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Sindobook:
Hang on, we're trying to confirm. At this point three's no indication it's not for real, but give it a few days. I'm not expending any more effort on that matter.
On my August 31 post, I discussed the small animals' response to the repeated V/U response. I keep getting PMs about this so I will say that the plan was put into place, it went live over a week ago. They didn't want to announce it back then but now it's almost complete. Nothing to worry about, really.
Sindobook:
Okay there you have it. Word should be out by now.
Unfortunately the black pig (name withheld) who was the pig's friend while he was alive passed away recently. His role of assisting Mikey, the chief ferret in charge of local are security, with intelligence and information gathering / data management will be taken over in time, but for now Mikey will be managing that role directly.
Even with their intelligence gathering limited by the black pig's untimely passing, the local small animals have been able to piece together the most likely scenario. Mikey reviewed this at an "all paws" meeting last night, in preparation for today's official announcement.
First of all, last Friday, the neighborhood cat L was gone. Tony, a local ferret and friend of Mikey's, explained the story with local cats was that his owner had moved out of town, taking his cat with him.
Mikey said the black pig (name withheld) was coming to the conclusion that C was either an absolute genius or a total idiot. Mikey and Samantha tend to think he is the former, but admit it's still really up in the air. Mikey spent most of his time discussing the costs of all of the neighborhood cat L's operations, the 'sweep and secure', the employment of mercenary animals, and so on. He said that while the cat L may have been able to declare a tactical victory over C's forces, the cost for doing so was great. Samantha revealed some inside information about a recent raid on their caches by the "Black Bunny Squad", a widely feared local bunny gang who engages in mass carrot theft operations (aka. 'carrot raids'). Similar, at least in concept, to what the bunny brigade did at the countryside farm recently. But a lot more random, and that gang is more feared than respected in its own area (to the north). Their members are welcome here, but only if they behave. Anyways Samantha recently overheard some of their members at one of the local 'bunny bars' having a discussion (mostly whining / complaining). Apparently the Wednesday before last, the gang had raided L's fridge (actually his owner's fridge) and found it to be totally empty. There was nothing in it, no carrots, no lettuce, no mini peppers or anything at all. They were quite surprised and while all their bunnies were expecting a feast, they instead had to go home with empty stomachs. There are a few explanations for this, L's owner may have cleared out his fridge in preparation for his move, but this is unlikely because it was still early. Anyways with this revelation most of the small animals at the meeting were able to put it together, and think it's likely C is on the right track.
Not to write them completely off, this will probably generate no end of controversy online. But the world of small animals really doesn't much involve online. And where C's plan could go wrong is if they somehow come up with their own infusion of cash. But is that likely? Doesn't seem so. For now, most small animals have already made up their minds, and those little guys tend to be pretty stubborn once they do. The small animals are naturally going to root for C anyways because he has plenty of bunnies of his own working for him.
Not much more I can say on this issue, despite the PMs. It will figure out itself over the time being.
Sindobook:
I'm getting a lot of PMs about Long Shan's recent video, let me just say Long Shan is not rich. He actually lives day to day with very little money. Just because he has a figure or something that you allegedly saw selling for $150. at some con doesn't mean Long Shan actually paid that much, or that he paid for it at all. He might've gotten it through some cheaper source, or he might have lifted it with his famed 'panda hands' technique.
Sindobook:
Follow-up to post on Sept. 21.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
FILE *fp;
char line[320];
int n;
char ext[32];
char com[1000];
int len;
char ext_def[32];
if (argc < 3) {
printf ("usage: %s <file prefix> <directory> <optional default extension>\n", argv[0]);
return 0;
}
if (argc == 4) {
strcpy (ext_def, argv[3]);
printf ("using the default extension: %s\n", ext_def);
} else
strcpy (ext_def, "");
printf ("copying files %s* to %s\n\n", argv[1], argv[2]);
sprintf (com, "dir %s* /s /b > temp.txt", argv[1]);
system (com);
fp = fopen ("temp.txt", "r");
n = 0;
while (fgets (line, 320, fp) != NULL) {
len = strlen (line);
len--;
if (line[len] == '\n') {
line[len] = '\0';
len--;
}
len--;
if (line[len] == '.')
strcpy (ext, &(line[len + 1]));
else {
len--;
if (line[len] == '.')
strcpy (ext, &(line[len + 1]));
else {
len--;
if (line[len] == '.')
strcpy (ext, &(line[len + 1]));
else
strcpy (ext, ext_def);
}
}
sprintf (com, "copy \"%s\" \"%s\\%08d.%s\"", line, argv[2], n, ext);
printf ("%s\n", com);
system (com);
printf ("\n");
n++;
}
fclose (fp);
}
Here's a quick ANSI C application that does the same thing. I had no problem compiling it using MinGW, which you can find here: http://www.mingw.org/ . Once you compile it, then you can just copy it to the root of the IE cache directory and do do something like "a vid \scratch flv" from the command line. It will copy all the files it finds into the directory you specify, renaming them to numbers and keeping the extension if it has one. If there is no extension, it will use the one you specify (if specified).
Windows 7 implements a permission system for executables that may deny own created applications create and write privileges by default. If you get an 'Access Denied' or similar message when the application tries to copy the file, try right-clicking on it and setting the owner of the application to the administrator rather than the standard user.
Sindobook:
I don't get it. It seems like suddenly everyone is interested in small animals. I will say this, please, if you want a small animal, stay away from the pet store. Stay away from the breeders. Find your local rescue, preferably a rescue that specializes in small animals. If your city doesn't have one, try humane societies, online message boards, and the like. Breeders should be a last resort, and pet stores are the absolute worse.
Anyways I have been getting a horrendous amount of questions about C. I'm not going to try to answer individual questions about C, there's just too many. You want to know about C? Just wait. Watch, listen, and think for yourself.
C once lived happily in a neighborhood with many other small animals. The small animals were mostly harmonious and all got along. But then, an unknown man known as Mr. X moved into the neighborhood. I call him Mr. X b'cos I never knew who he was. He was just some man, nothing special, no real defining characteristics or anything.
Anyways Mr. X had a few cats. Most of his cats were ordinary, content to lay around the house, eat, sleep, purr, etc. But one of these cats was unusual. He seemed to have a special hatred for small animals. He would frequently roam around the neighborhood, hunting small animals, occasionally chasing one down and killing him.
Unlike down here, the small animals in the area were not terribly organized. They had little hope of fighting back effectively. Eventually 'L' became known as 'neighborhood cat L'. They tried to stand up to 'L' many times but always failed. There were retreats, there were deaths, there were massacres.
While the 'neighborhood cat L' added to his power base, scheming and continuing build build up a gang of cats, small animals were leaving the neighborhood en masse. Sometimes alone, sometimes in groups, but they left. Those who remained lived under the constant fear of death at the hands of 'L's kitty cat gang. Or worse.
C was one of the small animals that left. But he didn't go far. He hung around just outside of town, recruiting other small animals as they evacuated the neighborhood. Eventually he recruited enough small animals to try to take a shot at 'L'.
Many small animals were watching as C launched his attacks at a the cat 'L' and his gang. C had little more than bunnies and (guinea) pigs, and they were poorly equipped, had little training, and were rather disorganized. While they were far from a modern fighting force like the bunny brigade, honestly the only thing they had going for them was willpower and devotion.
To be continued...
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