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SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">Subtle Differences, Aren't Subtle</div>After hearing this mistake for the umpteenth millionth time I've decided that people need to know the difference between a "clip" and a "magazine".

There may be subtle differences, but they are completely different, and it gets kind of annoying to hear people say over and over again.

<a href='http://www.angelfire.com/art/enchanter/clip.html' target='_blank'>Read Up</a>

:)

I hope people will be able to tell the difference now.
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  • CaLFiNCaLFiN Join Date: 2002-11-04 Member: 6909Members
    A clip goes in your hair and you read a magazine? Duh.
  • BogglesteinskyBogglesteinsky Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11488Members
    got it in one CaL_FiN
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    You gun nuts are funn :P
  • SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    My friend is a gun nut. He's kind of transferring this pet peeve over to me. :D

    He's got shotguns, rifles. He's even got an old M1 Garand, and an old AK with a strip clip and a bayonet.
  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
  • AgentOrangeAgentOrange Join Date: 2002-11-18 Member: 9244Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Jul 8 2003, 12:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Jul 8 2003, 12:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Guns = pointless <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Word.


    Interesting find though. It's not as bad as people refering to shotgun shells as "bullets" though.
  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Jul 8 2003, 12:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Jul 8 2003, 12:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Guns = pointless <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    except the ones that have bayonets
  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    <!--QuoteBegin--Wheeee+Jul 8 2003, 06:36 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wheeee @ Jul 8 2003, 06:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Jul 8 2003, 12:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Jul 8 2003, 12:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Guns = pointless <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    except the ones that have bayonets <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    A very pointed remark.
  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Insane+Jul 8 2003, 06:51 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Insane @ Jul 8 2003, 06:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Wheeee+Jul 8 2003, 06:36 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wheeee @ Jul 8 2003, 06:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Jul 8 2003, 12:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Jul 8 2003, 12:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Guns = pointless <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    except the ones that have bayonets <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    A very pointed remark. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    lol your on top form today Insane. Very sharp indeed.
  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Pun-nuts... there outta be a law.
  • BadKarmaBadKarma The Advanced Literature monsters burned my house and gave me a 7 Join Date: 2002-11-12 Member: 8260Members
    edited July 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Jul 8 2003, 12:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Jul 8 2003, 12:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Guns = pointless <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Games= pointless.
    Yet here we are.
    And even now i'm still not sure what you people have against guns.
  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--DOOManiac+Jul 8 2003, 02:18 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Jul 8 2003, 02:18 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You gun nuts are funn <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    To true, whats fun is to talk to one of them over the phone, and engange them in a discussion about 2nd amendment rights and then walk away and see how long you can walk away and come back to them yammering
  • SaltySalty Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 6970Members
    Any nut in general is fun.
  • Spyder_MonkeySpyder_Monkey Vampire-Ninja-Monkey Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 8Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    "Charlton Heston is my only president!!!wunoneone"

    =)
  • p4Samwisep4Samwise Join Date: 2002-12-15 Member: 10831Members
    Even after all the trouble he went to in order to explain it, I'm still not 100% clear on the difference. Which makes me think the difference isn't really that significant.
  • MoquiaoMoquiao Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16168Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--@gentOrange+Jul 8 2003, 07:34 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (@gentOrange @ Jul 8 2003, 07:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Jul 8 2003, 12:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Jul 8 2003, 12:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Guns = pointless <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Word.


    Interesting find though. It's not as bad as people refering to shotgun shells as "bullets" though. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    i hate that......
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
  • BadKarmaBadKarma The Advanced Literature monsters burned my house and gave me a 7 Join Date: 2002-11-12 Member: 8260Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--[p4]Samwise+Jul 8 2003, 06:04 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([p4]Samwise @ Jul 8 2003, 06:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Even after all the trouble he went to in order to explain it, I'm still not 100% clear on the difference. Which makes me think the difference isn't really that significant. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Does it matter? Probably not. But theres a lot of differance. A clip is a little metal bar that you... darnit cant explain. Now I feel stupid.
  • GadzukoGadzuko Join Date: 2002-12-26 Member: 11556Members, Constellation
    The clip is the... thingie. And the magazine is the.. umm... built-in thingie?
  • BadKarmaBadKarma The Advanced Literature monsters burned my house and gave me a 7 Join Date: 2002-11-12 Member: 8260Members
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    here are some directions:
    step 1: stand up from your chair.
    step 2: choose a foot.
    step 3: lift foot.
    step 4: stomp on the other one as hard as you can.


    clips are things that aid in reloading of the gun.

    sometimes you can even use clips to load magazines.

    magazines are the things that hold bullets, are plugged into the gun, and then feed into the gun until expended of ammo..

    dude, it's simple.
  • MedHeadMedHead Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11115Members, Constellation
    Ironically, www.dictionary.com lists 'clip' and 'magazine' as synonyms...
  • BadKarmaBadKarma The Advanced Literature monsters burned my house and gave me a 7 Join Date: 2002-11-12 Member: 8260Members
    thats because the whole world strives to make me bitter and angry.
  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    You learn something every day...
  • ConfusedConfused Wait. What? Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12904Members, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Subnautica Playtester
    i think teh objective is to prove that while one says
    "i emptied teh whole ****ing clip into that onos"

    this qould only be appropriate, in a world of gun nuts, for use witha gun which loads in teh manner of the kar 98 of dod fame where you can see teh little bullets as you load. you lmg mean while uses a magazine, which you cannot see the wee bullets becasue tehy are in a box. this system runsinto a flaw in teh aug, welcome to cs, where you can see teh bullets all the time meaing that it has ...something with bullets in it attached to teh side.

    oh my im even more confused now
  • Brave_UlyssesBrave_Ulysses Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15922Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--[WoLF]+Jul 8 2003, 06:32 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([WoLF] @ Jul 8 2003, 06:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--@gentOrange+Jul 8 2003, 07:34 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (@gentOrange @ Jul 8 2003, 07:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's not as bad as people refering to shotgun shells as "bullets" though. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    i hate that...... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Or all shotgun shells as "buckshots".
  • Brave_UlyssesBrave_Ulysses Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15922Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Liku+Jul 8 2003, 07:25 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Liku @ Jul 8 2003, 07:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> *Head explodes* <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <img src='http://www.dodstudios.net/uploads/uploads/zombiebrains.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    clibs, mags and strip-clips ARE synonyms there are all the carriers of the lethal bringers of dewm and stuff.

    meh ima 'splain now:
    pistol, clip
    lmg, clip
    shotty, shells
    hmg, magazene
  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    I know the difference between a clip and a magazine now. Thank you, Sirus... I am... Enlightened.
  • SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    edited July 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->pistol, clip
    <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No

    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->lmg, clip
    <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No

    See what I mean.

    Pistol Magazine, Light Machine Gun Magazine.

    <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    For simplicity, although its not always true, It's always a magazine, unless it loads from the top. ( IE. M1 Garand)
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