HalcyonSpirit

Guess I'll just have to figure out something to write in the 0 hours of free time I have right now. o wait

Right now? 3,879 words flexible. Unedited. Could hit 4,000 words flexible.

Hey, Imagery. How... flexible are you about the word count?

I'd submit the short story that I have to write for my Creative Writing class, but I think a 15 page (double-spaced) story is going to be a bit over the limit...

Well, now that I've finally had a chance to use Chrome without something big running in the background, I can say two things: 1) It generally runs faster than Firefox for me. 2) It runs WAY FASTER than Firefox for me when there's Javascript and/or Flash loading on the page being opened. Like OH WOW I CAN DO STUFF NOW faster. Moguta, I think the issue with OCR loading slower isn't because of Chrome. The site itself right now is being slow at times. It'll be fine one second, and then really damn slow the next, regardless of whether I'm using Chrome or Firefox.

If people are able to make new skins for it, particularly making it so the tabs are not in the top bar, I'll be pleased.

... It was a rhetorical question. The very fact that was at the end of it should've clued you in. Yes, in all seriousness I'm aware of the limitations of how much RAM one can actually utilize. But right now, I don't think having more RAM is going to be worth it for this laptop; it's 3 years old and no longer under warranty. It'd probably be more cost-effective to just wait until I need a new laptop to get something more powerful. Schwaltzvald: Yeah, each tab is supposed to have its own process identity. It might seem like this is a bad thing, but it really isn't, because on average, each tab uses less memory than a tab in Firefox. So even though it looks like a lot when using a lot of Chrome tabs, doing the same thing in Firefox is so much worse, at least for my computer. By the way, Bleck, you need to actually open a webpage in each tab in order for the process to show up. Are you doing that?

First big problem for me: This "tabs on top" thing they have going? Yeah, that's gonna have to be made optional before I start using this browser consistently. The fact that the mini-MMD3 Winamp fit perfectly into the bar on top without obstructing anything (so I can keep it set to "Always on top") is the very reason I use that skin, and I really like it that way. When can you not use more memory? Already did so, nothing's wrong on that end. Mind you, I have virtually no issues with the computer normally, but when I go to open Firefox... yeesh. Let me put it this way: When I'm not doing really anything, CPU load is typically between 5-12% (I've got my antivirus, firewall, AIM and Winamp using most of that). When I just open Firefox, though, CPU load jumps to 100%, stays there for a few seconds, and then finally opens the window. And then, because of the javascript/Flash stuff on my homepage (Yahoo), I can't open any menus like the Bookmarks list for a second or two because everything is still loading up. There's similar waiting when opening up a page with lots of javascript/Flash; even the main page of OCR causes a small pause. My RAM usage is a bit higher than I would like when not doing anything (about 60-65% usage), so I need to check on that. Did that last week. No change. I typically don't have more than one window open at any time, usually with fewer than 5 tabs open at any point.

So... who's going to be taking over the competition once you're gone? A new thread is going to be needed, since they'll need to edit the first post of the thread...

Pentium M 2.00GHz 1.0 GB RAM (with 1536 MB of virtual memory available) NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 111 GB Hard Drive (with 279 GB external) Windows XP SP3 This laptop's a little over 3 years old now. It's been running fairly smoothly for the most part (though come to think of it, Windows Explorer has been running slower than usual lately... I'll have to look into that later).

Mine eats memory as well, but it also eats the CPU whenever I want to open the browser or open a new page (particularly if it has javascript or Flash in it). My whole computer pauses for a few seconds while it loads. Once it loads, it's usually fine, but during loading.... daaamn. Almost as bad as IE.

I'm eagerly looking forward to trying it out. Firefox has been giving me a lot of problems recently (especially when it comes to CPU load), so I want to see if this new browser won't have the same problems.

Still working on my critiques, and making progress. You can all show your appreciation for me by giving me critiques of my work for my 22nd birthday today! And maybe a thread in OffTop.

I'm working on it, I'm working on it! You work 14-hour days for a political campaign, I work 16-hour days as an Aerospace and Ocean Engineering student. We're both a little busy here! It'll get done when it gets done!

A la SimCity 2000's Microwave Power Plant. I'm still waiting for that to become reality.

They... did... WHAT?! Wonderful. Just another thing I won't be able to afford for quite a while.

That type of design seems to be the prevailing idea for most people. Not that I'm surprised, the concept is simple: plow through the balls by lifting them up and over the machine. I like yours because, unlike mine and a lot of others, yours doesn't use a CCW auto-rotating ball as the leading edge. Here's my take on it.

Here's what I did for "Up the Stairs". It's a catapult, like yours, Nutritious, but a lot simpler. I had a design earlier that had a cleaner win than this one, but I accidentally hit "To Menu" before I saved it... Oh well. The design is exactly the same. As for exploding contraptions... yeah. Flash tends to do that. It's funny when it works out, but it annoys me to heck when it causes problems that shouldn't arise normally, like joints stretching apart. That problem specifically is the main reason I haven't beaten level 20 with a catapult yet; I did it with a triple kart the first time, and a ramp plus a kart the second time.

I went to see the first showing of it, naturally. "Different" is definitely the word I'd use for it, and I agree the target audience was a bit younger this time. The dialogue could've been executed better, though I've come to expect that from these movies now. Overall, I enjoyed it, but I agree with DarkeSword: this is better off as a TV show. The fact that it was only about an hour and a half long didn't help that perception.

Yeah, I'm stuck on that one now too. Same with the last one, though that's more of a "can't get my catapult to work properly" problem than anything else... I've done all the others, though. Pretty neat. I'm really tempted to buy the full version.

This is an engineer's dream in Flash form. Thank you oh so very much. I'm hooked. And stuck. I've gotten to level 13, "Big Ball", and I can't seem to figure out a solution. I'm sure I'll come up with something... hopefully.

Drat. Missed 2nd by two points. Oh well. 3rd place is better than I had expected myself to do. Many thanks to those that voted for me, many more thanks for those of you who voted at all. Incidentally, I really, really liked the entries this round. I'll try to put up some critique of them at some point in the near future. I'm interested in hearing what you people have to say about mine. Here's to another great competition, and congrats to everyone, especially the winners!

Mmm...? Anyway, good news and bad news. The bad news is, I had to cancel my vacation to Myrtle Beach this year because I have a final paper and final exam to do during my vacation week. The good news is, as a result of the previous news, I was able to come up with an entry for the competition! Woohoo! Such a great tradeoff. I literally wrote it in one go, flying by the seat of my pants. Practically stream-of-consciousness, but I did make a few changes as I went along. It probably isn't any good, being a 2-hour writing, but whatever. I need to get back in the writing groove, and a competition is a great way to jump-start the creativity.

I have less day than you guys because I'm going to be on the road all day Friday. Wonderful. I always did like a good challenge, but my current topic of writing is doing that quite well already, thank you very much! I'll see what I can do.

This forum tolerates profanity to a certain degree, so yes, I'd say that as long as you're not using them just for the sake of using them, I don't see any reason why a few minor profanities shouldn't be allowed. Just don't go off the deep end with a lot of really harsh ones and you should be fine.