I used to go there sometimes (almost three years ago). Hell, I remember downloading the first version of Nesticle. I got into emulation by playing around with a gameboy emulator on my friend's mac back in 1996. Anyhow, I remember when Nesticle barfed on Dragon Warriors 3 and 4, and having to wait, hoping with each new release that I could play those games.:)
Those were the times. Fuck, who cares about emulating the SNES? I've got one that works fine, and can still get damned near any game for it. Ditto for playstation. People who use those emulators are just ripping people off.
"You don't see teenagers making a fortune in games any more, because big business has moved into that field"
Not really. You don't see teenagers making a fortune in games anymore because games now require design teams. This isn't because of "big business", this is because of the increased capabilities of the computer. It's possible to write your own game to take full advantage of an 8086 with 640kb ram and a 10MB hard drive. Doing that on your own with a Pentium 500 with oodles of ram is slightly more difficult.
I taught myself much of QBasic in grade nine, and it was taught in the grade ten programming class at my high school. The basic idea was to teach the basics of programming: variables, loops, conditional statements, control flow, that sort of thing. For that, BASIC's a decent choice. The next programming course was taught in Pascal, which is actually a very good language for a novice programmer to learn, as it's very structured, and you can actually do some neat things with it.
"And if it were up to me, teaching BASIC would be a criminal offense!!!!"
What the hell are you going to do, put a kid at the mercy of gcc? BASIC is a good first language; I learned BASIC about four or five years ago, and it whetted my appetite for programming in general (I've since added Pascal, C, Java, and some C++ and Perl to my list of known languages).
Just because you're biased against it doesn't mean that it's a bad language. Every language has its use.
There are counter-examples, sure, but the examples far outweight those.
Don't get me wrong, I've been using Unix for five years and Linux for three and I love both of them, but there's a certain mindless mindset that too many Linux users partake in.
What do you mean "we"? Some of us are perfectly able to understand the meaning of hacker through the context, and apply the word to both computer criminal/vandal types and enthusiastic, adept computer users.
You know, I believe there's an option that will hide you from random chat searches. I used to get a bunch of people trying to chat me up, but once I set that little option I didn't have that problem anymore.
Businesses need regulation, because otherwise they will pursue their interests without any thought to the welfare of their employees or the people of the country that said business operates in.
I heard that they were going to name their introduction to stream-of-consciousness writing "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", but got their asses sued by Albee.
Uh, dude? I believe that Canada declared war roughly a week after Britain did. Now, Canada's not a large nation, but it did do its part, both economically and militarily.
My university's video arcade has a Tetris machine. I play that way too much. The fact that it and the Pac-Man machine have stayed in for so many years attests to the fact that there are people who enjoy classic games, and that they're not a tiny minority.
Agreed. Were there an election tomorrow, I would vote for any party other than the Alliance, including the Bloc and PCs (I'd normally vote NDP). Hell, at least the Bloc are up front about what they want. No hidden agendas there.
I'm sure some of you aren't browsing at -1, but this AC brings up a very good point:
"...I strongly support the idea of moderators not being able to see who posted a message. Imagine the difference that would occur if moderators moderated based soley on the content of a post."
This is how moderation should occur. That way people get fair moderation, no bitchslappings will occur, and life is generally made a lot better for everyone.
Yesterday afternoon I was sitting down, studying for my astronomy final, when lo and behold, who should sit down beside me but the class brain?
Perfect, I think to myself, drawing out my blessed rustproof +5 Serrated Dagger of Doom.
Poor little Billy never saw it coming. He was dead pretty quickly, and I was left with one corpse on my hands. What did I do?
Why, eat it, of course. Many years of nethack has taught me that if you want some kind of intrinsic (say, amazing knowledge of astronomy), you have to eat the corpse of something that possesses it.
So anyhow, after eating poor Billy's brain and liver, I'm guaranteed a 90% on my final tomorrow.
...that people often seem to miss. Companies do not have ethics, and they are not 'good' or 'evil'; they only have interests, and they will pursue those interests as far as they can.
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I used to go there sometimes (almost three years ago). Hell, I remember downloading the first version of Nesticle. I got into emulation by playing around with a gameboy emulator on my friend's mac back in 1996. Anyhow, I remember when Nesticle barfed on Dragon Warriors 3 and 4, and having to wait, hoping with each new release that I could play those games. :)
Those were the times. Fuck, who cares about emulating the SNES? I've got one that works fine, and can still get damned near any game for it. Ditto for playstation. People who use those emulators are just ripping people off.
"You don't see teenagers making a fortune in games any more, because big business has moved into that field"
Not really. You don't see teenagers making a fortune in games anymore because games now require design teams. This isn't because of "big business", this is because of the increased capabilities of the computer. It's possible to write your own game to take full advantage of an 8086 with 640kb ram and a 10MB hard drive. Doing that on your own with a Pentium 500 with oodles of ram is slightly more difficult.
I taught myself much of QBasic in grade nine, and it was taught in the grade ten programming class at my high school. The basic idea was to teach the basics of programming: variables, loops, conditional statements, control flow, that sort of thing. For that, BASIC's a decent choice. The next programming course was taught in Pascal, which is actually a very good language for a novice programmer to learn, as it's very structured, and you can actually do some neat things with it.
"And if it were up to me, teaching BASIC would be a criminal offense!!!!"
What the hell are you going to do, put a kid at the mercy of gcc? BASIC is a good first language; I learned BASIC about four or five years ago, and it whetted my appetite for programming in general (I've since added Pascal, C, Java, and some C++ and Perl to my list of known languages).
Just because you're biased against it doesn't mean that it's a bad language. Every language has its use.
There are counter-examples, sure, but the examples far outweight those.
Don't get me wrong, I've been using Unix for five years and Linux for three and I love both of them, but there's a certain mindless mindset that too many Linux users partake in.
What do you mean "we"? Some of us are perfectly able to understand the meaning of hacker through the context, and apply the word to both computer criminal/vandal types and enthusiastic, adept computer users.
Nice troll! I especially liked the liberal use of hyphens.
You know, I believe there's an option that will hide you from random chat searches. I used to get a bunch of people trying to chat me up, but once I set that little option I didn't have that problem anymore.
Just thought that might help.
Quoting yourself in your .signature is pretty lame.
Agreed. Once you get past the ascii graphics, it's one of the more addictive games out there.
Personally, I'd just be happy if there was a "lots" or "sufficentlylarge" data type.
I'm not sure that I understand: he needs to get out more often because he doesn't use IRC?
Businesses need regulation, because otherwise they will pursue their interests without any thought to the welfare of their employees or the people of the country that said business operates in.
I heard that they were going to name their introduction to stream-of-consciousness writing "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", but got their asses sued by Albee.
Uh, dude? I believe that Canada declared war roughly a week after Britain did. Now, Canada's not a large nation, but it did do its part, both economically and militarily.
I speak French as well.
And for what it's worth, I've barely touched perl. I don't like it. It's ugly and monstrous and unforgiving.
My university's video arcade has a Tetris machine. I play that way too much. The fact that it and the Pac-Man machine have stayed in for so many years attests to the fact that there are people who enjoy classic games, and that they're not a tiny minority.
Agreed. Were there an election tomorrow, I would vote for any party other than the Alliance, including the Bloc and PCs (I'd normally vote NDP). Hell, at least the Bloc are up front about what they want. No hidden agendas there.
"...I strongly support the idea of moderators not being able to see who posted a message. Imagine the difference that would occur if moderators moderated based soley on the content of a post."
This is how moderation should occur. That way people get fair moderation, no bitchslappings will occur, and life is generally made a lot better for everyone.
Please take the time to consider this. Thank you.
Yes, that's how you pronounce "Moog".
Perfect, I think to myself, drawing out my blessed rustproof +5 Serrated Dagger of Doom.
Poor little Billy never saw it coming. He was dead pretty quickly, and I was left with one corpse on my hands. What did I do?
Why, eat it, of course. Many years of nethack has taught me that if you want some kind of intrinsic (say, amazing knowledge of astronomy), you have to eat the corpse of something that possesses it.
So anyhow, after eating poor Billy's brain and liver, I'm guaranteed a 90% on my final tomorrow.
I owe it all to nethack.
Cable: ~$40/month. For some reason, it seems to be far more widely available in Canada than the U.S.
...that people often seem to miss. Companies do not have ethics, and they are not 'good' or 'evil'; they only have interests, and they will pursue those interests as far as they can.
Where the fuck are my moderator points when I need them?
beautiful. :)