks
( Joe Scaramanga and the Tiny Jack the Ripper Trio, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)

yes - someone buy me the full version with all the web stuff
as we only got the Design version


bah!
( bilbobaileybarneybobs @bilbobarneybobs- tweet tweet!, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:02, archived)

!
that was silly.

Silly Freebs
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:58, archived)

Reinstall it then
silly
(Pachey, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:59, archived)

This is a sad story.
But a good opportunity to use something free that has image optimisation and animation stuff in it. Yes, I'm pushing the GIMP at your face again.
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:59, archived)

GIMP is Arse

( bilbobaileybarneybobs @bilbobarneybobs- tweet tweet!, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:59, archived)

The GIMP's user interface was designed by a committee of four year olds on crack

( cr3, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:00, archived)

THIS
I HAD A LOOK ONCE


ONCE.
( bilbobaileybarneybobs @bilbobarneybobs- tweet tweet!, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)

no need to shout
have some green tea and clam down

sheesh
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:04, archived)

*wonders whether this means it's good or whether it means it's bad*
hhmmmmm.....
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)

Open-source completely fails at usability in this case. I want to be able to use the fucker WITHOUT reading the manual, you elitist cunt designers. That's intuitive design and it is not a fault on the user's part if they cannot pick it up and use it.

( cr3, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:05, archived)

*agrees*
making things simple is complicated.
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:06, archived)

Easy reading is damn hard writing
As Nathanial Hawthorne said.
(Pachey, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:08, archived)

This is slightly unfair.
The GIMP was one of the earliest open source projects to create a proper graphics package. They weren't experts at human/computer interfaces and naturally they didn't want to just clone another program.
They unfortunately made a few mistakes and it was difficult to fix this without re-write that would break the upgrade process etc.
They certainly aren't elitist; they don't insist that their layout is the best or even perfect. In fact, the next release branch has a much improved interface.
And seeing as you're getting a powerful image manipulation program for free that's coded by people in their spare time, it's unfair to call them cunts. They're not doing it to spite you.
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:32, archived)

this

( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:43, archived)

It's not great,
but it's not unusable.

The menus need re-arranging a bit. However, there's a version knocking around somewhere that changes the UI to be more like your Photoingshops that you like.
( wheelybird grep | grep | grep, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:19, archived)

Do a system restore!
After backing-up all your work!
( CandleJakk Formerly Che_Guevaras_Sponge, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:00, archived)

Ha ha ha
Excellent.

Hello Archie, nice to see you again.
(Pachey, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:57, archived)

and you too m'dear :)

( The Great Architect, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:58, archived)

What a lovely hello!
I just got 'middle' . . .

*grumbles*


( Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - Jaffa cakes only 500 calories per box - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:58, archived)

I got fuck all from you though

(Pachey, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:59, archived)

have two lots . . .


( Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - Jaffa cakes only 500 calories per box - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)

Fa la la la !
'Ningles ! Is better yes ? Is good !
( rabbitz, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:07, archived)

yes, thanks!


( Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - Jaffa cakes only 500 calories per box - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:10, archived)

HUZZAH !
I'm okay, apart from the impending doom of "big birthday" :(
( rabbitz, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:20, archived)

Birthday Schmurthday!
You'll still be lully!


( Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - Jaffa cakes only 500 calories per box - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:30, archived)

WOO!
needs some Umlat caltrops as well.

:D
( Thor_sonofodin Sent from my Nokia 9210 Communicator, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:58, archived)

I've got some pills for them...

( The Great Architect, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:58, archived)

you've got pills for everthing

( Thor_sonofodin Sent from my Nokia 9210 Communicator, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:00, archived)

This is true....

( The Great Architect, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:00, archived)

Caltrops are great
where can you get them?
( M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:59, archived)

you can make then yourself
use hardened water chestnuts and cut them into 3 sided pyramids.
( Thor_sonofodin Sent from my Nokia 9210 Communicator, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:04, archived)

Oooh, this I like!

( Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:58, archived)

wonderful
*click*
( pzyko vs the truth about electric can opener reviews, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:58, archived)

Hehehe!
nice one, Archie! Bit big for the FP . . . C];0)


( Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - Jaffa cakes only 500 calories per box - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:59, archived)

at first I was cautious when I saw the image challenge
and then I saw a few posts and I felt better... then I saw this one and I felt good.

Now I'm sleepy from the rollercoaster of emotions I've experienced.

Woo yay
( Prof UnderCover NOT DRUNK ENOUGH, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:59, archived)

This isn't group therapy
Please keep your emotions to yourself.
(Pachey, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:00, archived)

Go into the light gramps
It's your time

( Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)

Takes a sip of morning dew. Oh sorry I went a bit Bill Bailey there.
woo.
( riverghost Full on. Robot. Chubby!, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)

Ohhhh !
That's pretty special. Woo Archie !
( rabbitz, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)

'ello!


( Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - Jaffa cakes only 500 calories per box - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:06, archived)

great stuff you talented bastard you.
=)
( ivesb Assistant Clinical Physiologist extraordinary, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)

that's v nice :D
'ning matey :)
( Jeccius 3DS friend code 4897-6337-7123, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:09, archived)

*Doesn't replace Paperclip with Ninja in word*
:)
( Jahled a cataclysm of spidery hellfuck would be a welcome, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 11:19, archived)