i draw a cock. EVERY TIME. 

I don't have that language pack installed. 

....but it;s still how I always interpret Starbuck's posts. 

I'm gay for you too. 

I'm a bit late, but I haven't had the chance to do more than just quickly browse posts for a few days; I finally did more than skim your response to Lunaran, and found myself getting a little irked about it.

Just a few opinions to offer:

1. People who tend to Take Great Umbrage (as you do) about stuff relative strangers post on the internet generally have a tough time of it on the internet. Sorry about that. <--Not sarcasm.

2. While Lun can be a sarcastic bastard at times, and tends to be argumentative and have strong opinions, I find that those qualities often go along with intelligence and passion, of which he also has healthy portions. "Poison to the community" (wow! drama++) is about the last thing he is; he's been here far longer than you and contributed a hell of a lot more.

3. I don't know about Lunaran, but for my part I'll respond to your posts in any fashion I damn well please, unless moderators have something to say about it. "Don't talk to me ever-ever-again and I won't talk to you, ever-ever-again." is operating on the level of about a 5-year-old, and it's not really how this shit works.

Just sayin'. 

Does anyone know of a freeware program that can convert .flac files to either wav/mp3? 

http://flac.sourceforge.net/
flac -d *.flac gets you .wav.
http://lame.sourceforge.net/
lame -V 0 --vbr-new gets you .mp3. (Use -V 2 if you are not some who can hear flies fart.)

Or just use Foobar, it's got some conversion tool on rightclick (you will still need FLAC and LAME installed). 

Isn't it nice that FLAC is a free and open format? That way you are guaranteed there is a free software to use it.

*whispers something about Ogg Vorbis* 

Appreciate that mate! 

epic lol, I've been using foobar for years and never knew you could convert files with it, big slap on the forehead for me :) 

wtf is foobar? 

Too early to think of a decent acronym. 

Falling Over Oblong Barricades Arranged Randomly 

http://www.foobar2000.org/

No nonsense audio player 

See if it's less annoying than winamp's upgrade popups. 

FUBAR originally meant Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition - from American GI's in WW2. 

is great. 

Nice player. 

:p i use windows media player 11 :p no need for those weardo programs ;) 

oips thks

Daz ;) 

I was thinking about starting a game programming thread, where we could discuss and post links like http://levelofdetail.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/pixel-correct-shadow-maps-with-temporal-reprojection/ or less rendering related stuff ;)

basically some way to boookmark things and have others comment on them. Interest? 

NO 

Not amazingly interested myself, but I'm sure there's enough weekend warrior programmers here who may. 

go for it. 

I enjoyed this post \ agreed with it. Willem, I can't say I like your attitude in general, though I certainly respect your right to express it. But one can ask, if you're so against reactionaries and anti-commercialists, what exactly are you doing here? This is a board centered around a game that's 12 years old, and the proportion of people here who are anti-modern gaming is going to be much higher than a representative sample of 17 year old disposable income dumbass average buyers of today.
Anyway you seem like a smart guy and I enjoyed your "but he's not an asshole about it" comment. If you've gotten over angst and integrity realize that not everyone chooses that. Partially joking.
I'm well aware that one's right to speak radically is based on what one has contributed, and my statements always outweigh my contributions/piss off people in relation to what I've mapped for (CZG notoriously, in my view, exceeded his limit). That's my uncalled for opinion.