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Aknot Wat
Gallente Carbide Industries
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Posted - 2008.03.03 08:05:00 -
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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Minmatar GoonFleet GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2008.03.03 08:07:00 -
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Rabble rabble rabble?
Originally by: Avaricia look a goon lol
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Wash MySocks
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Posted - 2008.03.03 08:08:00 -
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No thanks.
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Kyoto Luyi
MX3 Development Zzz
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Posted - 2008.03.03 08:10:00 -
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Edited by: Kyoto Luyi on 03/03/2008 08:11:05 The top hat was invented by John Hetherington, who designed and constructed a silky-covered variation of the contemporary riding hat, which had a wider brim, a lower crown, and was made of beaver. He first wore it it in public in 1797. The rise in popularity of the silk topper was met with resistance from those who wanted to continue wearing beaver hats. The top hat's place was assured when Prince Albert started wearing them in 1850; coincidentally, the rise in popularity of the top hat led to a decline in beaver hats, wiping out the beaver-trapping industry in America.
The first top hats were made with felt, most commonly being beaver fur felt. Later, they would be made of silk. The structure underneath the felt or silk was made of a material called goss. This was made from layers of calico covered in a hard glue. When gently heated over a flame, the glue softens, allowing the hat to be moulded to shape. A popular version, particularly in the United States in the 19th century, was the stovepipe hat, which was popularized by Abraham Lincoln during his presidency. Unlike many top-hats, this version was straight, like piping, and was not wider at the top and bottom. Often they were taller than the typical top-hat. It is said that Lincoln would keep important letters inside the hat.
The nineteenth century is sometimes known as the Century of the Top Hat. The historian James Laver once made the observation that an assemblage of ôtoppersö looked like factory chimneys and thus added to the mood of the industrial era. In England, ôpost-Brummel dandiesö went in for flared crowns and swooping brims. Their counterparts in France, known as the ôIncroyables,ö wore top hats of such outlandish dimensions that there was no room for them in overcrowded cloakrooms until Antoine Gibus came along in 1823 and invented the collapsible top hat. Such hats are often called an "opera hat", though the term can also be synonymous with any top hat, or any tall formal men's hat. In the 1920s they were also often called "high hats".
In the latter half of the 19th century, the top hat gradually fell out of fashion, with the middle classes adopting bowler hats and soft felt hats such as fedoras, which were more convenient for city life, as well as being suitable for mass production. In comparison, a top hat needed to be handmade by a skilled hatter, with few young people willing to take up what was obviously a dying trade. The top hat became associated with the upper class, becoming a target for satirists and social critics. By the end of World War I it had become a rarity in everyday life. It continued to be used for formal wear, with a morning suit in the daytime and with evening clothes (tuxedo or tailcoat) until the late 1930s. (The top hat is featured as one of the original tokens in the board game Monopoly.)
Men wore top hats for business, pleasure and formal occasions ù pearl gray for daytime, black for day or night. Top hat etiquette dictates a man should not wear it flat on his head. He should wear it tilted forward and to one side ù very slightly though, no more than 10 degrees in either direction ù about the same angle Lord Ribblesdale wore his in the famous portrait by John Singer Sargent.
The top hat persisted in certain areas, such as politics and international diplomacy, for several more years. In the newly-formed Soviet Union, there was a fierce debate as to whether its diplomats should follow the international conventions and wear a top hat, with the pro-toppers winning the vote by a large majority.
The last American president to wear a top hat to an inauguration was John F. Kennedy. Gerald Ford was not inaugurated at the Capitol and Jimmy Carter abolished the use of morning dress for inaugurations. It was reinstated, minus a top hat, by Ronald Reagan but not worn by any later presidents to date.
Nowadays cheap imitations of top hats are made for white tie, as well as events calling for morning dress. -- The views or opinions I express are solely my own and do not reflect those of my Corporation or Alliance.. Oh, and I'm NOT allowed in CAOD either :) |
Zaerlorth Maelkor
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Posted - 2008.03.03 08:20:00 -
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I should really get a sig. |
Sakura Nihil
Stimulus The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2008.03.03 08:23:00 -
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Don't make me suffer because you've failed.
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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Minmatar GoonFleet GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2008.03.03 08:30:00 -
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Top hats rock... I honestly did not know all that info about them but I found it incredibly informative, thanks
Originally by: Avaricia look a goon lol
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Shanur
Minmatar Republic Military School
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Posted - 2008.03.03 08:57:00 -
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Originally by: Kyoto Luyi Edited by: Kyoto Luyi on 03/03/2008 08:11:05
History of the top hat. Clipped because the shoddy EVE forums can't cope with huge quotes
That post is the most sensible contribution to this whole thread, the OP included. But then, the OP must have been a troll. People who don't know why AP doesn't WTZ don't know how to whine yet.
/thread.
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Rawr Cristina
Caldari Cult of Rawr
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Posted - 2008.03.03 09:17:00 -
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moderated
On second thought...
Fight Piracy - Encourage PvP in Lowsec! |
Aknot Wat
Gallente Carbide Industries
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Posted - 2008.03.03 09:37:00 -
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So a nUUB player should just die and that's his lesson. Nice.
There's nothing in the new player tut that goes over setting the AP to safe. A new player has no idea what he's/she's about to lose.
THAT'S ******* ASININE NO MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVE OR WHAT COUNTRY YOU ARE FROM. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please let us chose the old ship voice as an option. |
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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Minmatar GoonFleet GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2008.03.03 09:53:00 -
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Edited by: Surfin''s PlunderBunny on 03/03/2008 09:54:39 Yup, that's how we learned... though in Eve times past, all warps were to 15km. back when Eve took skill to survive in and you made bookmarks 15km on the far side of the gate to make an "insta," but it only worked from one direction. That was back before major blob warfare was an eve wide problem... I used to hop into my Retribution and go out finding fights solo and it was great
Edit* And Amarr seemed to suck a little less...
Originally by: Avaricia look a goon lol
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Neddy Fox
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Posted - 2008.03.03 09:57:00 -
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Originally by: Aknot Wat So a nUUB player should just die and that's his lesson. Nice.
If all noobs ignore warnings, like going to low-sec, and stealing from cans, it's their fault. I did both btw .. Looted a ship on day one, took my new shiny Itty1 on AP through lowsec on day 7. :P
I learned my lesson.
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Lubomir Penev
interimo
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Posted - 2008.03.03 10:03:00 -
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You should have understood by now that CCP is the biggest griefer in the game, and no player antics can get close.
Autopilot settings are one thing, new ship types being unchecked on overview after each patch is another.
Also, if I was tasked with designing an escape pod I'd have it warping out immediately, not staying around for the session change lag to get you killed.
CCP wants people to die, get over it. -- Heat, easy to burn your mods by mistake, hard to get it to work when you need it the most. Well designed interface CCP! |
Davlos
Re-Awakened Technologies Inc Electus Matari
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Posted - 2008.03.03 11:09:00 -
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To OP: No. ---------------
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F'nog
Amarr Celestial Horizon Corp. Valainaloce
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Posted - 2008.03.03 11:20:00 -
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Originally by: Kyoto Luyi moderated
this gets moderated, whatever it was, but the thread remained open? Please bring back the old ISD. They were much better at it than the paid people.
Originally by: Kazuma Saruwatari
F'nog for Amarr Emperor. Nuff said
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Lorna Loot
Caldari Nox Eternus
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Posted - 2008.03.03 11:23:00 -
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Originally by: F'nog
Originally by: Kyoto Luyi moderated
this gets moderated, whatever it was, but the thread remained open? Please bring back the old ISD. They were much better at it than the paid people.
--------------------- Nox Eternus is Recruiting, contact me or Sgt Shazz ingame for info. |
Ardent Rellik
Gallente MURAKAMI INDUSTRIES
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Posted - 2008.03.03 11:26:00 -
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Originally by: F'nog
Originally by: Kyoto Luyi moderated
this gets moderated, whatever it was, but the thread remained open? Please bring back the old ISD. They were much better at it than the paid people.
I concur, it seems, lately, whoever was left in mod-squad... never mind... it will just get...moderated.....
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Plaetean
Duty.
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Posted - 2008.03.03 11:56:00 -
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lol no, use your brain
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Jakk Graiseach
MX3 Development Zzz
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Posted - 2008.03.03 12:27:00 -
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Originally by: F'nog
Originally by: Kyoto Luyi moderated
this gets moderated, whatever it was, but the thread remained open? Please bring back the old ISD. They were much better at it than the paid people.
It was a history of Top Hats (you know - headgear) iirc :)
About all this thread deserved in my opinion... -- ** There are some men that things should not come to know ** |
Zaerlorth Maelkor
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Posted - 2008.03.03 12:38:00 -
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Hat of extreme nubiness +5 for the op.
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I should really get a sig. |
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Ghaelsto Kakram
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Posted - 2008.03.03 12:43:00 -
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If a nub wants to enter low sec it still warned first right?
So what's the problem?
Oh right, it's the people that shoot nubs for 'profit' or 'lulz'. |
MenanceWhite
Amarr Fruit Fellatio
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Posted - 2008.03.03 13:34:00 -
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Just because youre new to the game does'nt mean that you can disregard the ******* manual, do stupid things and expect it to be okay.
It's like getting a car, trying to drive it without any knowledge and then saying it's okay because youre new with the car. ---
Originally by: Torfi There's alot. That can be done. With.. corpses
Originally by: Oveur
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Shanur
Minmatar Republic Military School
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Posted - 2008.03.03 13:39:00 -
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Originally by: Lubomir Penev Autopilot settings are one thing, new ship types being unchecked on overview after each patch is another.
QFT. The only time i lost a ship to pirates was exactly because my overview wasn't showing HIC's, letting me think my heavily tanked and stabbed mammoth would be able to run the gatecamp.
I didn't go into a flamewar about it though. I simply reacted with surprise that i got tackled so effectively without HIC's being present (and then hearing that despite my overview not showing me, there were actually 2 of those buggers present). Learn and adapt.
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Manic Smile
Tau Ceti Global Production SMASH Alliance
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Posted - 2008.03.03 13:52:00 -
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Originally by: Lubomir Penev You should have understood by now that CCP is the biggest griefer in the game, and no player antics can get close.
Autopilot settings are one thing, new ship types being unchecked on overview after each patch is another.
Also, if I was tasked with designing an escape pod I'd have it warping out immediately, not staying around for the session change lag to get you killed.
CCP wants people to die, get over it.
don't forget the boot.ini thing; want your computer to die too
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Vymorna Grom
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.03.03 14:42:00 -
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It's called "learning."
I'm assuming that's the issue.
So many whine threads today, it's hard to keep track.
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Orgos Khenn
Minmatar
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Posted - 2008.03.03 15:03:00 -
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You must have incurred a massive financial loss. Truly massive.
...oh, wait. ---- One day...one day General will be worth reading.
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Ringo Jeicha
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Posted - 2008.03.03 18:41:00 -
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Its always fun to read how someone's hey this looks like hello kitty-bubble gets popped.
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Khanid Kutie
I R Teh Poasting Alt Corp
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Posted - 2008.03.03 18:43:00 -
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Originally by: Aknot Wat End of line.
what is it we're supposed to be reading about here? maybe i dont get this post?
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Originally by: Thargat They should change the name of CAOD to EvE Zoo. Please to not feed the animals.
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Alora Venoda
Caldari GalTech Giant Space Amoeba
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Posted - 2008.03.03 19:08:00 -
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Edited by: Alora Venoda on 03/03/2008 19:09:50
Originally by: Neddy Fox
Originally by: Aknot Wat So a nUUB player should just die and that's his lesson. Nice.
If all noobs ignore warnings, like going to low-sec, and stealing from cans, it's their fault. I did both btw .. Looted a ship on day one, took my new shiny Itty1 on AP through lowsec on day 7. :P
I learned my lesson.
last i checked the warning for "this gate enters low-sec, are you sure you want to go in?" does not appear while on auto-pilot...
and yeah, i learned the hard way too... got podded while on the way to pickup my first merlin. the auto-pilot decided to send me through 0.3 space and i had alt-tabbed while waiting for my ship to arrive at the destination.
~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ Take away the risk and it would make flying around in space utterly pointless.
Take away the flying around part and you make EVE into a space themed spreadsheet application. |
Bresan Borija
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2008.03.03 19:23:00 -
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Edited by: Bresan Borija on 03/03/2008 19:25:52
Originally by: Aknot Wat So a nUUB player should just die and that's his lesson. Nice.
There's nothing in the new player tut that goes over setting the AP to safe. A new player has no idea what he's/she's about to lose.
THAT'S ******* ASININE NO MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVE OR WHAT COUNTRY YOU ARE FROM.
What your comments tell me here is that you pay no attention and can not help lie your way to garner sympathy.
"There is nothing in the new player tut that goes over setting the AP to safe"
o'rly Go to PLAYER GUIDE click YOUR FIRST DAYS IN SPACE link (top of page) click starmap link located in map description (bottom of YOUR FIRST DAYS IN SPACE page) read up on WAYPOINTS (particularly at "prefer safer")
now don't you look silly
guilty look
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