Amen! Sadly, back in the day I used to write Saturn assembly code for my HP48SX/GX but for the life of me I can't remember 99% of the HP48 commands since I haven't used my HP48 for ~15 years.:-/
What's so funny is that the Saturn CPU was a 64-bit CPU computer that would last for months on 3 AAA. Every modern devices's battery life seems like total crap compared to it.
Apple has a great calculator on the iPhone and yet in their infinite stupidity they don't have the same app on the iPad forcing users to download one of the crappy ones. WTF !?
-- redditard, noun, someone who downvotes you simply because their infantile mind disagrees with you instead of posting a reply to start a discussion so both sides may learn something.
I had a "cracked" copy of Gumball back in the middle 80's. I would regularly use Copy ][+'s Sector Editor to scan for messages that pirates would leave behind. I never mentioned it because I thought someone had already discovered it.
i.e. "The Fly" left a message in Mario Bros.
BLOAD MARIO BROS CALL-151 803G
The reason this works is because the normal entry point is $0800 which is a JMP instruction. The next instruction starts the hidden message left behind.
For Gumball, the hints are triggered via Ctrl-Z during the intermission. Every Apple 2 game reads the keyboard via:
AD 00 C0 LDA $C000
It is trivial to search memory for these 3 bytes and see what keypresses the games respond to.
The hard part was to figure out what triggered _that_ hint. Fortunately you can scan memory for the joystick button 0 and joystick button 1 presses.
./sarcasm Anyways, who knew using a sector editor counts as news these days.
> One is a clone, it is called minetest. The other is space engineers.
Minetest is crap. I've been subscribed to the mailing list for Minetest's issues for the past 2 years; the dev's don't have a fucking clue most of the time. I've mentioend it before to my friend it doesn't meet his needs at all compared to Minecraft + Python + mods.
I haven't played Space Engineers enough to know if it was decent for teaching but I'll definitely check it out again.
Nonsense. One of my best friends uses Minecraft to teach kids. He has the kids involved with:
* Teamwork * Problem Solving * Cooperation * Communication
He builds his own levels and has a zero tolerance policy on griefing. His classes are filled due to demand.
Do kids get distracted with trying to craft Diamond Swords? Yes, but he helps redirect them to keep them focused on the lesson at hand.
Are there better games? I haven't seen any dynamic voxel games that have the basic functionality of Minecraft. The only other game I would recommend is L4D as it teaches all the above as well -- except in a more violent setting.
> Speed bumps probably cause more suspension damage than all the other problems with our road system put together,
Do you have actual hard data for this or just anecdotal evidence?
Here's an option: Slow the fuck down.
Since the majority of drivers aren't interested in that option, indirectly forcing them via Stop Signs or Speed Bumps seems to be the only practical solutions.
It seems like Microsoft is doing its best to drown customers a little more each year. The shenanigans of forced DirectX updates is part of that process.
> That or I just don't know javascript that well (I've read and done a few examples, but not seriously studied it, so I'm going by C-like behavior).
Yes, JavaScript behaves (mostly) like C.
The original easing functions are buggy: (Legend: b = start, c = (end - start), d = duration.)
* x parameter is not even used! * Generate NaNs if d == 0 * Doesn't handle case t < 0 * Doesn't handle case t > d * Slow & Inefficient due to dead code
> Just look at all of the shitty, shitty code that's out there.
Sadly the two biggest pieces of shit, PHP and Javascript, have the most crap code.
> What's worse is that they'll try to blame properly trained professional programmers for this shitty code.
What's worse is over-engineered code supposedly written by professionals.
i.e. Look at C++'s Boost'sCRCcomplete clusterfuck.
HOLY FUCK. 1109 lines of over-engineered C++ shitfor a simple CRC32 function when a mere 21 lines of code would solve 99% of the problem!?!?
When was the last time you needed a custom CRC hashing function??
Here are the "de facto" easing functions in Javascript. Look at this over-engineered garbage:
easeInElastic: function (x, t, b, c, d) {
var s=1.70158;var p=0;var a=c;
if (t==0) return b; if ((t/=d)==1) return b+c; if (!p) p=d*.3;
if (a < Math.abs(c)) { a=c; var s=p/4; }
else var s = p/(2*Math.PI) * Math.asin (c/a);
return -(a*Math.pow(2,10*(t-=1)) * Math.sin( (t*d-s)*(2*Math.PI)/p )) + b;
},
WTF? This can be written simply as:
easeInElastic: function (x, t, b, c, d) {
t/= d;
if (t <= 0) return b;
if (t >= 1) return b+c;
t -= 1;
return -(c*Math.pow(2,10*t) * Math.sin( (40*t-3) * Math.PI/6 )) + b;
},
Which is still obnoxious compared to the simple one parameter version:
easeInElastic : function(p) {
var m = p-1;
if( p <= 0 ) return 0;
if( p >= 1 ) return 1;
return -Math.pow( 2, 10*m ) * Math.sin( (m*40 - 3) * Math.PI/6 );
},
BASIC, JavaScript, PHP, C++ are only part of the problem -- you can write shit in any code -- it is the mindset of people abstracting everything until it is completely over-engineered where it becomes job security.
Almost no one gives a dam about writing clean, simple, code and taking pride in their craft.
There are TONS of ideas that could be done. Anyone who reads/r/minecraft will be aware of them.
i.e.
* Separate the geometry from the texture, so you don't have to wait for half-block, stair, equivalents of a new material * Shared / Co-operative building * Steam Workshop * Actual magic * Actual quests * New block types. i.e. Think Lego
"The history of copyright law starts with early privileges and monopolies granted to printers of books. The British Statute of Anne 1710, full title "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned", was the first copyright statute. Initially copyright law only applied to the copying of books."
and
"Pope Alexander VI issued a bull in 1501 against the unlicensed printing of books and in 1559 the Index Expurgatorius, or List of Prohibited Books, was issued for the first time."
and
"The first copyright privilege in England bears date 1518 and was issued to Richard Pynson, King's Printer, the successor to William Caxton. The privilege gives a monopoly for the term of two years. The date is 15 years later than that of the first privilege issued in France. Early copyright privileges were called "monopolies,"...
and
"In England the printers, known as stationers, formed a collective organization, known as the Stationers' Company. In the 16th century the Stationers' Company was given the power to require all lawfully printed books to be entered into its register. Only members of the Stationers' Company could enter books into the register. This meant that the Stationers' Company achieved a dominant position over publishing in 17th century England"
1. As opposed to the thousands of **new** bugs introduced??
You don't know what the fuck you are talking about. You doesn't have a clue how programming _actually_ works. _Why_ you think there is staging for deployment??
* In Development * In Production
Because sometimes (critical) bugs get introduced and need to be sufficiently tested to see if they break anything BEFORE being deployed.
You're assuming that the patches are bug free. Oh gee, look, Microsoft pulls patch -- only a complete moron would blindly trusts Microshit.
2. Your opinion isn't doesn't mean jack shit. You have absolutely no right to tell other people what software they use (or don't use) on their computers. Get off your high horse already.
Here's a nickel, kid. Go buy yourself a clue because you're intellectually bankrupt.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, IMO the show jumped the shark around Season 4. I stopped watching after Hershel died. All the characters I liked kept getting killed off.
You mean these ?
Yup, that was hilarious! People need to lighten up over "prank signs."
> but the continued major issues with ZFS on macOS, with Finder integration and more,
You wouldn't happen to have more detailed information by chance please?
> much to my chagrin.
I too lament that fact that ZFS wasn't chosen. I guess this is the typical NIH here by Apple. :-/
> m48 right away on any iOS device
Amen! Sadly, back in the day I used to write Saturn assembly code for my HP48SX/GX but for the life of me I can't remember 99% of the HP48 commands since I haven't used my HP48 for ~15 years. :-/
What's so funny is that the Saturn CPU was a 64-bit CPU computer that would last for months on 3 AAA. Every modern devices's battery life seems like total crap compared to it.
> RPN 4 LIFE!
Preach it brother! :)
Apple has a great calculator on the iPhone and yet in their infinite stupidity they don't have the same app on the iPad forcing users to download one of the crappy ones. WTF !?
--
redditard, noun, someone who downvotes you simply because their infantile mind disagrees with you instead of posting a reply to start a discussion so both sides may learn something.
I had a "cracked" copy of Gumball back in the middle 80's. I would regularly use Copy ][+'s Sector Editor to scan for messages that pirates would leave behind. I never mentioned it because I thought someone had already discovered it.
i.e. "The Fly" left a message in Mario Bros.
The reason this works is because the normal entry point is $0800 which is a JMP instruction. The next instruction starts the hidden message left behind.
For Gumball, the hints are triggered via Ctrl-Z during the intermission.
Every Apple 2 game reads the keyboard via:
It is trivial to search memory for these 3 bytes and see what keypresses the games respond to.
The hard part was to figure out what triggered _that_ hint. Fortunately you can scan memory for the joystick button 0 and joystick button 1 presses.
. /sarcasm Anyways, who knew using a sector editor counts as news these days.
> I don't get it why people think otherwise and then first use it and after that get upset if they get treated like a product.
Because, sadly, you can't stop idiots from using fazebook. They don't understand that someone else is profiting off the data they voluntarily gave.
LOL! Nice one!
> One is a clone, it is called minetest. The other is space engineers.
Minetest is crap. I've been subscribed to the mailing list for Minetest's issues for the past 2 years; the dev's don't have a fucking clue most of the time. I've mentioend it before to my friend it doesn't meet his needs at all compared to Minecraft + Python + mods.
I haven't played Space Engineers enough to know if it was decent for teaching but I'll definitely check it out again.
Nonsense. One of my best friends uses Minecraft to teach kids. He has the kids involved with:
* Teamwork
* Problem Solving
* Cooperation
* Communication
He builds his own levels and has a zero tolerance policy on griefing. His classes are filled due to demand.
Do kids get distracted with trying to craft Diamond Swords? Yes, but he helps redirect them to keep them focused on the lesson at hand.
Are there better games? I haven't seen any dynamic voxel games that have the basic functionality of Minecraft. The only other game I would recommend is L4D as it teaches all the above as well -- except in a more violent setting.
> Speed bumps probably cause more suspension damage than all the other problems with our road system put together,
Do you have actual hard data for this or just anecdotal evidence?
Here's an option: Slow the fuck down.
Since the majority of drivers aren't interested in that option, indirectly forcing them via Stop Signs or Speed Bumps seems to be the only practical solutions.
I hear ya! Valve + Steambox is helping to fix the major issues with Linux Gaming.
... for now. :-/
It seems like Microsoft is doing its best to drown customers a little more each year. The shenanigans of forced DirectX updates is part of that process.
> ... petition their local government to add stop signs at every intersection ..
Agreed. That or speed bumps every block. That will frustrate the majority of drivers and indirectly force the problem elsewhere.
> This is the new world. Get used to it.
Quit being a pussy.
You have a choice -- stop using MS's )spying) crap.
> That or I just don't know javascript that well (I've read and done a few examples, but not seriously studied it, so I'm going by C-like behavior).
Yes, JavaScript behaves (mostly) like C.
The original easing functions are buggy: (Legend: b = start, c = (end - start), d = duration.)
* x parameter is not even used!
* Generate NaNs if d == 0
* Doesn't handle case t < 0
* Doesn't handle case t > d
* Slow & Inefficient due to dead code
> Just look at all of the shitty, shitty code that's out there.
Sadly the two biggest pieces of shit, PHP and Javascript, have the most crap code.
> What's worse is that they'll try to blame properly trained professional programmers for this shitty code.
What's worse is over-engineered code supposedly written by professionals.
i.e. Look at C++'s Boost's CRC complete clusterfuck.
HOLY FUCK. 1109 lines of over-engineered C++ shit for a simple CRC32 function when a mere 21 lines of code would solve 99% of the problem!?!?
When was the last time you needed a custom CRC hashing function??
Here are the "de facto" easing functions in Javascript. Look at this over-engineered garbage:
WTF? This can be written simply as:
Which is still obnoxious compared to the simple one parameter version:
BASIC, JavaScript, PHP, C++ are only part of the problem -- you can write shit in any code -- it is the mindset of people abstracting everything until it is completely over-engineered where it becomes job security.
Almost no one gives a dam about writing clean, simple, code and taking pride in their craft.
There are TONS of ideas that could be done. Anyone who reads /r/minecraft will be aware of them.
i.e.
* Separate the geometry from the texture, so you don't have to wait for half-block, stair, equivalents of a new material
* Shared / Co-operative building
* Steam Workshop
* Actual magic
* Actual quests
* New block types. i.e. Think Lego
Screeners.
Or even oneself !
* John Fogerty sued for copying himself
Quit Trolling.
Some people _could_ get work done if Microsoft wasn't constantly spamming them to upgrade.
Some people _can't_ work due to the shitty upgrade process.
No, but they do know you're a female dog -- wait for it -- a bitch -- by one's actions of complaining. :-)
> Lifting that limit by allowing digital resales changes the status quo, and is unfair to publishers.
Boo-fucking-hoo. Copyright is an artificial law. It is unfair to society.
> copyright was made to protect the publishers
You need to re-read the history of copyright.
and
and
and
History of Copyright Law
I know we shouldn't feed the trolls ...
1. As opposed to the thousands of **new** bugs introduced??
You don't know what the fuck you are talking about. You doesn't have a clue how programming _actually_ works. _Why_ you think there is staging for deployment??
* In Development
* In Production
Because sometimes (critical) bugs get introduced and need to be sufficiently tested to see if they break anything BEFORE being deployed.
You're assuming that the patches are bug free. Oh gee, look, Microsoft pulls patch -- only a complete moron would blindly trusts Microshit.
2. Your opinion isn't doesn't mean jack shit. You have absolutely no right to tell other people what software they use (or don't use) on their computers. Get off your high horse already.
Here's a nickel, kid. Go buy yourself a clue because you're intellectually bankrupt.