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General / Re: FTL buddy icons.

« on: April 27, 2006, 11:32:02 AM »

Sorry for the double post... finished some stuff!

Animation


White backed logo


Black backed logo


Large black backed logo


Alpha transparent versions

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General / Re: FTL buddy icons.

« on: April 26, 2006, 07:14:08 PM »

ooooo, oooooooo.... *strains to raise hand*

I'll do one. What sizes do you need? Want a 32x32 and 64x64 animated versions for your chat apps, or just 64, animation optional?

Why don't I simply do a proper range of 32x, 64x, and 128x icons with alpha transparency optional

Be right back

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Photoshops / Re: More FTL Wallpapers!

« on: April 19, 2006, 10:53:04 AM »

The Intel Mac books are out now. My friend in England just got one.

If only I worked for FTL, then I would have a reason for having a background dedicated to them.

LOL.. you could still be a really big fan, or like the aesthetics of a particular desktop.

Some of my non-FTL desktops are located in that directory. Mix of my photography and photoshop...


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/brightcanopy_1600x1200.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/brightcanopy_1024x768.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/brightcanopy_800x600.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/cold_morning_1600x1200.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/cold_morning_1024x768.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/cold_morning_800x600.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/dropleaf_1600x1200.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/dropleaf_1024x768.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/dropleaf_800x600.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/flower_rgy_1600x1200.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/flower_rgy_1024x768.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/flower_rgy_800x600.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/flower_spider_gp_1600x1200.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/flower_spider_gp_1024x768.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/flower_spider_gp_800x600.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/sparkler_by_1600x1200.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/sparkler_by_1024x768.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/sparkler_by_800x600.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/sparkler_r1_1600x1200.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/sparkler_r1_1024x768.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/sparkler_r1_800x600.jpg

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Photoshops / Re: More FTL Wallpapers!

« on: April 17, 2006, 09:35:34 AM »

These are awesome!

All 3 of my computers are using the blue background now, and it looks great

Thanks Tobiah!

My apologies if the sizes are not suited to your screen. Please let me know which desktop you want and in which sizes, or just tell me what resolution you're using and I'll see about providing more options when future desktops are created.

My machine doesn't even list 1152x864 as a standard. Seeing as this resolution is just above the 1024x768 size, resampling the 1600x1200 would likely look a bit blurry, especially given some of the specular details on the desktops. I ought to put together some 16:9 ratio desktops while I'm at it. 1280x960 and 1344x1008 would be the next resolutions I would expect to reproduce. BTW, If anybody uses multiple monitors for their machine, let me know what sort of configuration you have and I can see about creating thematic pairings.

Again, just tell me what you're interested in. Perhaps some ideas for new desktops. (would be nice if the other hosts had decent photos so I could do a series of host desktops)

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Photoshops / Re: FTL Wallpaper

« on: April 13, 2006, 05:44:36 PM »

Check the other thread in this section, I posted the desktops already.

If you want the logo, let me know, and I'll put it somewhere accesible.

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Photoshops / More FTL Wallpapers!

« on: April 13, 2006, 05:02:48 PM »

I present to you my FTL wallpapers/desktops.


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_blackandred_800x600.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_blackandred_1024x768.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_blackandred_1600x1200.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_blue_metallic_800x600.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_blue_metallic_1024x768.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_blue_metallic_1600x1200.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_gold_800x600.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_gold_1024x768.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_gold_1600x1200.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_grip_800x600.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_grip_1024x768.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_grip_1600x1200.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_halftone_left_800x600.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_halftone_left_1024x768.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_halftone_left_1600x1200.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_halftone_right_800x600.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_halftone_right_1024x768.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_halftone_right_1600x1200.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_heat_800x600.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_heat_1024x768.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_neutral_800x600.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_neutral_1024x768.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_neutral_1600x1200.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_red_metallic_1600x1200.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_redian_800x600.jpg
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_redian_1024x768.jpg


http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/media/desktops/ftl_yellow_metallic_1600x1200.jpg

I decided to just do some photoshop ones this time and skip illustrating or manipulating too much.. if I'm feeling up to it, maybe I'll do something fancy.

C+C welcomed. (comment and critique)

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Photoshops / Re: FTL Wallpaper

« on: April 13, 2006, 10:59:27 AM »

Hey m0nk3y, I sent you an email with the logo. Did you get it?



Incidentally, my website is down, but I did a whole bunch of desktops in the typical sizes. I'll post them when my host comes back up (might have to double post...).

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Photoshops / Re: FTL Wallpaper

« on: April 06, 2006, 11:01:40 AM »

You got it m0nk3y!... Who do I have to sleep with around here to get a copy of the logo?

(I'm in the process of re-vectorizing a copy of the logo now, hehe...)

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Photoshops / Re: Old Photoshops, and Hello!!

« on: March 23, 2006, 06:38:22 PM »

Sorry, I don't think I can...

I don't have a copy of illustrator, but I have some experience with it. I'm familiar with quark and photoshop mainly. As for web design, I'm self trained in html, css, and can tweak with javascript. I'm familiar with setting up phpBB, SMF, mediawiki. I'm a pixel artist/photoshop manipulator/print designer/illustrator/fontographer. I'm decent with gif animation work, and I am very good with designing a page to load quickly through web page layout and image compression understanding. I can't do fancy proprietary media installations like flash, or back-end database coding. Always looking for work though

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Photoshops / Re: Old Photoshops, and Hello!!

« on: March 23, 2006, 07:37:28 AM »

Ahm.. ok. I was expecting something either someone who wanted serious help with graphics, or just wanted something news-relevant and humorous.

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Photoshops / Re: Old Photoshops, and Hello!!

« on: March 03, 2006, 06:05:46 AM »

Aww, cute little stoner monkeys!

Ok, what exactly am I doing?

Therapists and psychiatrists who treat marijuana dependency are convinced the study will persuade people to take pot's potential for abuse more seriously. "A lot of people think it's not addictive," says Ron Kadden of the University of Connecticut Health Center. "[Users] have been told by treatment professionals and friends that they couldn't really be addicted to marijuana." But Kadden says he recently found plenty of takers when he advertised a programme tailored to treat cannabis dependency.

Oh, I guess it has nothing to do with the fact that it's illegal then that people want it more? Just that it's addictive... riiight. If you're offering people a good time, well.. do you think they will refuse?

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Photoshops / Re: Old Photoshops, and Hello!!

« on: March 02, 2006, 11:24:03 PM »

... are you serious?

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Photoshops / Re: Old Photoshops, and Hello!!

« on: March 02, 2006, 06:09:01 PM »

Thanks Ian

I hope this wasn't a pity reply.


....actually, on the forum I run, I always look for those zero post threads that need some validation XD

I need something to do... anybody have a pressing photoshop task?

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The Polling Pit / Re: The 6 types of Libertarians, which are you?

« on: February 27, 2006, 09:19:12 PM »

How can it be tyrannical if at any point you can say "screw you guys, I'm going home"?

If the people are being "oppressed" in an anarcho-capitalist society, they will simply choose not to associate with their "oppressors". The only way you can have oppression is if someone is forcibly preventing you from removing yourself from that oppression. The second that happens, you've left the realm of anarchy and now have a government.

Because you might not be able to 'go home'.

The freedom for a person to move goes hand in hand with the freedom for the jerks and opressive people to move right along with them until it no longer becomes 'worth it' to them. Given this, I'm sure there might be a few people sadistic enough to choose to oppress their neighbors, in both subtle and apparent ways, even to the point of slavery. That's not to say what we have now doesn't bite. It does, alot, and there are still issues with a small Libertarian type of government that could remain.

In the proceedings of Anarchy, there's no guarantee that you will be free since not everyone will conform to principles of anarchy. Mini-governments add structure to those who seek them, and are acceptable to Anarchists so long as those who engage in them are all consenting. But what of crime and justice where one seeks protection services from another, and a third party is harmed through the actions of enforcing the agreement between the first two individuals because that third party attempted to apply force? it coincides with what is 'liberal', in which there is freedom for all to apply force, despite the consequences.

Of course it's no longer Anarchy when someone chooses to live on a foundation of oppression and force, but if that's the case, then you can simply say that Anarchy works, so long as you're not pointing out the cases in which circumstances directly related, but never affirmed as 'failures', are not working in its favor. Anarchy is an adorable concept that continues to remain true, but it disassociates itself from the very real and very negative aspects of life that are present in virtually all situations. There will always be death and some measure of 'cost-of-living' that will place strain on people and not everyone will concede to not apply force.

I would concede that we'll all be better off if either Anarcho-Capitalism or Libertarianism within a small government structure come into being. It's always been a fault to let others decide for us and assume power. But please help me understand the need for protection services in an Anarchy, and how it is that everyone is to recognize and agree to the right to property without using some measure of force to make such a claim?

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The Polling Pit / Re: The 6 types of Libertarians, which are you?

« on: February 27, 2006, 07:44:02 PM »

You mean like two wolves and a sheep agreeing on what to have for dinner?

Or a loose framework for a cohesive nation-state that ensures human rights, liberty, free markets and free trade.

Rights require some serious consideration on how they are supported/enforced, which is the downside to the state. Rights are not magical: If the rights of group A come from the Rights of group B, then group B is likely not going to appreciate said Rights.

We supposedly wouldn't need outlined rights in a state situation if everyone got along... and then comes Anarchy/Anarcho-Capitalism suggesting a non-coersive way of life devoid of any rights. In such a system, you would be free to enter into any of the myriad of protection services providing what we would comparably sight as 'Rights', though those granting the rights would recognize the person who was paying for them on the individual level, which is one of the stronger arguements for Anarcho-Capitalism.

However 'Natural Law' is something to be interpreted, and I find that this is a notable flaw in the Anarcho-Capitalist philosophy as eukreign has presented it. That doesn't mean a small Libertarian Government is going to do any better to resolve the matter, as it often ends up coming down to a democratic/dictatorial decree of what human rights shall be set forth, but if you're intent on recognizing any boundaries, then I favor Libertarianism over Anarchy.

As they say, when people fear the government, it's tyrrany. While a government which the people do not fear may still be the source of injustices via democratic procedure, I find that the arguements for Anarcho-Capitalism I have heard so far cling to presumptuously humanist doctrine (yet I find it hard to argue with this). That said, tyrrany need not come from a government body, and a well endearerd Anarchic environment can do just as good as a well endeared Libertarianism. But conversely, both are easily capable of injustice so long as people cling to principles (and I hope people cling fast).