Topic: A little time off does wonders...

[FPF-SCM_TraceyG_XC]

Hello, I'm back....

<I can hear my voice echoing>....

What's hapenned to this place while I was gone and why is to so dark in here??

<turns on a light, sees dust and cobwebs everywhere>

Hello.... <echo><echo>

Hmmm.... <finds a nearby control panel flickering on and off, wipes away the dust, activates the console>

D2 FORUM IN HIBERNATION MODE  - MAIN POWER OFFLINE
Hmmm... <gets out tricorder, scans power conduits>

Ahhh, I see the problem...

<opens an access panel to the EPS manifold system>

Something seems to be lodged in the way between the power converter and the plasma flow...

<scans again with tricorder>

What the...

<reaches inside and pulls out what appears to be a scorched but still intact ancient tome>

"The Alternate Guide and Handbook to the Advanced D2 Soul: A collection of short stories, past, present and future"

I wonder how this got in here...

<Realines the plasma conduit, returns to the control panel>

SYSTEM IS ATTEMPTING TO RESTART, ACCESS CODE REQUIRED
<enters at the prompt> Password: J'inn you bastard!

The control panel flickers again, then goes dark. Gives it a kick.

ACCESS GRANTED, PLEASE WAIT 3 HOURS WHILE SYSTEM REBOOTS SEVERAL TIMES, THANKYOU FOR USING ANOTHER FINE SNICKERS, INC. PRODUCT. HAVE A NICE DAY
Ooooookkkkk.... I might as well take a look inside this book while I wait...

<wipes off the plasma burns from the cover, starts flicking through it and begins reading from a random page>

Hmmmm

Chapter 21: Enhancing your D2 Experience with Polka music, by Scipio
Chapter 22: Dressing for plasma ballet, by Kroma
Chapter 23: The fire and forget principle, by Fluf

Hmmmm...

Chapter 32: D2 ettiquette for the discerning player, by DieHard
Chapter 33: D2 forum ettiquette for the discerning player, by Lepton
Chapter 34: D2 forum karma and how to get your post count to a million, by SirGod

Hmmmm...

Chapter 43: Scotch and other starship accessories, by 762
Chapter 44: A guide to using ECM in less than 10,000 words, by Corbomite
Chapter 45: A guide to using t-bombs, by Maverick

Hmmmmm...

Chapter 57: How to run a D2 server, by Nuclear Wessels
Chapter 58: How not to run a D2 server, by J'inn
Chapter 59: How to get someone else to run your D2 server, by Dizzy

Hmmmmm...

Chapter 73: A collection of Federation spaceart and what the rear end of Federation ships look like on my viewscreen, by MadElf
Chapter 74: A collection of Klingon spaceart and other drawings done from my rear shuttlebay, by Hooch
Chapter 75: A collection of Orion slave girl spaceart and other pics I wasnt allowed to post in the forums, by Chuut-Ritt

<flicks to the end of the book>

Appendix 1: D2 Campaigns, results, and player stats from 2001 to 2061

hmmm... 2024 seems to have been a good year for the Andromedans

Appendix 43: Complete list of all player asteroid collisions (subsection annoted for playername: J'inn)
Appendix 44: Complete list of all player AI defeats (subsection annotated for playername: Hexx)


Looks like I have a lot of reading to catch up on.....

[KBF-Crim]

 

[KBFLordKrueg]

Good to hear from you again, MLady. 

[madelf]

That's what this board needed, a little feminine style.  Great post Tracey.

[deadmansix]

 good to see ya agian missed ya

[FPF-Tobin Dax]

"What's hapenned to this place while I was gone and why is to so dark in here??"

It's all Tracey's fault.   

[Capt Jeff]

Glad to see you back.

In your absence (and Dog's), I asked BBJ for admin access to SFC2.net.  He posted saying that he did, but I seem to have no more access then before!

There were requests to add/delete some forums, and change mods of some existing forums.

If anyone needs a change, I'd suggest asking Tracey G.  now  that she is back and can actually do it  

[C-Los]

Hello there "Young Lady"     

Nice to see ya....    

[762_XC]

 

wb Tracey!

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

Welcome back!



 

[Strafer]

When she comes back, she comes back in spades! 

[WarSears]

Great to have you back Tracey. So you are playing Rom for GW5 right.

[KBF-Angel Slayer]

Hey!!  You forgot chapter 69:  Dying with dignity in battle, or how to get in an escape pod properly by Angel Slayer!!

[toasty0]

// HelloDialogDlg.cpp : implementation file
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "HelloDialog.h"
#include "HelloDialogDlg.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#endif


// CAboutDlg dialog used for App About

class CAboutDlg : public CDialog
{
public:
   CAboutDlg();

// Dialog Data
   enum { IDD = IDD_ABOUTBOX };

   protected:
   virtual void DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX);    // DDX/DDV support

// Implementation
protected:
   DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

CAboutDlg::CAboutDlg() : CDialog(CAboutDlg::IDD)
{
}

void CAboutDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
   CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CAboutDlg, CDialog)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()


// CHelloDialogDlg dialog



CHelloDialogDlg::CHelloDialogDlg(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
   : CDialog(CHelloDialogDlg::IDD, pParent)
{
   m_hIcon = AfxGetApp()->LoadIcon(IDR_MAINFRAME);
}

void CHelloDialogDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
   CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CHelloDialogDlg, CDialog)
   ON_WM_SYSCOMMAND()
   ON_WM_PAINT()
   ON_WM_QUERYDRAGICON()
   //}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()


// CHelloDialogDlg message handlers

BOOL CHelloDialogDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
   CDialog::OnInitDialog();

   // Add "About..." menu item to system menu.

   // IDM_ABOUTBOX must be in the system command range.
   ASSERT((IDM_ABOUTBOX & 0xFFF0) == IDM_ABOUTBOX);
   ASSERT(IDM_ABOUTBOX < 0xF000);

   CMenu* pSysMenu = GetSystemMenu(FALSE);
   if (pSysMenu != NULL)
   {
      CString strAboutMenu;
      strAboutMenu.LoadString(IDS_ABOUTBOX);
      if (!strAboutMenu.IsEmpty())
      {
         pSysMenu->AppendMenu(MF_SEPARATOR);
         pSysMenu->AppendMenu(MF_STRING, IDM_ABOUTBOX, strAboutMenu);
      }
   }

   // Set the icon for this dialog.  The framework does this automatically
   //  when the application's main window is not a dialog
   SetIcon(m_hIcon, TRUE);         // Set big icon
   SetIcon(m_hIcon, FALSE);      // Set small icon

   // TODO: Add extra initialization here
   
   return TRUE;  // return TRUE  unless you set the focus to a control
}

void CHelloDialogDlg::OnSysCommand(UINT nID, LPARAM lParam)
{
   if ((nID & 0xFFF0) == IDM_ABOUTBOX)
   {
      CAboutDlg dlgAbout;
      dlgAbout.DoModal();
   }
   else
   {
      CDialog::OnSysCommand(nID, lParam);
   }
}

// If you add a minimize button to your dialog, you will need the code below
//  to draw the icon.  For MFC applications using the document/view model,
//  this is automatically done for you by the framework.

void CHelloDialogDlg::OnPaint()
{
   if (IsIconic())
   {
      CPaintDC dc(this); // device context for painting

      SendMessage(WM_ICONERASEBKGND, reinterpret_cast<WPARAM>(dc.GetSafeHdc()), 0);

      // Center icon in client rectangle
      int cxIcon = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXICON);
      int cyIcon = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYICON);
      CRect rect;
      GetClientRect(&rect);
      int x = (rect.Width() - cxIcon + 1) / 2;
      int y = (rect.Height() - cyIcon + 1) / 2;

      // Draw the icon
      dc.DrawIcon(x, y, m_hIcon);
   }
   else
   {
      CDialog::OnPaint();
   }
}

// The system calls this function to obtain the cursor to display while the user drags
//  the minimized window.
HCURSOR CHelloDialogDlg::OnQueryDragIcon()
{
   return static_cast<HCURSOR>(m_hIcon);
}

[Age]

  Welcome back Tracey as it is always good to see you on.I missed you on the later half of SGO4 as I like flying with you.Jem or Deadman.You are a very patient person to fly with.

[Commander Maxillius]

I think Toasty's stuck in code...

Careful, if you give it enough time you'll lose your body and become an Intel chip

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

// HelloDialogDlg.cpp : implementation file
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "HelloDialog.h"
#include "HelloDialogDlg.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#endif


// CAboutDlg dialog used for App About

class CAboutDlg : public CDialog
{
public:
   CAboutDlg();

// Dialog Data
   enum { IDD = IDD_ABOUTBOX };

   protected:
   virtual void DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX);    // DDX/DDV support

// Implementation
protected:
   DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

CAboutDlg::CAboutDlg() : CDialog(CAboutDlg::IDD)
{
}

void CAboutDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
   CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CAboutDlg, CDialog)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()


// CHelloDialogDlg dialog



CHelloDialogDlg::CHelloDialogDlg(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
   : CDialog(CHelloDialogDlg::IDD, pParent)
{
   m_hIcon = AfxGetApp()->LoadIcon(IDR_MAINFRAME);
}

void CHelloDialogDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
   CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CHelloDialogDlg, CDialog)
   ON_WM_SYSCOMMAND()
   ON_WM_PAINT()
   ON_WM_QUERYDRAGICON()
   //}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()


// CHelloDialogDlg message handlers

BOOL CHelloDialogDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
   CDialog::OnInitDialog();

   // Add "About..." menu item to system menu.

   // IDM_ABOUTBOX must be in the system command range.
   ASSERT((IDM_ABOUTBOX & 0xFFF0) == IDM_ABOUTBOX);
   ASSERT(IDM_ABOUTBOX < 0xF000);

   CMenu* pSysMenu = GetSystemMenu(FALSE);
   if (pSysMenu != NULL)
   {
      CString strAboutMenu;
      strAboutMenu.LoadString(IDS_ABOUTBOX);
      if (!strAboutMenu.IsEmpty())
      {
         pSysMenu->AppendMenu(MF_SEPARATOR);
         pSysMenu->AppendMenu(MF_STRING, IDM_ABOUTBOX, strAboutMenu);
      }
   }

   // Set the icon for this dialog.  The framework does this automatically
   //  when the application's main window is not a dialog
   SetIcon(m_hIcon, TRUE);         // Set big icon
   SetIcon(m_hIcon, FALSE);      // Set small icon

   // TODO: Add extra initialization here
   
   return TRUE;  // return TRUE  unless you set the focus to a control
}

void CHelloDialogDlg::OnSysCommand(UINT nID, LPARAM lParam)
{
   if ((nID & 0xFFF0) == IDM_ABOUTBOX)
   {
      CAboutDlg dlgAbout;
      dlgAbout.DoModal();
   }
   else
   {
      CDialog::OnSysCommand(nID, lParam);
   }
}

// If you add a minimize button to your dialog, you will need the code below
//  to draw the icon.  For MFC applications using the document/view model,
//  this is automatically done for you by the framework.

void CHelloDialogDlg::OnPaint()
{
   if (IsIconic())
   {
      CPaintDC dc(this); // device context for painting

      SendMessage(WM_ICONERASEBKGND, reinterpret_cast<WPARAM>(dc.GetSafeHdc()), 0);

      // Center icon in client rectangle
      int cxIcon = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXICON);
      int cyIcon = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYICON);
      CRect rect;
      GetClientRect(&rect);
      int x = (rect.Width() - cxIcon + 1) / 2;
      int y = (rect.Height() - cyIcon + 1) / 2;

      // Draw the icon
      dc.DrawIcon(x, y, m_hIcon);
   }
   else
   {
      CDialog::OnPaint();
   }
}

// The system calls this function to obtain the cursor to display while the user drags
//  the minimized window.
HCURSOR CHelloDialogDlg::OnQueryDragIcon()
{
   return static_cast<HCURSOR>(m_hIcon);
}

<Looks at Toasty's post, shakes head>

Looks like my fellow barkeep has lost it

<Hands Toasty a extra large Mind Eraser>

well if that don't fix him he's gonna have to do "The Matt Shot"   

[toasty0]

 I say unto you my fellows, "C62B7A88B616D43E1B9F509522D53DE41D64E87A".

Got that!

[SSCF-LeRoy]

I say unto you my fellows, "C62B7A88B616D43E1B9F509522D53DE41D64E87A".

Got that!

He's turnin' into an R2 unit, folks.

[Commander Maxillius]

I say unto you my fellows, "C62B7A88B616D43E1B9F509522D53DE41D64E87A".

Got that!

He's turnin' into an R2 unit, folks.

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! BEEP!