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Title: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: kwoodall on December 31, 2002, 04:54:45 PM
Scientists have finally identified source of the mysterious 'Boing'. Link to Boing (http://animal.discovery.com/news/briefs/200212/boingidentified.html)

Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: odin on December 31, 2002, 05:09:26 PM
I wonder if they're red and white checkered :-).
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: R2D2 on December 31, 2002, 05:22:04 PM
Goddamn, don't we have any _REAL_ news..?!
Hopefully 2003 will change that..  :-)
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: SilvrDrgn on December 31, 2002, 05:35:45 PM
"There be whales here!" - Scotty     :-)
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: 420Dude on December 31, 2002, 05:45:26 PM
bong hits are a lot more amiga-relevant than that!! and its under news too.... :-o  :-o
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: System on December 31, 2002, 06:39:04 PM
It's new year's eve.  Don't you guys have anything more important to be doing than bitching about a humorous news story?  Granted, it should have been posted in the forums, but...  Have a drink and relax...
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: SilvrDrgn on December 31, 2002, 06:41:16 PM
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Don't you guys have anything more important to be doing than bitching about a humorous news story? Granted, it should have been posted in the forums, but... Have a drink and relax...

Well said !!  And Agreed !!  Geez, chill out people!   :-)
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: L8-X on December 31, 2002, 07:52:10 PM
@Wayne,

Yup, I have beers here that need rescuing from the fridge, it`s too cold in there for them, better off in my tum! :-D
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: System on December 31, 2002, 08:26:20 PM
what kind of 'news' is this?
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: jumpship on December 31, 2002, 09:52:06 PM
@ Wayne

Just finished off a bottle of very nice red wine, am very relaxed ;-)
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: jumpship on December 31, 2002, 09:53:47 PM
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what kind of 'news' is this?

Just a bit of fun! In just over 2 hours there will be no more 2002 so why not?!

(Oh the wine is talking now, must.... stop..... typing......... Bugger) :lol:
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: The_Editor on December 31, 2002, 11:14:15 PM
I cant  "hack" red wine ..Tastes like vinegar to me !!

Gives me chronic heartburn.

AnywaY ...23:10 .. Nearly 2003.  AmigaOne Deadline yeaR.

HNY peeps.
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: The_Editor on December 31, 2002, 11:15:42 PM
Oh ..Kermit.  What chances ImageFX being ported native to PPC ?
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: jumpship on December 31, 2002, 11:26:49 PM
@The Editor

You just haven't had the right red wine yet ;-)
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: tonyw on January 01, 2003, 12:41:21 AM
No decent reds in Pommyland, anyway. Come home mate, all is forgiven.

Happy New Year, guys.

tony
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: R2D2 on January 01, 2003, 03:18:11 AM
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Don't you guys have anything more important to be doing than bitching about a humorous news story?

I really wasn't THAT serious..  :-)
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: The_Editor on January 01, 2003, 09:30:30 AM
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Come home mate, all is forgiven.


You dont know  just how much I want that to happen.
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: cecilia on January 02, 2003, 12:13:08 AM
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what kind of 'news' is this?
the best kind: funny! HAppy New Year!!!! :-D  :-o
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: jd997uk on January 02, 2003, 02:10:38 PM
@The_Editor
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Oh ..Kermit. What chances ImageFX being ported native to PPC ?

Paul, if you've joined the ML list for IFX, you'd know Kermit's policy of not announcing anything until it's ready to ship.
When we've tried to nail him down on the subject (think of the old "nailing Blancmange to a ceiling" quote), the nearest we ever got was 'Nova Design will support future versions of AmigaOS'.
I'd happily pay out for a full PPC upgrade (I've been on the upgrade path since 2.1) since a program of this kind would really show it's class running natively.
Still it's a question of economics, are their enough people out there willing to PAY for a professional application (ie not Opensore  :-P ), to justify paying a programmer to port IFX across?
My and your votes are a start, but I'd expect to have more than a few hundred more to make it worthwhile.

-john
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: The_Editor on January 02, 2003, 04:50:55 PM
Hey John... Scratch me down on your list as well.  (But you knew that anyway).

I agree.  A native port, perhaps with altivec support would  enhance sales of A1 G4 considerably, I believe.  

Heres hoping !!  Someone must have something up their sleeve for A1's debut at  (is it?) Cebit in March.
Title: Re: Mysterious 'Boing' Finally Identified!
Post by: Calen on January 03, 2003, 12:39:28 AM
yeah lets hope so. A new OS with software so show it of would be real nice.