17||0|2668|0|yes 0|0|0|||||Hello%2C again.|Tengokujin||02:51:55|04/04/2007|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Apr-04-07 AT 02:59 AM (EDT) by Gryphon (admin)]%5Bsmall%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22red%22%5D%26l%3BSwitched the link to a local EPU copy of the image %28no popups that way%29%2C did the fake CGI trick to keep DCF from inlining the image. --G.%26r%3B%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AI keep forgetting to lurk and keep my account active. Well%2C here%27s something from the shadowy depths%2C also known as%2C %22my mind%22.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Fyk-gunnr02.jpg%3Fx%0D%0A%0D%0AEnjoy. I may resurface in a long time. Maybe. Really. Really%2C really. Re-%0D%0A%0D%0A%2AEND TRANSMISSION%2A%0D%0A%0D%0AP.S. Sometimes%2C I hate ImageShack.%0D%0A%0D%0AP.P.S. Anyone who guesses what inspired the gun in the left hand gets a completely virtual cookie. 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|Gryphon||03:10:56|04/04/2007|%3EI keep forgetting to lurk and keep my account active.%0D%0A%0D%0AWelcome back%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EWell%2C here%27s %0D%0A%3Esomething from the shadowy depths%2C also known as%2C %22my mind%22. %0D%0A%0D%0ANice%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EP.P.S. Anyone who guesses what inspired the gun in the left hand gets %0D%0A%3Ea completely virtual cookie. %0D%0A%0D%0AIt looks %5Bi%5Dmaddeningly%5B%2Fi%5D familiar - especially the geometry of the grip%2C stock%2C and that %22buttress%22 deal that connects them - but I can%27t place it.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 2|1|0|||1||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|Mephron||09:38:53|04/04/2007|%3EP.P.S. Anyone who guesses what inspired the gun in the left hand gets %0D%0A%3Ea completely virtual cookie. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat looks like the Bog-Standard Assault Rifle they use in the manga version of Ghost in the Shell%2C whose name and number I can%27t bring out of long-term storage right now.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22 3|2|2|||||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|mdg1||09:40:38|04/04/2007|One of the Seburo versions%3F 5|3|3|||1||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|Mephron||10:59:19|04/04/2007|%3EOne of the Seburo versions%3F %0D%0A%0D%0Ayes%21%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2F1%2F18%2FSeburo_C-X.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22 6|4|5|||||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|mdg1||11:45:04|04/04/2007|You can have the cookiee... I%27m trying to cut down %3A%29 4|2|2|||||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|Croaker||09:47:32|04/04/2007|%3E%3EP.P.S. Anyone who guesses what inspired the gun in the left hand gets %0D%0A%3E%3Ea completely virtual cookie. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThat looks like the Bog-Standard Assault Rifle they use in the manga %0D%0A%3Eversion of Ghost in the Shell%2C whose name and number I can%27t bring out %0D%0A%3Eof long-term storage right now. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E-- %0D%0A%3EGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron %0D%0A%3EHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support. %0D%0A%3E%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AHrm. It reminds me of a cut-down version of the one Crichton used on SG-1 last season. I don%27t recall a manufacturer or model number%2C though %28I keep wanting to say H%26K...%29 12|3|4|||||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|MoonEyes||07:48:18|04/06/2007|%3EHrm. It reminds me of a cut-down version of the one Crichton used on %0D%0A%3ESG-1 last season. I don%27t recall a manufacturer or model number%2C %0D%0A%3Ethough %28I keep wanting to say H%26K...%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AMeprk%3F Ummm...now%2C admittedly%2C I%27m not following the series too closely%2C but...Crichton%3F Only Crichton I know of in a telly series would be John Crichton in Farscape...not SG-1%3F Well%2C and his son%2C but I doubt he%27d carry any form of firearm.%0D%0A 13|4|12|||||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|mdg1||08:17:11|04/06/2007|I believe he%27s referring to Cameron Mitchell%2C the character Ben Browder %28who was Crichton in Farscape%29 played in the latter seasons of SG-1 11|2|2|||||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|Tengokujin||23:28:06|04/05/2007|Here%27s your cookie. %0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHTTP_cookie%0D%0AI would toy around with the url tag%2C but it%27s irritatingly not working for me. 7|1|0|||||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|BZArcher||23:48:11|04/04/2007|%3E P.P.S. Anyone who guesses what inspired the gun in the left hand gets a completely virtual cookie.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe British SA80 assault rifle%3F The one with the odd bullpup configuration and the magazine behind the grip and trigger%3F 8|2|7|||1||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|Gryphon||00:34:27|04/05/2007|%3EThe one with the odd bullpup %0D%0A%3Econfiguration and the magazine behind the grip and trigger%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AAll bullpup rifles have the magazine behind the grip. That%27s kind of what %22bullpup%22 means.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn any event%2C I think not%3B the SA80 %5Blink%3Aworld.guns.ru%2Fassault%2Fas22-e.htm%7Clooks even less like the firearm pictured%5D than the %5Blink%3Aworld.guns.ru%2Fassault%2Fas30-e.htm%7CTavor%5D does.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 9|3|8|||||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|Croaker||10:08:08|04/05/2007|%3E%3EThe one with the odd bullpup %0D%0A%3E%3Econfiguration and the magazine behind the grip and trigger%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAll bullpup rifles have the magazine behind the grip. That%27s kind of %0D%0A%3Ewhat %22bullpup%22 means. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIn any event%2C I think not%3B the SA80 %0D%0A%3E%5Blink%3Aworld.guns.ru%2Fassault%2Fas22-e.htm%7Clooks even less like the %0D%0A%3Efirearm pictured%5D than the %0D%0A%3E%5Blink%3Aworld.guns.ru%2Fassault%2Fas30-e.htm%7CTavor%5D does. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AMmm. Tavor%27s a nice-looking gun%2C yeah...%0D%0A%0D%0ABut the one pictured has the clip in %5Bi%5Dfront%5B%2Fi%5D of the trigger. On a barrel that short. Makes it look more like an oversized pistol... 10|4|9|||1||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|laudre||21:44:47|04/05/2007|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Apr-05-07 AT 09:45 PM (EDT)]%3EBut the one pictured has the clip in %5Bi%5Dfront%5B%2Fi%5D of the trigger. On a %0D%0A%3Ebarrel that short. Makes it look more like an oversized pistol... %0D%0A%0D%0ANitpicking%3A that is a %5Bi%5Dmagazine%5B%2Fi%5D%2C not a %5Bi%5Dclip%5B%2Fi%5D. They%27re both feeding devices%2C but clips are not boxes%2C do not feed with a spring %28that I know of%2C anyway%3B Gryph may correct me%2C since he seems to have a broader knowledge of obscure%2C interesting older guns than I do%29%2C and there%27s probably one or two other significant differences that aren%27t coming to my foggy brain at the moment.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyway%2C I%27m going to agree with the above and say that it looks rather Seburo-ish. And unless there%27s some funky technology or somesuch that I%27m not aware of %28or there are some serious drugs involved%2C and not the good kind%29%2C I%27d guess that magazine sticking out from under the barrel is a bit like the magazine that hangs off the dust cover of a CZ-75 Automatic -- it%27s not actually the feeding magazine%2C but a place to hang your second magazine. Otherwise%2C that barrel would be ludicrously short%2C meaning it would be horribly inaccurate even for an automatic weapon. And there%27s no reason to have something that bulky have a barrel so short.%0D%0A%0D%0A- Sean %0D%0A%22All tribal myths are true%2C for a given value of %27true.%27%22%0D%0A -- Terry Pratchett%2C from _The Last Continent_ 16|5|10|||1||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|Pasha||14:16:36|04/10/2007|%7CI%27d guess that magazine sticking out from under the barrel is a bit like the %7Cmagazine that hangs off the dust cover of a CZ-75 Automatic -- it%27s not actually %7Cthe feeding magazine%2C but a place to hang your second magazine. Otherwise%2C that %7Cbarrel would be ludicrously short%2C meaning it would be horribly inaccurate even %7Cfor an automatic weapon. And there%27s no reason to have something that bulky have %7Ca barrel so short.%0D%0A%0D%0AYou%27re forgetting something%3A That isn%27t necessarily a slugthrower. It could be any sort of projected energy weapon%2C at which point it doesn%27t matter where you put the %27magazine%27%2C except for loading ergonomics. %0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0A%22I invented Warp Drive%2C whatta ya got%3F%22%0D%0A%22I%27m the Norse God of Mecha.%22%0D%0A%22Well%2C I guess you win then.%22 14|1|0|||||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|juniper||14:12:06|04/06/2007|%3EI keep forgetting to lurk and keep my account active. Well%2C here%27s %0D%0A%3Esomething from the shadowy depths%2C also known as%2C %22my mind%22. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3Ehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Fyk-gunnr02.jpg%3Fx %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EEnjoy.%0D%0A%0D%0AMy avatar gets all the best looking girls. Lucky her%21%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s a lovely drawing. 15|2|14|||||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|Tengokujin||10:28:05|04/10/2007|When I get a chance%2C she%27ll also get a drawing. %3A%3Agrin%3A%3A%0D%0ARight-handed%2C right%3F 17|3|15|||||RE%3A Hello%2C again.|juniper||16:37:30|05/03/2007|%3EWhen I get a chance%2C she%27ll also get a drawing. %3A%3Agrin%3A%3A %0D%0A%3ERight-handed%2C right%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AYep%2C right handed. %28Sorry for the lag time on the response - I was traveling without much in the way of decent network access for a couple of weeks. %3A%29