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2012-06-14.txt:09:34:44: <john_metcalf> Hi :-)
2012-06-14.txt:09:36:01: * john_metcalf wonders what happened to Gregor's logs. They're stalled.
2012-06-14.txt:09:36:23: <john_metcalf> ais523: I'm also known as impomatic :-)
2012-06-14.txt:09:37:50: <john_metcalf> Oh! Will check the wiki / hill :-)
2012-06-14.txt:09:40:09: <john_metcalf> Is FYB still broken?
2012-06-14.txt:12:56:31: <john_metcalf> gregor: when trying to view the logs in stalker mode I get "error</b>: Call to undefined function inotify_init() in <b>/var/chroots/egobot/home/egobot/logbot/stalker.php</b> on line <b>51</b><br />".  Also the bot seems to have stopped logging three days ago :-(
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2012-06-14.txt:19:23:57: <john_metcalf> New scoring system?
2012-06-14.txt:19:25:42: <Taneb> `welcome john_metcalf 
2012-06-14.txt:19:25:45: <HackEgo> john_metcalf: Welcome to the international hub for esoteric programming language design and deployment! For more information, check out our wiki: http://esolangs.org/wiki/Main_Page. (For the other kind of esoterica, try #esoteric on irc.dal.net.)
2012-06-14.txt:19:27:43: <john_metcalf> Taneb: john_metcalf = impomatic :-P
2012-06-14.txt:19:28:17: <john_metcalf> I'm feeling incredible welcome :-)
2012-06-14.txt:19:28:32: <Taneb> `welcome john_metcalf
2012-06-14.txt:19:28:36: <HackEgo> john_metcalf: Welcome to the international hub for esoteric programming language design and deployment! For more information, check out our wiki: http://esolangs.org/wiki/Main_Page. (For the other kind of esoterica, try #esoteric on irc.dal.net.)
2012-06-14.txt:21:02:47: * john_metcalf is playing "Creatures 2"
2012-06-14.txt:21:03:41: <elliott> john_metcalf: Sgeo will be happy :P
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2012-06-19.txt:16:29:40: <john_metcalf> January
2012-06-19.txt:16:29:53: <ais523> john_metcalf: indeed, although they only gave a few seconds to work it out
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2012-06-20.txt:08:01:19: <john_metcalf> Germans?
2012-06-20.txt:08:01:30: <Taneb> john_metcalf, Team America reference, I believe
2012-06-20.txt:08:49:14: <john_metcalf> The Dragon Book is hard going.  Something like "Writing Interactive Interpreters and Compilers" is much easier to understand.
2012-06-20.txt:09:54:47: <john_metcalf> I just tried to buy one of those DVDs, but the seller died :-(
2012-06-20.txt:09:58:57: <john_metcalf> The video has had quite a few views.  I should do something similar on my eBay shop. :-)
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2012-06-20.txt:18:49:46: <quintopia> hi john_metcalf 
2012-06-20.txt:18:59:08: <john_metcalf> Hi Taneb, Quintopia, all :-)
2012-06-20.txt:18:59:38: <Taneb> John Metcalf is john_metcalf
2012-06-20.txt:19:01:06: <john_metcalf> Taneb: my bio :-P "I'm a recreational programmer interested in Core War, Forth, Smalltalk, assembly, programming games & algorithms ? Find me at http://RetroProgramming.com "
2012-06-20.txt:19:02:45: <john_metcalf> It was unregistered so I grabbed it.  I also have http://programminggames.org http://corewar.co.uk and about 10 others...
2012-06-20.txt:19:03:02: <quintopia> john_metcalf: i was gonna say your retro programming needs a new bfjoust article. it has been 3 years. yours is out of date
2012-06-20.txt:19:03:09: <john_metcalf> It's a shame http://programming.??? are all occupied by squatters
2012-06-20.txt:19:04:42: <john_metcalf> quintopia: hmmm... maybe. I don't think there's anything I can write that isn't already covered by the strategy guide.
2012-06-20.txt:19:05:18: <john_metcalf> I tried to buy corewar.com recently, but they wouldn't drop the price below $3k :-(
2012-06-20.txt:19:05:24: <quintopia> john_metcalf: then you can say that the game has become more complex, post a modern example program and link the guide
2012-06-20.txt:19:07:13: <john_metcalf> Good idea.  I'll do that shortly after the new scoring.  A new article but with a link from the two old articles.
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2012-06-21.txt:21:44:22: <john_metcalf> I have a box with 24 fans. No LEDs though :-P
2012-06-22.txt:08:03:04: <john_metcalf> Have you tried using the INT at 0000h or the long call at 0005h?
2012-06-22.txt:08:04:06: <john_metcalf> I mean in memory 0000h or 00005h when a .COM file runs.  They're in the header.
2012-06-22.txt:08:07:44: <elliott> john_metcalf: Yeah, but how do you encode that address in the printable code?
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2012-06-23.txt:10:46:02: <john_metcalf> Greetings
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2012-06-23.txt:13:51:02: <john_metcalf> Monqy fact #7 has to exist to be a lie.  Therefore monqy fact #4 is also a lie.
2012-06-23.txt:13:51:16: <john_metcalf> So there are at least two Monqy facts we don't know, 
2012-06-23.txt:13:51:35: <john_metcalf> #5 and #6.  What are you hiding from us monqy?
2012-06-23.txt:14:10:01: * john_metcalf wants one of those Touch Book things that run Risc OS.
2012-06-23.txt:14:14:07: <john_metcalf> Yay!  The spider that's been hiding inside the keyboard has finally emerged...
2012-06-23.txt:14:18:10: <john_metcalf> Did anyone ever play Legend of the Red Dragon II: New World?
2012-06-23.txt:14:18:41: <john_metcalf> Multi-player BBS door game, slightly roguelike.
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2012-06-23.txt:18:29:56: <john_metcalf> What's the best way to sum an array of floats?  Maybe remove the smallest two and put their sum in the array until only one is left?
2012-06-23.txt:18:32:19: <john_metcalf> nooga_: not really towns, just a few cities and regions.
2012-06-23.txt:18:32:23: <john_metcalf> Hi Taneb :-)
2012-06-23.txt:18:44:21: <nooga_> john_metcalf: can You give an example?
2012-06-23.txt:18:47:38: <john_metcalf> nooga_: Essex: easy girls, Norfolk: inbred, Somerset: cider drinking farmers, Wales: sheep shaggers
2012-06-23.txt:18:49:02: <Taneb> john_metcalf, your stereotypes seem quite southern
2012-06-23.txt:18:53:18: <Phantom_Hoover> john_metcalf, hey what's the Edinburgh stereotype.
2012-06-23.txt:18:59:40: <john_metcalf> Phantom_Hoover: can't think of anything specific to Edinburgh.
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2012-06-23.txt:22:52:26: <john_metcalf> Hi :-)
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2012-07-08.txt:18:56:06: <john_metcalf> It's down here.
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2013-04-06.txt:18:11:27: <john_metcalf> Old computer games? Has anyone ever played micromud?
2013-04-06.txt:18:12:28: <john_metcalf> Its only for the c64 í think.
2013-04-06.txt:18:13:16: <john_metcalf> A single player version of the essex mud
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2013-04-14.txt:13:01:52: <impomatic> shachaf: http://about.me/john_metcalf
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2013-04-24.txt:21:00:01: <john_metcalf> Hi :-)
2013-04-24.txt:21:00:28: <mnoqy> `welcome john_metcalf
2013-04-24.txt:21:00:30: <HackEgo> john_metcalf: Welcome to the international hub for esoteric programming language design and deployment! For more information, check out our wiki: http://esolangs.org/wiki/Main_Page. (For the other kind of esoterica, try #esoteric on irc.dal.net.)
2013-04-24.txt:21:00:40: <john_metcalf> So who's an expert at finding stuff that's hidden away somewhere on the net?
2013-04-24.txt:21:02:41: <john_metcalf> I'm looking for Jintori.  It's a Japanese two-dimensional programming language from the late eighties or early nineties.  Used for a two dimensional programming game of the same name.
2013-04-24.txt:21:12:06: <Taneb> john_metcalf: like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnage_Heart ?
2013-04-24.txt:21:18:53: <john_metcalf> That's not the one...
2013-04-24.txt:21:19:46: <john_metcalf> I have a possible filename, Jintori.2.01.tar
2013-04-24.txt:21:24:19: <john_metcalf> That's it :-)
2013-04-24.txt:21:26:00: <john_metcalf> I think that's just a patch.
2013-04-24.txt:21:26:33: <john_metcalf> I've tried an Archie search...  Not sure if it's worth a Gopher search?
2013-04-24.txt:21:30:02: <john_metcalf> I've found an EXE :-)
2013-04-24.txt:21:30:14: <john_metcalf> No manual, source or programs
2013-04-24.txt:21:31:40: <john_metcalf> At least I assume it's the correct EXE. It kills DosBox :-( Found it here http://www.vector.co.jp/soft/dl/dos/game/se002172.html
2013-04-24.txt:21:33:42: <pikhq> john_metcalf: I'd be pretty surprised if that works well in common DOS installs.
2013-04-24.txt:21:43:54: * john_metcalf searches for one...
2013-04-24.txt:22:43:28: <john_metcalf> nooodl^ is Planar there? He's from France...
2013-04-24.txt:22:45:14: <john_metcalf> Have you bumped into Fabrice Bellard yet?  He's probably lurking nearby...
2013-04-24.txt:23:05:32: <john_metcalf> lzexe dude!
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2013-08-01.txt:10:12:00: <itsy> Erm... I think this covers it http://about.me/john_metcalf
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2013-08-02.txt:16:13:20: <john_metcalf> Waiting for train...
2013-08-02.txt:16:14:46: <john_metcalf> No. A specific train. It's running 6 minutes late :-(
2013-08-02.txt:16:19:24: <john_metcalf> In Cambridge. Visited The Centre for Computing History today...
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2013-09-17.txt:13:29:28: <john_metcalf> Grrr... "To use this software you need to restart your computer"
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2013-10-24.txt:18:45:34: <john_metcalf> Hi!  Does anyone know much about formatting citations here? Is there a correct way to cite the language an article is written in?
2013-10-24.txt:18:46:29: <boily> john_metcalf: citing in which context?
2013-10-24.txt:18:46:49: <john_metcalf> Boily: in a bibliography, e.g. here http://www.retroprogramming.com/2011/11/bibliography-of-programming-games.html
2013-10-24.txt:18:47:16: <john_metcalf> Some of the articles are written in Spanish. One in Swedish. I'm about to add one in Italian.
2013-10-24.txt:18:49:46: <FireFly> john_metcalf: Danish, actually, if you mean "Slaget om siliciummet"
2013-10-24.txt:18:49:51: <boily> john_metcalf: here's a promising example → http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2570362/ 
2013-10-24.txt:18:49:59: <john_metcalf> Sorry, Danish!
2013-10-24.txt:18:57:11: <john_metcalf> Hmmm... looks promising. I've been using MLA citations, but the style guide doesn't mention foreign languages.
2013-10-24.txt:18:58:01: <Bike> john_metcalf: in APA citation the usual is just to use the publisher information of the translator and then "originally published by..." in a parenthetical, i imagine it's similar with MLA
2013-10-24.txt:18:58:28: <Bike> john_metcalf: if the citation is to a non-English language you just... cite it, i mean, not everyone is an english speaker anyway ;)
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2013-10-30.txt:13:41:13: <john_metcalf> It depends which simulator / hill you're playing for.
2013-10-30.txt:13:41:59: <john_metcalf> I think pMARS has a hardwired 500 instruction limit.  Most of the hills have lower limits.  E.g. For CORESIZE 8000 the limit is normally 100 instructions.
2013-10-30.txt:13:43:56: <john_metcalf> Most successful programs tend to be between 5 and 15 instructions. Any remaining instructions are often used to create a decoy, of for a quick unrolled scan or bombing loop.
2013-10-30.txt:13:46:00: <john_metcalf> FireFly: are you planning to write something?
2013-10-30.txt:13:49:22: <john_metcalf> I'm not sure about befunge, but there are a couple of 2D programming games. One is similar to Core War http://corewar.co.uk/corelife
2013-10-30.txt:17:24:36: <john_metcalf> Random question: is anyone here at The University of Western Ontario?
2013-10-30.txt:17:25:18: <boily> john_metcalf: coppro is probably close.
2013-10-30.txt:17:25:40: <coppro> john_metcalf: I'm at Waterloo
2013-10-30.txt:18:19:06: <john_metcalf> coppro: Just I was trying to contact someone at UWO, but his email address is bouncing.
2013-10-30.txt:18:20:01: <john_metcalf> I've got a new email address to try now though...
2013-11-01.txt:00:05:21: <john_metcalf> Argh! PDFs that are only viewable online :-( No way to download.
2013-11-01.txt:00:05:24: <john_metcalf> Here: http://issuu.com/adpware/docs/mc069/MC069.pdf
2013-11-01.txt:14:26:19: <john_metcalf> I've just installed the SainT Atari ST emulator.  It even simulates the noise of the disk drive!
2013-11-01.txt:19:51:10: <john_metcalf> Has anyone here got access to the McCarthy files at Stanford?