# Let's play the Control-V game.....again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815 "2003-09-20T16:32:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Star_to_the_Right)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/81 "2003-09-23T06:56:24Z")
Amidala904: thanks Amidala904: usually i would tell [person a], but i know her, she would tell [person b] at least Real names edited. Dunno why I C&P’ed this. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/82 "2003-09-23T07:26:51Z")
I’ve seen some articles recently on some kind of, like…experimental surgery they’re doing in Germany. [She pauses for a few beats] I was wondering if you know what I’m talking about or if you’ve heard of it ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/83 "2003-09-23T11:18:21Z")
nothing there so I added this to spice it up ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/84 "2003-09-24T00:30:45Z")
I was hoping that at the end we would find out that there were no other personalities and that the entire “motel” scenario was played out for the benefit of the people at the hearing. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/85 "2003-09-24T01:04:53Z")
antegm111@aol.complex (Antonio E. Gonzalez) wrote in message news:\<[20030923111301.12528.00000074@mb-m04.aol.com](mailto:20030923111301.12528.00000074@mb-m04.aol.com)\>… \> Even by Bailey standards of unorthodox, these two were a bit out there! \> (multiple-choice punchline, and then . . . today’s . . .) \> \> Today’s reminds me of one from the late '80s. Sarge has to sleep but can’t, so he goes over to Beetle’s cot, takes a “Z” from the column of "Z"s rising above Beetle, and tosses it in his mouth like a pill. Now as far as the multiple-choice punchline, I wish more cartoonists would do that. Take a half-dozen possible responses to a neutral setup, and use them all at once. Spread out, they would be yawn-inducing, but the multi-choice device has a certain flair. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/86 "2003-09-24T18:01:14Z")
> [@](#): > > This isn’t in IMHO because I already started a thread in that forum earlier tonight, and my understanding is that we’re only allowed to create one thread per forum, per day. (or 24-hour period, at any rate) Neither is this in the Pit, because I ruly don’t wish to flame him in the slightest… the Pitizens would probably tell me to just shut up and apprecaite the card despite the sin of omission. > > My friend John mailed me a birthday card all the way from Connecticut, and it finally got here a little before 10 AM. While I definitely appreciate the card (even though he included a **misspelt** version of my middle name on the envelope… what’s up with _that_ inclusion?), he didn’t include my name in the card. > > All he wrote in the card was “Sept. 17, 2003” and “Happy birthday! Love, John B.” (and for all you trainspotters out there, the “love” is platonic… we’re NOT going out anytime soon :P) > > I was slightly upset that he’d included my middle name on the envelope (but not enough to really fash about), but I was a bit more disappointed that he hadn’t taken the time to at least include my name in the card. (yes, I _know_ his MS makes it very difficult to write things… especially as he has only one working hand… but couldn’t he have made that special effort?) > > I asked my friend Corey about this, and he said, “I’d think you probably should put that in there…” That would be my thinking… I’ve never received a card to date (until now) that didn’t have my name in it! > > So in your opinion, is it rude to give a greeting card to someone and never address them by name in the card? Or am I just getting disappointed over nothing? (like, is it worth that feeling?) I don’t think I’ll make a huge issue over this next time I see him online, but I’ll let him know how I feel. > > F\_X A new thread that I was hoping would make it through before the board downtime. Apparently, it didn’t. Probably a good thing, too… there’s a misspelling in there that I’d like to correct, and then maybe I _will_ post it in IMHO. (first removing the disclaimer thing at the beginning, of course) ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/87 "2003-09-24T18:33:25Z")
bdsm animal role play dulles expo freelance programming high pressure sodium lamps saraota planet mars palacio de los deportes homeless youth toronto general store wholesale merchandise d’amage jeans it’s the results from metaspy. we were comparing interesting ones over on a different board. ---
**Author:** ![Alto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Alto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alto)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/88 "2003-09-24T19:27:42Z")
This is the fact from which we cannot get away, however we may deplore it. Doubtless the best would be to get rid of it altogether; but as we cannot, all argument on that score may at this time be dismissed as idle. I bet no one identifies this one… ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/89 "2003-09-24T19:40:56Z")
[control V] Here’s the rental we spoke about: 24 Source Four Bodies 13 50deg lens ONLY 4 15 to 30deg Source Four zoom 3 MR-16 Birdies 24 3" Fresnels Rental period: Thursday October 2 to Monday November 17 The bid can be sent to this email, or faxed to xxx.xxx.xxxx Thanks [/control V] Sigh, just boring theatre work stuff… ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/90 "2003-09-24T19:45:09Z")
[http://powerball.com/faq.shtm#computer](http://powerball.com/faq.shtm#computer) * * * My cite for the lottery discussion in GQ right now. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/91 "2003-09-24T19:47:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alto \* > \*\*This is the fact from which we cannot get away, however we may deplore it. Doubtless the best would be to get rid of it altogether; but as we cannot, all argument on that score may at this time be dismissed as idle. > I bet no one identifies this one… \*\* Jacob Riis, How the other half lives ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/92 "2003-09-27T00:32:57Z")
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**Author:** ![MindWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MindWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindWanderer)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/93 "2003-09-27T01:26:56Z")
the old system taught very poorly, especially for Survival Prime Guilds. The exp. gains now should be very reasonable. We also wanted to offer more ways to learn the skill then just foraging corn over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/94 "2003-09-27T01:29:18Z")
I Used To Be Somebody says: i need to wake my ass up and get the house cleaned I Used To Be Somebody says: lazy fucker up in here I Used To Be Somebody says: oh GOD I Used To Be Somebody says: tammy faye is going to be on Sharon O I Used To Be Somebody says: now you KNOW that’s a fucking train wreck Desire Makes Me Weak says: oh god Desire Makes Me Weak says: lmao! that’s great ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/95 "2003-09-27T01:56:18Z")
I don’t want to start any blasphemous rumors But I think that God’s got a sick sense of humor And when I die, I expect to find him Laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/96 "2003-09-27T01:59:57Z")
juan belmonte ---
**Author:** ![Alto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Alto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alto)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/97 "2003-09-27T02:07:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 5-HT \* > \*\*Jacob Riis, How the other half lives \*\* Wow. Did you Google it, or are you just amazing? ---
**Author:** ![Xanthas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@Xanthas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xanthas)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/98 "2003-09-27T05:12:41Z")
```auto // load items for (nItem = 0; nItem < pd2s->nItemCount; nItem++) { // locate next item if ((nBytes = LocateNextItem(pd2s->pFile)) == -1) return false; // read item pd2s->pItems[nItem].dwSize = nBytes; pd2s->pItems[nItem].pData = (UCHAR*)malloc(nBytes); fread(pd2s->pItems[nItem].pData, sizeof(char), nBytes, pd2s->pFile); // check for socketed items if (ReadBitField(&pd2s->pItems[nItem], c_bfSocketed) > 0) { // get number of sockets used nSockets = ReadBitField(&pd2s->pItems[nItem], c_bfSocketsFilled); // append socketed items to this item description for (nIndex = 0; nIndex < nSockets; nIndex++) { // read socketed item if ((nBytes = LocateNextItem(pd2s->pFile)) == -1) return false; pd2s->pItems[nItem].pData = (UCHAR*)realloc(pd2s->pItems[nItem].pData, pd2s->pItems[nItem].dwSize + nBytes); fread(&pd2s->pItems[nItem].pData[pd2s->pItems[nItem].dwSize], sizeof(char), nBytes, pd2s->pFile); pd2s->pItems[nItem].dwSize += nBytes; } } // update bytes remaining count nBytesRemaining -= pd2s->pItems[nItem].dwSize; } ``` ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/99 "2003-09-27T05:19:01Z")
There’s usually not enough time to get everything done, yet there is always time to get something done. When time is short, the worst thing you can do is to resent or worry or complain about the lack of time. Rather than becoming overly concerned about what you cannot do, get busy working on what you can do. Do what you can, when you can, where you are, with whatever resources you have available to you. Everything that anyone has ever accomplished has been done with no more than that. Everyone who gets anywhere must start somewhere, and that somewhere is where you are right now. You can wish for life to have been more fair, or resent the fact that you’re having to operate at a disadvantage, but empty wishes and bitter resentments won’t produce any value. Better to get on with what you can do, and to move yourself forward anyway. In the most ideal circumstances and in the most dismal circumstances, there is always something you can do. Sure, some people have it easier than others, but is that any reason to hold yourself back? Get over it, get on with it, and get yourself moving positively forward. Always do what you can do, and you’ll find that it’s more than enough. – Ralph Marston ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815/100 "2003-09-27T22:30:50Z")
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Albert Einstein [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-control-v-game-again/202815.md?page=6)