At 2/20/08 08:09 PM, BoMToons wrote: Hey everyone, tired of paying for your ftp client to upload files to your site?

Check this thing out, an open-source ftp client. I just found out about it and have tested it out and it works great so far!

http://filezilla-project.org/

haha thats pretty old but its cool that you found it though. If you like that you should try FireFTP. Its a firefox plugin.

Has anybody seen this?
Bittersweet Symphony: SE

The reason I bring it up is that it's a re-release of an earlier version (Bittersweet Symphony) and is almost identical. The only changes I noticed were the menu, pre-loader and an additional 5 mb of dead weight.

It's not a very good collab in the first place (there is one notable artist in the lot), but this re-submission is just good, old fashioned, award whoring, in my opinon. There should be a rule for this kind of shenanigan.

Also; get outside and see the lunar eclipse.

At 2/20/08 09:28 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: Also; get outside and see the lunar eclipse.

Pretty sweet. Its got like 15 minutes until its completely covered, at least where I live.

Terrrible Bitteersweet Garbage
I vote 0 with a force unlike any previously seen on this earth.

At 2/20/08 09:28 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: Also; get outside and see the lunar eclipse.

Taking pictures of it were hard :(

THE REST OF YOU MISSED OUT THE NEXT ONE WON'T UNTIL DECEMBER 21 2010

At 2/20/08 10:53 PM, Senti wrote:

At 2/20/08 09:28 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: Also; get outside and see the lunar eclipse.

Taking pictures of it were hard :(

How did you get it so clear? :O
I tried taking pictures of it, but ultimately all you really see in my photos is a reddish speck. :(
Maybe it's because I only have cameras that don't have telephoto lenses...

At 2/20/08 10:56 PM, Kart-Man wrote: How did you get it so clear? :O
I tried taking pictures of it, but ultimately all you really see in my photos is a reddish speck. :(
Maybe it's because I only have cameras that don't have telephoto lenses...

Well I only had a 300mm lens, so it wasn't SUPER MEGA TELEPHOTO. I took about 30 other pictures and this one is the clearest, and even still not that great. Tri-pod definitely helped.

At 2/20/08 09:24 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: It's not a very good collab in the first place (there is one notable artist in the lot), but this re-submission is just good, old fashioned, award whoring, in my opinon. There should be a rule for this kind of shenanigan.

I think there is. I'm sure there was a guideline about not submitting 'V1', 'V2', 'V3, e.t.c, and this is basically the same thing.

Either way, I'd PM Tom or one of the admins to see if they can cut at least one of them out of the daily and weekly award cycle to give some other authors a decent chance, although the damage is already done for the former.

At 2/20/08 04:20 PM, SweetSkater wrote: Fuckksssss yeahhh, what programming language do you use to make xbox games?

C#

Wikipedia: XNA

About time they got this working...

At 2/20/08 06:37 PM, liaaaam wrote: Xbox360 Development..

What you need to make games is XNA Game studio express, it's available for download free, get it
here!

XNA Game Studio Express enables hobbyists, academics, and small, independent game developers to easily create video games for Windows and the Xbox 360 console using optimized cross-platform gaming libraries based on .NET. This release is an update of the 1.0 version which contains improved functionality along with new features. This release is supported on Windows Vista. Combined with an active membership in the XNA Creators Club (available from Xbox Live Marketplace), you can also create, debug, and play games on your Xbox 360 console.

For no reason whatsoever, here's a basic experiment into the laws of probability.

And see how the outputs get smoothed out:

Science is sexy.

At 2/21/08 11:17 AM, Paranoia wrote: For no reason whatsoever, here's a basic experiment into the laws of probability.

var i:uint = 0;
var j:uint = 0;
var k:uint = 0;

for(i = 0; i < 20; i ++){
k = 0;
for(j = 0; j < 1000000; j ++)
k += Number(Math.random() < 0.5);
trace(k);
}

And see how the outputs get smoothed out:

500321
500912
500701
499003
499308
499847
499249
500553
500405
500482
499761
499538
500071
500937
499908
499972
500108
499484
499748
500168

Science is sexy.

Now instead of repeating it 20 times, repeat it 1000000 times and only trace the ones that deviate from the median by over 100000.

In other words, what a pointless experiment :p

use int instead of number

Driving
Just passed my test first time 8). I got two minors :D

At 2/21/08 11:24 AM, SweetSkater wrote: Driving
Just passed my test first time 8). I got two minors :D

CONGRATS!

im sorry this is the funniest thing i've seen in awhile

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.htm l?in_article_id=100140&in_page_id=2

how do you steel a bridge?

my buddy got my password and tried to post a link of a dude with two dicks having sex with some chick
sry.

At 2/21/08 01:12 PM, As-Soul wrote: my buddy got my password and tried to post a link of a dude with two dicks having sex with some chick
sry.

ROFLMAOOL

At 2/21/08 01:12 PM, As-Soul wrote: my buddy got my password and tried to post a link of a dude with two dicks having sex with some chick
sry.

Its not your fault the link didn't work =[

At 2/20/08 09:28 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: Also; get outside and see the lunar eclipse.

Was the entire nation able to see that?

I know personally know one of the guys who had to stay up till 3 at night to video tape the whole thing. He was zogged out all morning long.

At 2/21/08 12:52 PM, As-Soul wrote: how do you steel a bridge?

I blame aliens.

Y'all so stupid
i dont think this show is for everybody, but everyone should watch at least 1 episode.WATCH IT!

I like Professor Brothers better.

At 2/21/08 10:38 PM, Radioactive24 wrote: I like Professor Brothers better.

oh no doubt prof. brothers is way funnier, but y'all so stupid it just amazing and so awesomly animated (for its style)

At 2/21/08 10:38 PM, Radioactive24 wrote: I like Professor Brothers better.

fo real, ya'll so stupid sucks imo, prof bros has plot and humor

GDC and Flash
Raph Koster, who was the lead designer on Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies, said the console industry was already being beaten by the web.

"Overall if you look at audience reach, quantity of games made and for that matter, although its difficult to measure, creativity, the web is kicking the console industry's ass in a major way."

He said Flash was the next big platform.

"It's pointing the way to the future more so than the current generations of hardware precisely because it is well on its way to becoming completely ubiquitous."

He said advances in the graphic possibilities of Flash in the coming year would further challenge the console business.

But he admitted that no-one was making money from Flash games at the moment.

Mr Harrison, who oversees the software line-up for the PlayStation 3, said: "In our proprietary view of a platform, it is a combination of technology, business model and consumer experience.

"The web, with Flash, is missing the business model aspect and consistency of consumer experience.

"Once it has figured it out then what you [Raph Koster] have said will become absolutely true."[src, BBC]

Someone should show the great Koster some of the Armor Games Sponsorship plans methinks...

At 2/22/08 04:30 AM, KaynSlamdyke wrote: Someone should show the great Koster some of the Armor Games Sponsorship plans methinks...

Annoyingly, there's no comments option for that article :(

SNOWDAY!
Friday 15th: NO SCHOOL
Monday 18th: NO SCHOOL
Tuesday school
Wednesday school
Thursday school
Friday 22nd: NO SCHOOL

Could this be any better? It's snowed about seven inches or so. It's awesome when snow days come around. Even better when two of my tests were moved to this Friday...

At 2/22/08 07:03 AM, El-Presidente wrote: SNOWDAY!
It's awesome when snow days come around.

Ugh, I hate snow. It's so cold.
I recently got back from my trip to Africa and nearly died (ALMOST!) when getting back to the cold Sweden. I hate cold weather.