Jtgibson

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Jtgibson
Oct 23 2013, 2:38 pm
I used the nick "Spuzzum" back in the original DUNG days through the transition to BYOND -- hence why my current nick's join time is only in 2005 or so instead of back in 2001. ;-)

Also, one and a half-year reply time. I'm almost as inefficient as a bank!
Tubutas
May 23 2012, 6:31 pm
What was your name before jtgibson?

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In my opinion, what makes combat fun is the following: 1) The interactivity involved; people like it more when pressing …
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Since YouTube is often great for illegal (albeit low-quality) exhibition of various songs... House Atreides (set to …
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I'd like this too. In general, though, I find these two constructs very handy: …
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For anyone too lazy to look it up, ethical hacking is the act of someone deliberately attempting to compromise a …
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Wikipedia is your friend. ;-)
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Quite sane. It's a standard hybrid between caching and freeing memory. However, it depends on what exactly you're …
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We're sorry, but BYOND cannot be the arbiter of your own copyrights. You'll have to protect your property using the …
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Since this thread is degenerating into ridiculous flames, I'm going to close it right now. Shame on most of you guys …
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I'm saying that increasing the tick rate for "single individuals" is nonsense, because the server has to tick as fast …
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The most efficient list is a singular array where you handle the rows yourself -- i.e., if you have an 80x80 map, you …
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I've been looking forward to Diablo III ever since I saw the announcement a few weeks back. I think the gameplay video …
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As official of a stance as I can get it: You are free to use BYOND to make whatever games you like; BYOND.com can't …
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Yep, IEEE single-precision floating point is accurate to 16,777,215 (as there are 24 bits in the significand of the …
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Gughunter wrote: > JT -- When you create a streampunk masterpiece, just give me an autographed copy and we'll call it …
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Never said anything about twitch-based MMORPGs -- I was more specifically referring to twitch-based space games, which …
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I gave the DoP demo a whirl a few hours ago, but found it a mixed bag. First, the good: * The quests were pretty …
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10 miles in 10 minutes? A mile a minute? 60 miles per hour? ;-) Looks neat, though. I have to admit I'm tempted. …
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No, he's in the right ballpark. What he's suggesting is increasing the size of the image so that the artist just moves …
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Pro tip: Topic View is only for people who know how to use it. ;-)
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Android Data wrote: > A tick is 1/10th of a second, and that's a fact. It's physically impossible to alter this unless …
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On IRC, I frequently don't find out that I've disconnected until 8 or 9 minutes after the fact. The reason for this is …
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Actually, I would go for the originally suggested method myself. It's "event-based" instead of "poll-based".
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All anyone ever did with DMS is use their MIME type for connection to BYOND programs, and define stylesheets and …
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An obfuscated linguistic communications instrument.
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I love the Deep Thoughts quote they cited on the comment thread. So beautifully elegant in this case: "If trees could …
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I miss the days when cell phones were big enough that you would be able to press only one button at a time.
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I have my very own stockpile of atoms ready for deployment at a moment's notice, like all Canadians.
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That's a very "help vampire" question, my man. You have to be more specific than that. It's an "impossible question" …
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This has been discussed before, but in summary: 1) Removing an account from the system would mean running through the …
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No, they're not. They come from a fruit, but they're seeds.
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Kleenex fall apart when you're trying to clean off pizza sauce. They're for dinner, not certain other deeds. ;-)
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"If it's not on fire, it's a software problem." --Matt C. Burch, of EV Nova fame
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I'm the same way as Elation. I ran Win98 (first edition!) up until 2004 where I was forced to upgrade to Windows XP in …
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Looks as though there was a case-sensitive join after that date -- "asdfasd" is apparently distinctive from "Asdfasd" …
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PayPal could probably handle your questions better than we can, but essentially PayPal works in one of three ways: 1) …
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<small> always reduces the size by 10% (I think), unless specifically restricted from doing so by CSS.
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Yeah, the Naruto statement was in response to the poster in the other thread. The reader's attention is directed more …
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Stuff like that doesn't go on the forums, but you can always post it to your BYOND blog. (Even non-members can make …
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What I've always found interesting is that the SilverCity in Coquitlam actually includes a full food court, including a …
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And here I was thinking that Flick was an avid Dwarf Fortress fan. The fortress Igrisudiz! Strike the earth!
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Wow, that was... rather incoherent. You don't need a "roleplay" verb to roleplay. Roleplaying is playing a role in a …
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They don't have to be animation to have the style of the "anime" genre. Like it or not, "anime" refers to the style, …
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If you're calling s_damage 25 times simultaneously, there would be a little bit of lag, yeah -- it creates anywhere …
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Fan works, including works of art, are part of the copyright of the owner of the character they depict. A fan drawing …
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The rule which I always have to remind myself of is: "Don't exceed your original scope. Games naturally evolve as you …
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We have a very open relationship. You should see the kinds of pictures you can find on the internet.
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