# HG changeset patch # User HackBot # Date 1383345186 0 # Node ID 60cceeef6b2944e42cce409f1dd7e96db5571626 # Parent 6eddea9dab40058a0cd191cc446a6f3c4fe70da2 pastelogs john_metcalf diff -r 6eddea9dab40 -r 60cceeef6b29 paste/paste.18751 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/paste/paste.18751 Fri Nov 01 22:33:06 2013 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,192 @@ +2012-06-14.txt:09:34:42: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-14.txt:09:34:44: 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: ais523: I'm also known as impomatic :-) +2012-06-14.txt:09:37:50: Oh! Will check the wiki / hill :-) +2012-06-14.txt:09:40:09: Is FYB still broken? +2012-06-14.txt:12:56:31: gregor: when trying to view the logs in stalker mode I get "error: Call to undefined function inotify_init() in /var/chroots/egobot/home/egobot/logbot/stalker.php on line 51
". Also the bot seems to have stopped logging three days ago :-( +2012-06-14.txt:13:50:36: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: john_metcalf). +2012-06-14.txt:19:22:28: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-14.txt:19:23:57: New scoring system? +2012-06-14.txt:19:25:42: `welcome john_metcalf +2012-06-14.txt:19:25:45: 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: Taneb: john_metcalf = impomatic :-P +2012-06-14.txt:19:28:17: I'm feeling incredible welcome :-) +2012-06-14.txt:19:28:32: `welcome john_metcalf +2012-06-14.txt:19:28:36: 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: john_metcalf: Sgeo will be happy :P +2012-06-15.txt:09:40:30: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: http://retroprogramming.com). +2012-06-16.txt:11:39:32: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-16.txt:11:44:18: -!- john_metcalf has parted #esoteric. +2012-06-16.txt:11:44:23: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-18.txt:05:46:53: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-18.txt:14:12:18: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: http://corewar.co.uk). +2012-06-19.txt:09:06:32: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-19.txt:15:49:51: * john_metcalf is currently wearing a Batman shirt. +2012-06-19.txt:16:29:40: January +2012-06-19.txt:16:29:53: john_metcalf: indeed, although they only gave a few seconds to work it out +2012-06-19.txt:16:44:11: -!- john_metcalf has parted #esoteric. +2012-06-19.txt:16:44:12: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: john_metcalf). +2012-06-19.txt:20:25:50: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-20.txt:05:15:39: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: http://retroprogramming.com). +2012-06-20.txt:06:28:01: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-20.txt:08:01:19: Germans? +2012-06-20.txt:08:01:30: john_metcalf, Team America reference, I believe +2012-06-20.txt:08:49:14: 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: I just tried to buy one of those DVDs, but the seller died :-( +2012-06-20.txt:09:58:57: The video has had quite a few views. I should do something similar on my eBay shop. :-) +2012-06-20.txt:11:33:44: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: john_metcalf). +2012-06-20.txt:14:21:30: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-20.txt:17:02:53: -!- john_metcalf has parted #esoteric. +2012-06-20.txt:18:38:48: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-20.txt:18:49:46: hi john_metcalf +2012-06-20.txt:18:59:08: Hi Taneb, Quintopia, all :-) +2012-06-20.txt:18:59:38: John Metcalf is john_metcalf +2012-06-20.txt:19:01:06: 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: 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: 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: It's a shame http://programming.??? are all occupied by squatters +2012-06-20.txt:19:04:42: 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: I tried to buy corewar.com recently, but they wouldn't drop the price below $3k :-( +2012-06-20.txt:19:05:24: 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: Good idea. I'll do that shortly after the new scoring. A new article but with a link from the two old articles. +2012-06-21.txt:05:54:10: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: john_metcalf). +2012-06-21.txt:06:26:20: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-21.txt:16:26:43: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: john_metcalf). +2012-06-21.txt:18:55:23: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-21.txt:21:44:22: I have a box with 24 fans. No LEDs though :-P +2012-06-22.txt:08:03:04: Have you tried using the INT at 0000h or the long call at 0005h? +2012-06-22.txt:08:04:06: I mean in memory 0000h or 00005h when a .COM file runs. They're in the header. +2012-06-22.txt:08:07:44: john_metcalf: Yeah, but how do you encode that address in the printable code? +2012-06-22.txt:15:27:51: -!- john_metcalf has parted #esoteric. +2012-06-23.txt:09:39:16: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-23.txt:10:46:02: Greetings +2012-06-23.txt:11:39:51: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: john_metcalf). +2012-06-23.txt:13:47:55: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-23.txt:13:51:02: 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: So there are at least two Monqy facts we don't know, +2012-06-23.txt:13:51:35: #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: Yay! The spider that's been hiding inside the keyboard has finally emerged... +2012-06-23.txt:14:18:10: Did anyone ever play Legend of the Red Dragon II: New World? +2012-06-23.txt:14:18:41: Multi-player BBS door game, slightly roguelike. +2012-06-23.txt:14:40:55: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: john_metcalf). +2012-06-23.txt:15:32:21: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-23.txt:18:29:56: 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: nooga_: not really towns, just a few cities and regions. +2012-06-23.txt:18:32:23: Hi Taneb :-) +2012-06-23.txt:18:44:21: john_metcalf: can You give an example? +2012-06-23.txt:18:47:38: nooga_: Essex: easy girls, Norfolk: inbred, Somerset: cider drinking farmers, Wales: sheep shaggers +2012-06-23.txt:18:49:02: john_metcalf, your stereotypes seem quite southern +2012-06-23.txt:18:53:18: john_metcalf, hey what's the Edinburgh stereotype. +2012-06-23.txt:18:59:40: Phantom_Hoover: can't think of anything specific to Edinburgh. +2012-06-23.txt:21:51:16: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: http://retroprogramming.com). +2012-06-23.txt:22:51:32: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-23.txt:22:52:26: Hi :-) +2012-06-24.txt:06:42:03: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: http://retroprogramming.com). +2012-06-24.txt:17:33:53: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-25.txt:06:30:42: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: john_metcalf). +2012-06-25.txt:19:28:59: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-26.txt:05:58:15: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: john_metcalf). +2012-06-27.txt:16:00:37: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-27.txt:16:38:22: -!- john_metcalf has parted #esoteric. +2012-06-27.txt:16:38:33: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-27.txt:17:56:34: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: john_metcalf). +2012-06-28.txt:08:05:11: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-28.txt:08:19:55: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds). +2012-06-28.txt:16:17:51: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-06-28.txt:22:51:02: -!- john_metcalf has parted #esoteric. +2012-07-04.txt:09:30:53: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-07-04.txt:12:45:01: -!- john_metcalf has parted #esoteric. +2012-07-04.txt:12:45:01: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: john_metcalf). +2012-07-04.txt:14:07:56: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-07-04.txt:14:14:09: -!- john_metcalf has parted #esoteric. +2012-07-04.txt:19:25:30: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: john_metcalf). +2012-07-08.txt:18:16:58: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2012-07-08.txt:18:56:06: It's down here. +2012-07-08.txt:20:54:37: -!- john_metcalf has parted #esoteric. +2012-11-10.txt:10:17:14: -!- impomatic has quit (Quit: http://about.me/john_metcalf). +2013-02-26.txt:08:48:02: -!- impomatic has quit (Quit: http://about.me/john_metcalf). +2013-02-27.txt:07:56:20: -!- impomatic has quit (Quit: http://about.me/john_metcalf). +2013-03-20.txt:13:34:54: -!- impomatic2 has quit (Quit: http://about.me/john_metcalf). +2013-04-06.txt:18:07:34: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2013-04-06.txt:18:11:27: Old computer games? Has anyone ever played micromud? +2013-04-06.txt:18:12:28: Its only for the c64 í think. +2013-04-06.txt:18:13:16: A single player version of the essex mud +2013-04-07.txt:19:50:00: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds). +2013-04-07.txt:19:52:15: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2013-04-08.txt:18:07:28: -!- john_metcalf has parted #esoteric ("http://corewar.co.uk "). +2013-04-14.txt:13:01:52: shachaf: http://about.me/john_metcalf +2013-04-18.txt:10:26:47: -!- itsy is now known as john_metcalf. +2013-04-18.txt:12:01:35: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds). +2013-04-24.txt:20:59:59: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2013-04-24.txt:21:00:01: Hi :-) +2013-04-24.txt:21:00:28: `welcome john_metcalf +2013-04-24.txt:21:00:30: 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: So who's an expert at finding stuff that's hidden away somewhere on the net? +2013-04-24.txt:21:02:41: 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: john_metcalf: like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnage_Heart ? +2013-04-24.txt:21:18:53: That's not the one... +2013-04-24.txt:21:19:46: I have a possible filename, Jintori.2.01.tar +2013-04-24.txt:21:24:19: That's it :-) +2013-04-24.txt:21:26:00: I think that's just a patch. +2013-04-24.txt:21:26:33: I've tried an Archie search... Not sure if it's worth a Gopher search? +2013-04-24.txt:21:30:02: I've found an EXE :-) +2013-04-24.txt:21:30:14: No manual, source or programs +2013-04-24.txt:21:31:40: 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: 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: nooodl^ is Planar there? He's from France... +2013-04-24.txt:22:45:14: Have you bumped into Fabrice Bellard yet? He's probably lurking nearby... +2013-04-24.txt:23:05:32: lzexe dude! +2013-04-25.txt:00:05:57: -!- john_metcalf has parted #esoteric. +2013-04-25.txt:14:52:26: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2013-04-26.txt:16:29:11: -!- john_metcalf has parted #esoteric. +2013-08-01.txt:10:12:00: Erm... I think this covers it http://about.me/john_metcalf +2013-08-02.txt:16:12:55: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2013-08-02.txt:16:13:20: Waiting for train... +2013-08-02.txt:16:14:46: No. A specific train. It's running 6 minutes late :-( +2013-08-02.txt:16:19:24: In Cambridge. Visited The Centre for Computing History today... +2013-08-02.txt:16:34:40: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds). +2013-09-17.txt:10:01:42: -!- itsy is now known as john_metcalf. +2013-09-17.txt:13:29:28: Grrr... "To use this software you need to restart your computer" +2013-09-17.txt:13:29:44: -!- john_metcalf has parted #esoteric. +2013-09-17.txt:15:53:51: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2013-09-17.txt:20:59:57: -!- john_metcalf has parted #esoteric. +2013-09-19.txt:00:34:35: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Quit: john_metcalf). +2013-09-22.txt:01:44:54: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer). +2013-09-23.txt:22:00:34: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds). +2013-09-26.txt:13:23:15: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds). +2013-09-27.txt:09:08:02: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds). +2013-10-01.txt:01:05:08: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds). +2013-10-01.txt:09:15:26: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds). +2013-10-24.txt:18:43:44: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2013-10-24.txt:18:45:34: 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: john_metcalf: citing in which context? +2013-10-24.txt:18:46:49: 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: 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: john_metcalf: Danish, actually, if you mean "Slaget om siliciummet" +2013-10-24.txt:18:49:51: john_metcalf: here's a promising example → http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2570362/ +2013-10-24.txt:18:49:59: Sorry, Danish! +2013-10-24.txt:18:57:11: 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: 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: john_metcalf: if the citation is to a non-English language you just... cite it, i mean, not everyone is an english speaker anyway ;) +2013-10-24.txt:20:05:25: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Ping timeout: 248 seconds). +2013-10-28.txt:14:44:19: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2013-10-28.txt:20:08:54: -!- john_metcalf has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds). +2013-10-29.txt:21:14:44: -!- john_metcalf has joined #esoteric. +2013-10-30.txt:13:41:13: It depends which simulator / hill you're playing for. +2013-10-30.txt:13:41:59: 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: 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: FireFly: are you planning to write something? +2013-10-30.txt:13:49:22: 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: Random question: is anyone here at The University of Western Ontario? +2013-10-30.txt:17:25:18: john_metcalf: coppro is probably close. +2013-10-30.txt:17:25:40: john_metcalf: I'm at Waterloo +2013-10-30.txt:18:19:06: coppro: Just I was trying to contact someone at UWO, but his email address is bouncing. +2013-10-30.txt:18:20:01: I've got a new email address to try now though... +2013-11-01.txt:00:05:21: Argh! PDFs that are only viewable online :-( No way to download. +2013-11-01.txt:00:05:24: Here: http://issuu.com/adpware/docs/mc069/MC069.pdf +2013-11-01.txt:14:26:19: 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: Has anyone here got access to the McCarthy files at Stanford?