The experiment starts about a third of the way down ;) chiller2 is another English person who was sat next
to me at the time.

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<HardSpace> ok Im gone
<HardSpace> *poof*
<QuaD-NrG> ok ur gone
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* QuaD-NrG kicks HardSpace
* QuaD-NrG notices that he is a 
  aol lamer
<QuaD-NrG> [18:43] *** Parts: 
  HardSpace (HardSpace@204-64-72.
  ipt.aol.com)
* Cart notices that QuaD-NrG 
  sounds like an experienced aol 
  lamer
* QuaD-NrG notices that Cart is 
  wrong and oversized
<QuaD-NrG> :P
<QuaD-NrG> as in cartman ala 
  southpark
<QuaD-NrG> c ya all
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<Zerbey> oper op
<Blaze> GAH ZERBEY
<Zerbey> heh
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<Bomb> wtf is up with my q2
<Zerbey> pass
<Zerbey> describe the symptoms
<Zerbey> :P
<Bomb> my voodoo2 is fawking it 
  up
<Bomb> or something
<Blaze> whats it doing/
<Blaze> ?
<Zerbey> it shouldn't be
<Blaze> actually zerbey
<Bomb> it's always screwing up 
  the maxfps and the rate is 
  f00ked
<Blaze> lol
<Bomb> it never saves my settings
<Blaze> thats not it
<Blaze> bomb
<Bomb> and
<Bomb> every time i join a server I'm lagged and can't move until i fix it
<Blaze> its because when you go to a server that is running a servside mod
<Blaze> er serverside
<Blaze> it wont save the changes to the baseq2 dir
<Blaze> run q2 right now
<Blaze> and set cl_maxfps 45
<Blaze> and rate 4300
<Bomb> 45 = too laggy
<Zerbey> heh
<Bomb> if it's over 20 I'm lagged
<Blaze> damn
<Bomb> and can't move
<Zerbey> you on a modem Bomb?
<Bomb> yup
<Zerbey> ah
<Zerbey> 20 then :)
<Zerbey> 56K?
<Bomb> yup
<Zerbey> hehe
<Zerbey> limit your modem speed to 34,000
<Zerbey> set your buffers to 0,0
<Zerbey> trust me
<Bomb> k
<Zerbey> (FIFO buffers)
<Blaze> yah
<Zerbey> or buy an ISDN Line :)
<Blaze> i have my settings like that at my other house and i get 150 pings every 
  now and then
<Bomb> hm ok
<Bomb> brb
* Zerbey runs and hides then announces he gets pings of 20-30 usually
<Blaze> omg
<Zerbey> *g*
<Zerbey> on a modem I get 150-170 (33.6)
<Blaze> damn
<Blaze> tell me how!*(@#!@
<Zerbey> Blaze, err..well the 2Mbit line helps
<Zerbey> :)
<Blaze> on the modem you m0
<Zerbey> on the modem?  I have a very good isp
<Zerbey> :)
<Zerbey> what ping do you get?
<Blaze> 300 <g>
<Zerbey> ACK!
<Bomb> this is still messed up
<Blaze> theres a server 2 blocks away from me that i get a 150 ping on
<Blaze> heh
<Zerbey> Blaze, get a real isp mate :)
<Blaze> its the fastest isp in the state
<Zerbey> us isps suck
<Blaze> i get up to 500k/sec on .exe and .zip downloads
<Zerbey> no offense ;)
<Zerbey> butt hey do
<Zerbey> :)
<Bomb> my q2 is still fucked up :(
<Zerbey> reconnect with those settings I just gave you
<Zerbey> k56flex modems are a pain
<Blaze> heh
<Bomb> so under Port settings I move the things all the way to the left? (under 
  where I check the FIFO thing)?
<Zerbey> yes
<Bomb> k
<Bomb> and what else..?
<Zerbey> than change your init string so it connects at 34,000
<Zerbey> don't ask me how to do taht, it's modem specific
<Bomb> hm
<Blaze> ZERBEY IS A COCKSUCKER!!!
<Bomb> lol
<Blaze> :P
* Blaze senses a kill coming up
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<Blaze> no i dont
<Blaze> coz then uh
<Blaze> well
<Blaze> n/m
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<Zerbey> what prompted that little outburst? :)
<Blaze> my opinion changes from minute to minute
<Blaze> ZERBEY IS A FREAK
<Blaze> see?
<Blaze> heh
<Blaze> ;)
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<Blaze> lol
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<Q11> :)
<Zerbey> Bomb, you'll have a spike immediately then it should be a perfect 
  connection
<chiller2> BLAZE IS A PECKER
<chiller2> oops
<chiller2> totally out of character ;)
<Blaze> CHILLER IS A WHORE
<Blaze> er
<Zerbey> assuming of course, the wind in southern sudan is blowing the right way, 
  and stuff
<Blaze> did i say that out loud?
<chiller2> lol
<Zerbey> 56k modems are funny like that
<Zerbey> ;)
<Blaze> ;)
<chiller2> 56k modems are crap
<chiller2> 28.8k is better
<Blaze> AND SO IS CHILLER
<Blaze> god damn fingers
<Blaze> sorry
<Blaze> :P
<chiller2> AND SO ARE BLAZES SLACKS
<chiller2> ;)
<Blaze> what slacks?
<chiller2> lol
<Blaze> im in boxers right now :)
<Zerbey> heh
* chiller2 pats Blaze on the head..
<chiller2> don't worry yourself
* Zerbey places a little red teapot in the center of the room
* Blaze throws the teapot at Zerbey and dances like a maniac
<Zerbey> nonono
* Zerbey puts it back
<Zerbey> you've got the wrong idea
* Blaze pisses in the teapot
<Blaze> there
<Blaze> EYE AHD THE RIGHT IDEA! ADMIT IT!
<Bomb> this sucks
<Zerbey> you're not getting it are you?
<Zerbey> you just can't grasp the concept
* Zerbey replaces the little red teapot
* Blaze graspes the concept
<Zerbey> it's a teapot
<Zerbey> in the center of the room
<chiller2> Americans never understand the teapot thing..
<Blaze> ohhhhhhh yeah
<chiller2> ah well
<chiller2> go back to watching Friends
<Zerbey> any joy yet Blaze?
<Zerbey> :)
<Blaze> uh uh
<Zerbey> ok
<Blaze> im an "american"
<Blaze> i dun get it
<Zerbey> why is the teapot in the center of the room
<Q11> teapot thing
* Zerbey has all night, well, morning you know
<Q11> what did i miss
* Zerbey cries...they don't UNDERSTAND!!
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<chiller2> Zerb... wait until they have evolved enough
* chiller2 ducks
<Zerbey> merkin's *slaps forehead*
<Q11> what r u guys talkin bouy
<Q11> bout
<Zerbey> Q11, I have just placed a little red teapot in the center of the room
* Blaze scratches his head
<Q11> k
<chiller2> and it's puzzling certain members of the audience
<Zerbey> (mostly merkin's)
<Q11> um, y?
<chiller2> Zerb, do you smell something melting? ;)
<Zerbey> yes, I do
<Q11> melting?
<chiller2> lol
<Q11> r u being metophoric, damnit i'm try'n to relax my mind here
<Zerbey> no why?
<Q11> k
<Zerbey> ok
<Zerbey> let's try this again
<Zerbey> I
<Zerbey> have placed
<Zerbey> in the center of the room
<Zerbey> a little
<Zerbey> red
<Zerbey> (this is important)
<Zerbey> teapot
<Q11> is there tea in it....
<Q11> :)
* Zerbey adds a full stop to emphasise this
<Blaze> GOD DAMNIT WHY IS THERE A GODDAMN TEAPOT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY DAMN ROOM
<chiller2> lol
<Zerbey> yes, of course there's tea in it
<Zerbey> it's a teapot
<Zerbey> Blaze, what do you mean why>
<Zerbey> ?
* chiller2 roflmao
<Blaze> there had to be a reason why you put it there
<Blaze> and i dun know it
<Q11> zerb:teapot's can be empty, and sonner or l8r they all r :)
<Zerbey> you're really not thinking the right way
<chiller2> What's that sailing overhead
<chiller2> hehe
<Zerbey> Blaze, you need to grasp this conceptg
<Zerbey> there is a t-e-a-p-o-t in the center of the room
<Q11> it's there for ppl to drink is my guess :)
<Blaze> t-e-a-p-o-t
<Zerbey> Q11, ahh, you're getting there slowly
<Zerbey> it's a teapot
<Q11> wait, is it teatime over there, or is it l8r, my math on timezones suck
<chiller2> oh dear oh dear oh dear
<Zerbey> yes, you put warm water and tea in it and people drink it
<Zerbey> but
<Blaze> and whats so special about it?
<Blaze> its red?
* chiller2 shakes his head..
<Zerbey> Q11, no it's 2 in the morning of course it's not teatime
<chiller2> lol
<Bomb> blaze.. what's your voodoo2 settings on?
<Q11> zerb:like i know what time it isa
<Zerbey> Blaze, no, it's red because that's the colour
<Q11> is
<Zerbey> red teapots rule
<Blaze> bomb: which ones
* Zerbey waits patiently
<Blaze> zerbey: so what happens if i drink all of the stuff thats in it and dont 
  refill it?
<Bomb> like the resolution and refresh rate
<Zerbey> you know a Canadian figured this out in 30 seconds
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<chiller2> Blaze> absolutely nothing
<Q11> wait, so he has a teapot, y is this such a big deal
<Zerbey> Blaze, well, it gets empty doesn't it?
<Blaze> no
<Blaze> theres still little drops of tra
<Blaze> er
<Blaze> tea
<Zerbey> well yes?
<chiller2> Q11 almost grasped it there
<Blaze> bomb: 800x600, default
<jib> wtf you guys talking about?
<Blaze> (default ref. rate)
<Bomb> what's default?
<Bomb> for you
<Zerbey> THERE'S A RED TEAPOT IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM I JUST PUT IT 
  THERE
<chiller2> Zerb> now no hints
<Q11> english ppl always have tea, there like obsessed, my mom always drinks it 
  and she's only half english
<Zerbey> well I did!
<Q11> atleast she dun do a teatime
<Zerbey> now please
<Zerbey> TRY to understand
<Zerbey> :)
<Blaze> THERES GONNA BE LOTS OF LITTLE PIECES OF THE RED TEAPOT IF I DUN 
  FIGURE IT OUT
<chiller2> lol
<Bomb> blaze.. 60Hz?
<Q11> lol
<Blaze> bomb: yah
<Bomb> k
<Blaze> umm
<Zerbey> Blaze, now don't go victimizing it
<chiller2> What has the teapot done to you?
<Blaze> then ill victimize you
<Blaze> it made me think
<Blaze> so did this fool
* Q11 get's some tea and toast
<Q11> since i'm sitten here
<Zerbey> Q11, no, we've already skipped that
<chiller2> gets even
<Zerbey> but if your're making some
<Zerbey> you're
<Blaze> ok, so you just put a red teapot in the middle of the room
<chiller2> ...
<Zerbey> keep going
<Bomb> ah just fuck it
<Bomb> i'm sick of screwing with this fucking shit
* Blaze just fucks the red teapot
<Q11> zerb:i dun care if yer past that i'm hungry damnit and i'm taking some of 
  yer fuckin tea
<Zerbey> well, if that's what excites you :)
<Blaze> i was told to do it :P
<Q11> blaze:kinky
<Blaze> q11:yup
<Q11> :)
<Zerbey> Blaze, you almost had it too
<Zerbey> (ohh godd!)
<chiller2> god even
<Blaze> rofl
<chiller2> God even
<Zerbey> chiller2, think about it
<Blaze> ok, so you just put a red teapot in the middle of the room
<Blaze> and im sitting there staring at it
<Zerbey> keep going
<chiller2> ...
<Blaze> what kind of tea is in the teapot?
<Blaze> or does that matter?
<Zerbey> um
<Zerbey> does it matter?
<Zerbey> well ok
<Zerbey> Yorkshire Tea
<Cart> so erm, what game is this?
<Zerbey> (like tea used t'be)
<Q11> this is funny, u call us dumb and u expect us to know something we've never 
  heard of
<chiller2> heh
<Zerbey> it's not a game
<Zerbey> it's very simple
<Zerbey> you're just not getting it
<Cart> whats the teapot all about?
<Bomb> blaze can you send me your config?
<Blaze>  you just put a red teapot in the middle of the room and its just sitting 
  there
<chiller2> it's not the tea, it's the concept of the statement made initially
<Blaze> bomb, hold on
<Zerbey> Blaze, keep going, you're nearly there!
<Cart> argh
<chiller2> Blaze, oh so close!
<Blaze> and no one is touching it
<Q11> there's a fuckin teapot, y does anyone care, drink it if u want or ignore 
  it, just stop the insanity!
<Blaze> they're leaving it alone
<Blaze> and it has tea in it
<jib> who gives a shit about a damn teapot
<Zerbey> Q11, it doesn't matter damnit!
<chiller2> lol
<Blaze> I LIKE THE TEAPOT SO SHADDUP
<Zerbey> jib, you're hurting it's feelings :)
<Cart> wtf is all this about teapots?
<Q11> lol
* Zerbey goes back to first concepts
* Zerbey removes the teapot
<Q11> this is so funny
<Q11> ok
<Blaze> its a little RED teapot in the MIDDLE of the room that ZERBEY put there 
  and NOTHING is happening to it. IT HAS TEA IN IT.
<Blaze> there
* Zerbey puts a little red teapot in the center of the room
<Q11> there go back to before i joined
<Blaze> there
<Blaze> its a little RED teapot in the MIDDLE of the room that ZERBEY put there 
  and NOTHING is happening to it. IT HAS TEA IN IT.
<Zerbey> ok
<Zerbey> with me so far?
<Cart> ok
<jib> a teapot is an in-animate object, such a object cannot and does not have the 
  ability to think, feel, or live in anyway.
<Bomb> blaze your bw account should work now btw
<Cart> theres a teapot in the center of the room, and its red and little
<Zerbey> jib, oh, now we're talking philsophy
<Bomb> gah who cares
<Zerbey> Cart, very good
<Cart> thank you
<Zerbey> don't mention it
<chiller2> Cart! YOU GOT IT!
<Cart> now go on :)
<Q11> um, ok, so what's the question
<Zerbey> go on where?
<Cart> erm
<chiller2> no question
<Cart> nevermind then, I win
<chiller2> it was as simple as that..
<Q11> wait, that's it?
<Zerbey> Cart, you just sussed it :)
<Zerbey> there's a little red teapot in the center of the room
* Cart looks in the dictionary
<Zerbey> there we are
<Q11> i said that forever ago, i said, ok so there's a red teapot
<Zerbey> that was easy wasn't it?
<Q11> blahj
<Zerbey> it's just there minding its own business
<Zerbey> there is NO REASON for it to be there
<Zerbey> it just IS
<Zerbey> ok?
* Zerbey pants
<chiller2> a teapot was placed, without for no reason. No purpose, just there, yet 
  you chose to analyse and analyse any possible reason. You couldn't accept that 
  it could just be there and got all confused
<Q11> wtf
<Q11> ok, this was realy dumb
<Q11> what started all this bs
<Zerbey> well, someone learned how to make teapots presumably
<chiller2> lol
<Q11> zerb:u know what i mean u cocky shit :P
<chiller2> lol
<Q11> serious
<Zerbey> lol look I PLACED A TEAPOT IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM
<Q11> what started this phiasco(sp?)
<Zerbey> why do you have to question my reasoning?
<Zerbey> it's there!!!!
<Q11> is it red?
<chiller2> We did this experiment before, and everyone sat there and got totally 
  confused, looking for reasons why it should be there.
<Q11> :)
<Q11> jk
<Zerbey> Q11, yes, it's a little red teapot
<chiller2> it was just placed there. period!
<Cart> so umm, I won
<chiller2> Do you still not get it?
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<Zerbey> Cart, yes, you grasped the concept
<Q11> how did it come to be a channel topic
<Q11> i get it i wanna know y u brought it up
<Blaze> im gonna grasp your throat and choke you if i dont hear wtf (w as in why) 
  this is so great, zerbey
<Zerbey> I never brought anything up
<Q11> cause this woulda been done sooner if i'd been here from the start is my 
  guess, but i wanna know
<chiller2> no, blaze, you're missing the point entirely
<Zerbey> I just placed a red teapot in the middle of the room
<Zerbey> and you made an issue out of it
<Zerbey> :)
<Blaze> yup
<Zerbey> why I don't know
<chiller2> couldn't accept that it could just be there
<Zerbey> :)
<Q11> y'd u decide to put it there
<Zerbey> um
<Zerbey> why not?
<Q11> that's what they wanted to know
<chiller2> There is no motive
<chiller2> it's just *there*
<Cart> ots great because the human mind cant really accept that something can 
  happen without reason
<Cart> imo
<chiller2> yes!
<chiller2> That's it Cart
<Q11> zerb:the human mind is incapable of doing things without reason, even if it 
  is only on a subconsious level, and that's fact
<Zerbey> Cart, see :)
<chiller2> Q11> Where'd you get that from?
<Q11> chiller:i ferget, but my brother is sub-magorin in phylosophy or sumfin, 
  prolly him
<Q11> but i do remember that it is a fact
<Zerbey> chiller2, he doesn't know me very well does he?
End of #staff buffer    Sun Sep 06 02:02:28 1998

That's about it, there was a little bit more discussion on the human mind afterwards but regrettably
chiller2 had stopped logging at this point.

Thanks to everyone in the #staff channel for being such good sports :-)