Awesome story - Page 2

Feek · 27-10-2007, 08:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeperousDust

Is there an Author mode in firefox, i just click a button and i can apply my own premade default CSS file to any webpage, or that of about 10 different presets or just remove styling (including HTML attributes) all together...

I don't know

Probably. But I've never used it and don't know where it is.

Goose · 27-10-2007, 10:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by dymetrie

Jack and Jill went up the hill....?

Hungry caterpillar actually....

Garp · 27-10-2007, 10:58

If you've got Web Developer Toolbar installed I know you can disable CSS on web pages.

Garp · 28-10-2007, 09:36

And now for a slice of the true story..

http://liquigel.net/text/terror.html

Fayshun · 28-10-2007, 11:10

i hope you posted that on OCUK too Paul.

I think we should find Ted and kick his bony ass. I hate plagarists

Fayshun · 28-10-2007, 11:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by kitten_caboodle

RAAAAHHHHHHH. I'll get all chuck norris on you fay

*cowers*

Belmit · 28-10-2007, 14:23

I knew it was copied from a short story when I posted it, but I wouldn't have enjoyed it half as much when I read it if it wasn't in the weblog format it was changed to. The fact that it starts out so unsuspectingly (with a lot of extraneous detail), and slowly becomes more novelistic means it draws you in and you have no reason to believe it isn't true. At the point in the story where he cracks his head on the cave and Joe goes off on his own I actually thought 'that would be just typical if this was some sort of horror story'. If it weren't for the realistic buildup I probably would have called it there and then as fictional.

I still wish I'd watched the Blair Witch Project before it was announced that it was just a movie and not amateur footage for similar reasons.

Pumpkinstew · 29-10-2007, 00:33

I enjoyed that. Spinning it out like that in the blog format worked very well, although the end was a bit cliched.

I went to a Halloween midnight showing of Blair Witch before going camping out on Dartmoor with some other members of the Uni paper. That was a funny night. The resident black cat on the campsite scared the crap out of our features ed when it jumped up onto a wall next to his head.

Dr. Z · 29-10-2007, 02:32

I have read that story many a time - found it a few years ago when I was really into UE stuff. The story might be made up, but I have squeezed through some small gaps and although I am not claustrophobic, I now cant go anywhere near a small squeeze without thinking of the terror of hupmans cave - particularly when he is trying to get through the gap at the end terrified - and I just get the willies!

IMO, kidofspeed is a far worse "internet ripoff" (the girl who claimed to take her bike through the chernobyl deadzone which turned out to be complete BS).

Fayshun · 29-10-2007, 02:57

Plagiarism < internet rip off

27-10-2007, 10:58	#13
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	If you've got Web Developer Toolbar installed I know you can disable CSS on web pages. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

28-10-2007, 09:36	#14
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	And now for a slice of the true story.. http://liquigel.net/text/terror.html __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

28-10-2007, 11:10	#15
Fayshun Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Adrift in the Orca Posts: 6,845	i hope you posted that on OCUK too Paul. I think we should find Ted and kick his bony ass. I hate plagarists __________________ We must move forward not backward, upwards not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling...

28-10-2007, 14:23	#17
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	I knew it was copied from a short story when I posted it, but I wouldn't have enjoyed it half as much when I read it if it wasn't in the weblog format it was changed to. The fact that it starts out so unsuspectingly (with a lot of extraneous detail), and slowly becomes more novelistic means it draws you in and you have no reason to believe it isn't true. At the point in the story where he cracks his head on the cave and Joe goes off on his own I actually thought 'that would be just typical if this was some sort of horror story'. If it weren't for the realistic buildup I probably would have called it there and then as fictional. I still wish I'd watched the Blair Witch Project before it was announced that it was just a movie and not amateur footage for similar reasons. __________________

29-10-2007, 00:33	#18
Pumpkinstew Absinthe Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mostly Oxford, Sometimes Bristol Posts: 1,156	I enjoyed that. Spinning it out like that in the blog format worked very well, although the end was a bit cliched. I went to a Halloween midnight showing of Blair Witch before going camping out on Dartmoor with some other members of the Uni paper. That was a funny night. The resident black cat on the campsite scared the crap out of our features ed when it jumped up onto a wall next to his head. __________________ Get old, or die tryin' PSTEWREVIEWS - Chunks of Meaty Reviews, Mixed with Your Five a Day of News, Comment and Opinion, Floating in a Broth of Suspect Grammar and Seasoned Liberally with Mixed Metaphor. Tasty.

29-10-2007, 02:32	#19
Dr. Z I'm going for a scuttle... Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,021	I have read that story many a time - found it a few years ago when I was really into UE stuff. The story might be made up, but I have squeezed through some small gaps and although I am not claustrophobic, I now cant go anywhere near a small squeeze without thinking of the terror of hupmans cave - particularly when he is trying to get through the gap at the end terrified - and I just get the willies! IMO, kidofspeed is a far worse "internet ripoff" (the girl who claimed to take her bike through the chernobyl deadzone which turned out to be complete BS). __________________

29-10-2007, 02:57	#20
Fayshun Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Adrift in the Orca Posts: 6,845	Plagiarism < internet rip off __________________ We must move forward not backward, upwards not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling...

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