Christmas logo 2013!

Post by **emmzee** » Sun Dec 01, 2013 12:40 am

Whew, that took awhile. The tradition continues ... you may have to reload or Shift-reload to see the logo & background.

Here's a double-sized version: <a href="http://dosgames.com/logo-xmas2013-big.gif">DOSGames.com Christmas 2013 double-size</a>

Post by **dosraider** » Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:21 am

Maybe not a sexy as 'chilling Jill', but nevertheless well done and lovely.

Malvineous · Post by **Malvineous** » Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:41 am

Looks great! You know there's an SGA letter for a full stop too...

Post by **MrFlibble** » Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:46 am

Haha, that's awesome, I love it

Post by **dosraider** » Sun Dec 01, 2013 6:47 pm

Malvineous wrote:... You know there's an SGA letter for a full stop too...

Are we in a nitpicking mood today ? Are we ?

BTW, whilst we are nitpicking, dosgames.com (teh link) doesn't has a full stop, so I guess that emmzee is correct here, just saying .....)

Malvineous · Post by **Malvineous** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 2:17 am

dosraider wrote:Are we in a nitpicking mood today ? Are we ?

BTW, whilst we are nitpicking, dosgames.com (teh link) doesn't has a full stop, so I guess that emmzee is correct here, just saying .....)

Well when the only criticism you get is about a full stop, it means you've done a pretty good job

Also there is a full stop in dosgames.com, right before the "com"

Post by **dosraider** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 2:44 am

Malvineous wrote:Also there is a full stop in dosgames.com, right before the "com"

What ? What? What ? What?
..... What? ............WHAT?
Oh, you mean a 'dot' , if it were a full stop there wouldn't be a 'com' after it...., so it's a 'dot' not a full stop.
The 'dot' here is a separator, not a full stop.
I don't know if T.H. translated the 'dot' into SGA .... doubt it.

Think i need a vacation, really.... discussing a non-existing galactic language can't be healthy .... what's next? Klingon ?
[Edit]
Now that I think bout it, after a full stop there should be a space, isn't it?

Cmaza · Post by **Cmaza** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 3:25 am

SGA..? Can't say I'm familiar with it (any chance you could shed some light on it for me?), but it does look somewhat familiar to some of what I've seen in a shorthand handbook I've got lying around in the office somewhere.

Post by **dosraider** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 4:48 am

Cmaza wrote:SGA..? Can't say I'm familiar with it .....

Pretty sure you are without realizing it .....

http://www.shikadi.net/keenwiki/Standar ... c_Alphabet

.... got it?

Post by **emmzee** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:41 am

We're really arguing about a dot?

If you look closely, there IS a dot after the "S" symbol before COM. So I'm not sure what the disagreement is about? I used the font listed on the 3D Realms Keen History article (the first font listed in the Keen Wiki article about SGA)

Quadko · Post by **Quadko** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:20 am

Sweet! Nice job.

Post by **dosraider** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:34 am

emmzee wrote:We're really arguing about a dot? ....

Naaaa, not really, just fool around a bit...

Malvineous · Post by **Malvineous** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 6:09 am

Yeah it's no big deal, I just thought that since there is an SGA letter for the dot, an "Earth" dot looked out of place. But again, if we are "arguing" about a mere dot it must mean you did a pretty good job of the image :-)

And just for the record the correct name for it is a period, and I used the term "full stop" because calling it a "dot" is slang and can often be confusing when discussing images, because it has other meanings too, like a spot or speck (for example the background is full of white dots.) I was hoping to avoid the question "which dot?" but instead got a huge discussion about what name to call it

Post by **dosraider** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:25 am

Whilst we're busy .......

Malvineous wrote:And just for the record the correct name for it is a period.....

... a period ???????????????????

... because calling it a "dot" is slang ???????????????????

Interpunction.
The insertion of points between words or sentences....

Dot
Computer Science. A period, as used as in URLs and e-mail addresses, to separate strings of words, as in www.hmco.com

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/interpunction
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dot

Post by **MrFlibble** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 10:52 am

Actually, I've always thought that this particular punctuation mark is called a full stop.

And, while we're at it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVu53CSbCtw

Quadko · Post by **Quadko** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 11:24 am

wikipedia wrote:Some experts call it a baseline dot, because it is a dot on the baseline, as distinct from an interpunct (a middle dot).

Yes, by all means, let's be clear so no one is confused that we mean an interpunct! How loony would that be! The language police will strictly enforce "baseline dot" lingo henceforth.

(And don't even bring up a superpunct (top dot). Are you crazy?)

Post by **dosraider** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:46 pm

Muahahahaha ..... good one Quadko !!

Ahem, let's summarize this madness.

Malvineous wrote:... a full stop ...

dosraider wrote: ...a dot ...

Quadko wrote:... baseline dot ...

And here I sit, always thought that in an internet url it was simply called a 'dot'.
But who am I? I just became 58 years old and are really new to all this computer and internet stuff.... and even ain't English native! Go figure!

Nevertheless, I think I will keep my usual habits, and call dosgames http://dosgamesdotcom/

http://www.dosgamesfull stopcom/ would feel silly......

Also, where are Dogbreath, Wally, Larry and 1LT Worm when we need them?

Post by **CPT Worm** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 10:41 am

dosraider wrote:Also, where are Dogbreath, Wally, Larry and 1LT Worm when we need them?

You rang??

Man, I love dosgamesfullstopcom. You guys are all right.