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    Aliceblue Alternatives

    By Shine,

    Aliceblue is generally the color people use when typing "invisibly". However, BZP uses two different patterns to determine the background color of one's posts/comments, aliceblue not perfectly matching either of the two possible colors.
     
    The exact hex color codes used are listed below.
     
    Topic: #EFF3F7
    Odd Post: #F7FBFF
    Even Post: #EFF3F7
     
    Entry: #EFF3F7
    Odd Comment: #EFF3F7
    Even Comment: #F7FBFF
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    Firefox Moderator

    By Shine,

    You can use the following procedure to increase the speed of Firefox to an absurd level.
    Type about:config in the address bar. Use the filter(at the top of the screen) to find network.http.pipelining, make sure that this is set to true. If it's not, double click it to make it so. Use the filter to find network.http.pipelining.maxrequests, set it to 16 Right-click anywhere in the large white box(the one that displays text in it), go to New then Integer, and type nglayout.initialpaint.delay in to the box, then set the value to 0.
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    The Ocean, Is On Fire

    By Shine,

    The ocean, is on fire
    The sky turned dark again
    As the boats came in
    And the beaches
    Stretched out with soldiers
    With their arms and guns
    It has just begun
     
    Believe, you want this
    Believe, I want this too
     
    Why wont you tell me that
    It's almost over
    Why must this?
    Tear my head
    Inside out
     
    And the houses
    Laid out like targets
    With the deafening sound
    We watched them all go down
    And the families
    Now useless bodies
    They lay still black and blue
    A gift from us to you
     
    Believe, you want this
    Believe, Do I want this too
     
    Why wont you tell me that
    It's almost over
    Why must this?
    Tear my head
    Inside out
     
    Why wont you tell me that
    It's almost over
    Why must this?
    Tear my head
    Inside out
     
    Why wont you tell me that
    It's almost over
    Why must this?
    Tear my head
    Inside out
     
    The War - Angels And Airwaves
     
    Win.
     
     
    Anywho, those of you that are going to BrickCon, I'm thinking about sending something, any particular MOC you'd like to see? (if any)
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    I Awaken!

    By Shine,

    I've been asleep since I got home today(only got 30 minutes of sleep last night).
    Class
    Teacher

    AP English

    Annoying elitist teacher
    Physics

    Slideshow pushing old geezer
    Homeroom(Tuesdays & Wednesdays only)

    "Sarge"
    PE

    Dunno, not there today
    Construction/Woodshop

    Noob
    Lunch(I skip and hangout in the AutoCAD room)AutoCAD

    Kind old funny guy
    Algebra 2

    Dunno, wasn't there today
    Basic Skills (waste of time)

    Extremely annoying
     
    *Classes vary in length, from 30 minutes(Lunch & Homeroom) to 90 minutes(PE & Woodshop)
     
    Yes, I don't know why you care, but I've nothing better to blog about.
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    Ugh

    By Shine,

    School starts tomorrow.
     
    Tohu's body, head, and lower legs are done.
     
    Kex's eel is gonna kill me in the current BBC. Even if we don't face each other, it's still gonna kill me, it wants my blood.
     
    Pointless entries FTL.
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    I. Am. Sick. Of. Seeing. That. Stupid. Question. 
    Seriously people, it needs to die a long and gruesome death, preferably by my hands.
     
    Now, I'm no good at typing lengthy, though-out, meaningful things, so I'll try to keep this as short as possible.
     
    The saying is absolute rubbish. I can understand how one could generally see leading as the better option. You're in control, you're no man's slave, you can do whatever you want, but if you follow, you're simply too stupid to "take life by the horns"*, right? But, take some time to think, as long as you believe in the cause/person you're following, and don't simply follow because it's the easy way out, or because you prefer living in ignorance of the world around you, then there is nothing wrong with following.
     
    You don't have to have your own idea for it to be right.

    *Yes, I hate those commercials as well.
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    Mahri

    By Shine,

    Remember that monthly magazine thing that Skiz started? Well, a bit before it was canceled I wrote this for it, and although it may be outdated, it still reflects my thoughts on three of the Mahri.
     
    When blurry images of the Toa Mahri first surfaced many people felt that LEGO had let them down. Remarks that they were the worst Toa yet, uglier than even the Hordika, and that the designers should be shot soon flooded the forums. Weeks later when actual photographs and clear pictures were released everyone seemed to have a change of heart. These new sets had suddenly become amazing in the eyes of many members that had previously disliked them. After the hype of new sets had settled a bit, people began forming more detailed opinions of the sets themselves.
     
    Jaller has a pet crab that I can see appealing to young children, as it’s kind of cute in a giant machinegun toting crustacean sort of way. Jaller also sports orange, a color that we haven’t seen on a Bionicle set in quite some time and is reminiscent of Tahu. Swords have been essential to Bionicle since the beginning, and Jaller continues this tradition by wielding a large silver blade that looks too much like two Brutaka tools and an Inika sword mixed together for my taste.
     
    I believe that LEGO was going for almost an army-like theme with poor Kongu, between dual Cordak Blasters and a color scheme of dark bley and Metru green that in theory could represent camouflage. Needless to say most of BZPower didn’t take to kindly to this seemingly militaristic representation of a character that was once our happy Gukko riding, tree swinging, fast talking Le-Matoran we knew and loved. I will be interested to see what sales say in regards to this new type of gun toting hero.
     
    Hahli is a perfect example of what could have been a great set if not for some major design flaws. For one her tool is well...I’m not really sure what it is, it looks like it could be some sort of harpoon on a tripod, but that’s my best guess. The breathing tubes that hook to her mask are silly, as they end up looking is as if they are emptying her oxygen supply into the water. LEGO could have simply made longer hoses and had them connect directly to her mask without bothering with the droid hands and made the set look far more realistic.
     
    You’ve just heard my take on three of the Toa Mahri, I encourage you to go out and find your own opinions on the others. When you do I ask that you at least look past the shiny box art and brand name, I ask that you look at the set itself.
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    Arrg, The Boredom!

    By Shine,

    The internetz aspolde!
    BZP - down(though I can post, most others can't) Brickshelf - down BS01wiki - down AIM - down So I guess I'll go replay DMC3 for like the third time... Yes, this entry is boring, and so is everything else. rawr 
    Also, what the heck is the "Remove Formatting" button suposed to do, because it certainly doesn't do it?
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    Kongu Mahri

    By Shine,

    I thought I might post this somewhere where it won't be drowned in "no yuo shut-up heis beast toa evur!!!!!! :angry: "
     
    If you are going to disagree, please do so civilly.
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    Rotating Pictures

    By Shine,

    Sideways pictures irk me. So for those who don't know how to rotate them I've decided to provide a guide.
     
    1. press "start" on the lower taskbar
    2. a menu should appear
    3. click on "My Pictures" at the top right
    4. a new window will open
    5. locate the picture that you wish to rotate
    6. right click on your chosen image
    7. a menu will appear
    8. move your pointer over "Open With"
    9. another menu will open to the side of the current one
    10. move your pointer over and click "Paint"
    11. a program displaying your image should open
    12. click on "Image" on the lower of the two upper taskbars
    13. a menu should drop down
    14. Select "Flip/Rotate... Ctrl+R"
    15. click "Rotate by angle"
    16 click on the amount of degrees that you wish to rotate it(it will rotate clockwise)
    17 click "OK"
    18 the picture should no be rotated
    19. click on "File" on the lower of the two upper taskbars
    20. a menu should drop down
    21. Select "Save"
    22. click on the the "X" on the upper of the two upper taskbars
    23. the program should close
    24. click on the the "X" on the upper of the two upper taskbars
    25. the window should close
    26. rinse and repeat
     
    Republished on June 28th because people still don't get it.
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    Coding Lesson #1

    By Shine,

    How to make colored strikethrough and underlines.
     
     
    colored strikethrough:

    [color=red][s][color=black]text goes here[/color][/s][/color]produces:
     
    colored underline:

    [color=red][u][color=black]text goes here[/color][/u][/color]produces:
     
    Isn't learning fun?
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    Coding Lesson #2

    By Shine,

    Fun with bullets and numbering.
     
    colored numbering:

    [list=1][color=red][*][color=black]text goes here[/color][/color][color=red][*][color=black]text goes here[/color][/color][color=red][*][color=black]text goes here[/color][/color][/list]produces:
     
    colored bullets:

    [list][color=red][*][color=black]text goes here[/color][/color][/list]produces:
     
    smilies with bullets:

    [list][size=7][color=#000000][*][/color][/size][/list][indent][size=7][color=#FFFFFF]_[/color][color=#000000]P[/color] [/size][/indent][list][size=7][*][/size][/list]produces:

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