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prurigrowouldn't the root technically be a step beyond that?Apr 07 13:44
prurigroand I always feel like 'human nature' is a bit broadApr 07 13:44
prurigroits a certain possibly genetic cross section of humanity's natureApr 07 13:44
prurigrothough socialization is definitely a factorApr 07 13:44
oiaohmAnyone who has worked with working dogs knows that socialization cannot change everything.Apr 07 13:45
oiaohmSo the question becomes what sections of human nature are solid dna.Apr 07 13:46
prurigroeverything is both, but there's always a starting point that makes one or another direction easier than othersApr 07 13:46
oiaohmNot trueApr 07 13:46
prurigrowell, everything major we've studied, pretty wellApr 07 13:46
prurigroI'd be curious to hear your counter thoughApr 07 13:46
oiaohmWith working dogs some dogs react voliently to pain.Apr 07 13:46
oiaohmThis is not something you can change.Apr 07 13:47
prurigroactually it isApr 07 13:47
prurigroyour experience of pain is innate, but your reaction to it is socializedApr 07 13:47
prurigroa good real life example is how most girls react far more to pain, yet feel pain less than most guysApr 07 13:47
oiaohmYou can make the working dog attempt to tollerate pain but it will still auto snap.Apr 07 13:47
prurigromost guys are socialized to hide their reactionApr 07 13:48
oiaohmIe they hit by pain there jaw will close.Apr 07 13:48
prurigrowell, the experience of pain is the nature partApr 07 13:48
oiaohmThat is basically a closed circuit in some of htem.Apr 07 13:48
prurigroand that you can't changeApr 07 13:48
prurigrothere's your starting pointApr 07 13:48
prurigrohow they react, how long they'll hold out for etcApr 07 13:49
prurigrowhether they'll freak out when they hit 100% of their tolerance, or at 20% because they've been taught they can stop it before it gets bad by reactingApr 07 13:49
oiaohmIts like hitting a person in the right place on a and causing leg to kick.Apr 07 13:49
oiaohmExpect its wired accross there complete body.Apr 07 13:49
oiaohmNow if one creature as that.Apr 07 13:49
oiaohmI would not be supprised if we don't somewhere.Apr 07 13:50
prurigroits wired in a way which involves socializationApr 07 13:50
prurigroat least for humans- I'd imagine dogs too thoughApr 07 13:50
oiaohmNo these are from birth is shows.Apr 07 13:50
prurigroyes, the tolerance level is from birthApr 07 13:50
MinceRhumans are not dogsApr 07 13:50
prurigrobut you could make a dog snap at 20% tolerance as it growsApr 07 13:50
MinceRand not as inflexibleApr 07 13:51
prurigrohumans are more complex than dogsApr 07 13:51
prurigromore socialization is involvedApr 07 13:51
prurigrobut I guarentee you that you could teach a dog to snap at a lower pain pointApr 07 13:51
MinceRso do iApr 07 13:51
MinceRwith the good old buckshotApr 07 13:51
oiaohmprurigro: thing to be aware here its not tollerance to pain its a link.  The snap is faster than the dog reaction time.Apr 07 13:51
prurigrowhen you hit the limit, yesApr 07 13:52
prurigrobut you could program in the trigger of that limit to occur soonerApr 07 13:52
oiaohmOther dogs hit by pain do nothing or the exact other.Apr 07 13:52
prurigrothe same neurons will be firingApr 07 13:52
oiaohmand they are that way from birth.Apr 07 13:52
prurigroyea, I don't think we're arguing anything at this point-- there's always a starting point caused by natureApr 07 13:53
MinceRyou could cut the neuronsApr 07 13:53
oiaohmAnd that starting point builds in some fixed rules.Apr 07 13:53
oiaohmMinceR: yes that would be the only way to alter it medical.Apr 07 13:54
prurigrooiaohm, you can't say that for factApr 07 13:54
MinceRthe good old gasoline+match trick works too ;)Apr 07 13:54
prurigroif you start at 20, its going to be much harder to get to 100 than someone who starts at 80Apr 07 13:54
prurigrobut the brain is plasticApr 07 13:54
oiaohmprurigro: really brain is only as plastic as its nerons allow it to be.Apr 07 13:55
prurigroMinceR, don't you mean the ol' orbitoclast trick? :)Apr 07 13:55
oiaohmprurigro: if dna that guides how nerons are design is effected Apr 07 13:56
prurigrooiaohm, this is true-- there's a limit to how far you can shift things, but many things are shift-able, including pain responseApr 07 13:56
MinceRprurigro: i had something simpler and more effective in mind :>Apr 07 13:56
oiaohmprurigro: exactly dna will be defining the limits.Apr 07 13:56
oiaohmprurigro: problem is working out what bits.Apr 07 13:56
MinceRbut yes, the orbitoclast looks like something that would do the trickApr 07 13:57
prurigrotwas its use for many yearsApr 07 13:57
oiaohmThere is a suspect that dopamine receptors how they are designed decided if we can learn from out mistakes or not.Apr 07 13:58
oiaohmThis would also line up for some dogs I have seen.Apr 07 13:58
prurigrodopamine receptors are especially associated with operant conditioning and behavioural responseApr 07 13:59
prurigrodogs are gonna be much more involved with this than humans, since more of their behaviour is based on those thingsApr 07 13:59
prurigrobut yea, dopamine is a good direction to go if you want to 'train' somethingApr 07 14:00
oiaohmThing is well will not be 100 percent above this.Apr 07 14:00
prurigrowell will?Apr 07 14:00
oiaohmIts like a computer with a suspect cpu.Apr 07 14:00
oiaohmIt might work but its going to have issues.Apr 07 14:00
oiaohmSo if we can solve out what the base DNA sets early intvention against some of the most destructive faults might be possible.Apr 07 14:01
prurigrofor sureApr 07 14:01
prurigrocourse, then we find out those also cause important, good things in other people that help our society as a wholeApr 07 14:02
oiaohmOf course we might find that some peoples brains are not plastic at all.Apr 07 14:02
prurigrooh they areApr 07 14:02
oiaohmdue to how badly there dna is stuffed.Apr 07 14:02
oiaohmIn particular areas.Apr 07 14:02
prurigrobut perhaps some people's brains are more plastic after they finish growing than othersApr 07 14:02
prurigrowithout plasticity, you would have no memoriesApr 07 14:03
prurigrono learned responses, or learned ideas, or learned languagesApr 07 14:03
prurigroless plastic might equal more stubborn thoughApr 07 14:03
oiaohmOr particular areas only not plastic might equal someone with a major mental disorder.Apr 07 14:04
prurigrocourse, that might also simply be the systems that trigger change in the brain not being as willing to change things-- would you then consider that less plastic?Apr 07 14:04
oiaohmIts important to know the difference.Apr 07 14:04
oiaohmbetween not willing to change and not able to change.Apr 07 14:04
prurigrowell sociopathy is a lack of growth in the emotional centre for many years before slowly working towards catching upApr 07 14:04
oiaohmIe trying to change a person not able to change is more hurting them and not getting anywhere.Apr 07 14:05
prurigrotheir brains are still plastic though- its just other regions grow in placeApr 07 14:05
prurigroand true, though I'd argue that in either of those scenarios, its only hurting someone to change themApr 07 14:05
prurigroits just a question of how you might go about actually changing them down the roadApr 07 14:05
oiaohmReally knowing what is changable in them would be a great step forwards.Apr 07 14:06
oiaohmLike a person with stuck emmontional center might have fine logic centre.Apr 07 14:06
prurigrotypically one section not functioning means others function betterApr 07 14:06
oiaohmSo as long as you can get them to aproce the world with good safe logicApr 07 14:06
oiaohmThey may not be a threat.Apr 07 14:07
oiaohmThis is the problem we need to know what circuits are bust.Apr 07 14:07
oiaohmFrom DNAApr 07 14:07
oiaohmAnd from life.Apr 07 14:07
prurigroit could be too that a sociopath, while possibly a psychopath, also drives certain important parts of societyApr 07 14:08
oiaohmBasically the plastic idea is good but is important to know the plastic you are working with basically.Apr 07 14:08
oiaohmPart of that is expecting there will be some set properities about it.Apr 07 14:09
prurigroeverything has propertiesApr 07 14:09
oiaohmEach person can have different ones.Apr 07 14:09
prurigroeach person doesApr 07 14:09
oiaohmAnd I think this is why some treatments fail so badly.Apr 07 14:09
prurigroits why some people prefer ibuprofin and others prefer acetaminophenApr 07 14:10
oiaohmI was born with dyslexia as well.  I have been able to reduce it from being clased as non functional to until today.Apr 07 14:10
prurigroand why one on one patient care is pretty key for anything complicatedApr 07 14:11
oiaohmThing is mine is light triggered.Apr 07 14:11
prurigrohmm interestingApr 07 14:11
oiaohmJust like people who have eplispy that is light triggered.Apr 07 14:11
prurigrodo you ever get ideas crossed like words might?Apr 07 14:11
prurigroand what do you mean? dark rooms you can read properly?Apr 07 14:11
oiaohmIts a particular freq blue.Apr 07 14:12
prurigrooh damn, I love blue lightApr 07 14:12
oiaohmSo color filter in my glasses lensApr 07 14:12
prurigroblue light is wired into the emotional centreApr 07 14:12
oiaohmIts not all blue. prurigroApr 07 14:12
oiaohmIts one freq zone.Apr 07 14:12
prurigroI assume that one frequency would be tied to the set of neurons that triggers the confusion thenApr 07 14:13
oiaohmGets really interesting to say the least.Apr 07 14:13
prurigrosorta like how synesthetics might taste something different for each unique colour frequencyApr 07 14:14
oiaohmIts linked to the language centers perfectly.Apr 07 14:14
oiaohmStuffs up verbal and writing.Apr 07 14:14
prurigrolanguage in your head too? or just when you attempt to give it form?Apr 07 14:14
oiaohmMy verbal stuff up is funny.  I put the sounds out of order.Apr 07 14:14
oiaohmBut the person who hears it under stands what I have said then gets all confused.Apr 07 14:14
oiaohmBecause the sounds don't match the words.Apr 07 14:15
prurigrolike the syllables? or the pitch?Apr 07 14:15
oiaohmphoninces out of order.Apr 07 14:15
oiaohmIs the closest I can describe it.Apr 07 14:15
oiaohmYet person hearing it matches words up correct other than the confusion that follows.Apr 07 14:15
oiaohmSome people take the faint option.Apr 07 14:16
prurigrololApr 07 14:16
prurigrodoes this occur in your head too?Apr 07 14:16
prurigroor I guess you wouldn't be able to tell, necessarily?Apr 07 14:16
prurigrolike, you would hear the correct thing right?Apr 07 14:17
prurigroto your ears?Apr 07 14:17
oiaohmProblem is I don't know I have done Apr 07 14:17
oiaohmTo me I sound like I have talked perfectly normally.Apr 07 14:17
oiaohmIts the expressions on the person listerning face.Apr 07 14:17
prurigrointeresting-- so the confusion has happened both in the output and the feedbackApr 07 14:17
oiaohmThat gives away that I did it.Apr 07 14:17
oiaohmprurigro: and its perfectly matched at the time.Apr 07 14:18
prurigrothat makes me feel like the crossed wires occur literally in the language centerApr 07 14:18
oiaohmThinking it effects my reading.Apr 07 14:18
oiaohmSo write scrambled and it appears to me as perfectly fine as well.Apr 07 14:18
prurigroif encoding it into speech and decoding it back into your brain both read it the same wayApr 07 14:18
oiaohmThis is a really evil form of dyslexia.Apr 07 14:18
prurigrono kiddingApr 07 14:19
prurigroI've known one other person with it, and she only had it on the input endApr 07 14:19
oiaohmLucky I found what the on switch was.Apr 07 14:19
prurigrolike she couldn't tell upsidedown letters from upsideupApr 07 14:19
prurigroetcApr 07 14:19
prurigrohow about keyboard?Apr 07 14:19
oiaohmIts effectedApr 07 14:19
prurigroI know how to type based on patterns that represent words, not necessarily how the resulting letters appear on the screenApr 07 14:20
oiaohmYes it language centre that is stuffed.Apr 07 14:20
prurigrointeresting-- it seems strange to think your muscle memory for producing a single 'symbol' that is a word on the screen could get played out of order the same as your mouth couldApr 07 14:21
prurigrobut it does make senseApr 07 14:21
oiaohmOther thing I learnt was that other nerons were copying the defective.Apr 07 14:21
oiaohmSo it took me years to undo the programming of the others.Apr 07 14:21
oiaohmI am talking over 15 years to bring my typing and writing to somewhere near usable.Apr 07 14:21
prurigrois it specific words that always get jumbled the same ways?Apr 07 14:21
prurigroor random?Apr 07 14:22
oiaohmWith blue light feed fully random.Apr 07 14:22
oiaohmAny word.Apr 07 14:22
oiaohmAfter I blocked it.  It was specific words more than others.Apr 07 14:22
prurigroand in different ways each time?Apr 07 14:22
prurigrolike, to differentiate 'random words' from 'random distortions'Apr 07 14:24
oiaohmprurigro: at my worse it was before I worked out that blue light in particular freq was a trigger it was odds on that I would do a 2 letter word the wrong way.Apr 07 14:24
oiaohmRandom words and random distortionsApr 07 14:24
oiaohmAt my worstApr 07 14:24
prurigrointerestingApr 07 14:24
oiaohmalso gets worseApr 07 14:24
prurigrosounds like maybe when you weren't at your worst, if certain ones got it more than others, it might have been the learned stuff, like you were sayingApr 07 14:25
oiaohmWord order in sentences was shuffling.Apr 07 14:25
oiaohmAs wellApr 07 14:25
oiaohmFound trigger stopped the random generator basically.Apr 07 14:25
oiaohmBut that left a stack of badly program nerons.Apr 07 14:25
prurigroword, yea, that makes senseApr 07 14:26
oiaohmProcess to fix them hurts like hell.Apr 07 14:26
prurigroneurons literally programmed to create random distortionsApr 07 14:26
oiaohmIts simple but surprisingly painful.Apr 07 14:26
oiaohmTake a lists of random generated letters and numbers.Apr 07 14:26
oiaohmRead list of like 4 letters to me I have to keep on going until I can repeat them back right.Apr 07 14:27
oiaohmKeep on going until you get able todo 10 to 12 letters/numbersApr 07 14:27
prurigrooh man, when you have no idea you're doing it?Apr 07 14:27
oiaohmYep.Apr 07 14:27
oiaohmLets say its frustration from hell.Apr 07 14:28
oiaohmYou are 100 percent sure you said it right.Apr 07 14:28
prurigrolol man, yea, that would drive me crazyApr 07 14:28
oiaohmBut its the only cure that works.Apr 07 14:28
oiaohmFor a case like mine.Apr 07 14:29
oiaohmAlso human brain does not like it either.  Human brain does not like being force to rewire so it generates massive feeling of pain.Apr 07 14:29
prurigroI mean, there've been times where I've been so worn out I'd mix stuff up words/sentences etc, but I've always been aware of my poor performanceApr 07 14:29
prurigroand yea, the brain seems to resist change, especially after its done hardeningApr 07 14:30
oiaohmThese days I am become aware normally inside 15 mins of stuffing up.Apr 07 14:30
prurigro~25-30 years for most processesApr 07 14:30
oiaohmIts still not instant.Apr 07 14:30
prurigroword interestingApr 07 14:30
prurigrodo you ever get ideas mixed up in the same way?Apr 07 14:30
prurigrolike left and right?Apr 07 14:30
prurigroor apple and microsoft? j/kApr 07 14:31
oiaohmNot ideas.Apr 07 14:31
oiaohmI normally annoy the hell out of people with my memory.Apr 07 14:31
oiaohmRemember when I was young I could not write my self notes.Apr 07 14:31
prurigroahh true!Apr 07 14:31
oiaohmBecause I would not be able to read them 24 hours latter.Apr 07 14:31
oiaohmYes that is the really evil bit.Apr 07 14:32
prurigroI actually listened to an interesting talk about older societies a while backApr 07 14:32
oiaohmI would be able to read the mess at the time.Apr 07 14:32
oiaohmLatter I was stuffed.Apr 07 14:32
prurigroand how societies before the common person could write had people with, on average, wayyyy better memories than anyone todayApr 07 14:32
oiaohmBecause it was like the encryption key changed.Apr 07 14:32
prurigroand wow, that sucksApr 07 14:33
prurigroyou wouldn't have even been able to record it in voiceApr 07 14:33
oiaohmYou can see why my dyslexia rating was non functional.Apr 07 14:33
prurigropattern passwords would have been greatApr 07 14:33
prurigroand yea, no kidding ehApr 07 14:33
prurigroso maybe a good way to tell if you're currently not making sense is if other people are also not making sense?Apr 07 14:33
oiaohmNo that is the weired bit.Apr 07 14:34
oiaohmI could not see or here the difference between my own scrambled and other people non scrabled.Apr 07 14:34
oiaohmAll I could watch for is there confused experessions or frustrations.Apr 07 14:34
prurigroahh word, so if you got someone else to write down a password properly for youApr 07 14:34
prurigroyou could use that note?Apr 07 14:35
oiaohmYesApr 07 14:35
prurigrothat's interestingApr 07 14:35
prurigroquite different from normal dyslexia in effect tooApr 07 14:35
prurigrosince usually, it makes people unable to learn, but able to interact with what they knowApr 07 14:35
prurigroyou'd be able to learn everything around you, but not interactApr 07 14:35
prurigrovirtually the same problem, but almost the converse problem setApr 07 14:36
oiaohmYet to anyone looking at what I was producing I would look a lot like a normal dyslexia at extream end.Apr 07 14:36
oiaohmSo its a evil form of curse because it going to be miss diagnosed.Apr 07 14:37
prurigroyea, like 100% of all the potential problems they would have associated dyslexia withApr 07 14:37
prurigroyou're in your 20s? 30s?Apr 07 14:37
oiaohmprurigro: 30sApr 07 14:37
prurigroword, they woulda been just getting used to the idea that dyslexia existed around the time you were having problems eh?Apr 07 14:38
oiaohmI am Australian so English is meant to be my first language.  So yes some of the wrong words being used is left overs.Apr 07 14:38
oiaohmIt was politically correctness gone wrong in Australia back then.Apr 07 14:39
prurigro80s?Apr 07 14:39
prurigrocanada was taking their cannonball into political correctness around that time too afaikApr 07 14:39
prurigrolate 70s-early 80s being the big boomApr 07 14:40
oiaohmYes they knew what dyslexia was but the could not call you that because you might be discriminated against so you had to be tagged with everyone else with a learning disability. Apr 07 14:40
oiaohmYes upside down completely stupid logic.Apr 07 14:40
MinceRwhy not give it a number, then? :>Apr 07 14:40
oiaohmIf you don't call something what it is you cannot treat it.Apr 07 14:40
oiaohmMinceR: might as well for the difference it would have made.Apr 07 14:41
prurigro"I'm very sorry... your son has 5"Apr 07 14:41
oiaohmJust to make thing really fun I was deaf for the first 6 years of my lifeApr 07 14:41
MinceRi thought more along the lines of "learning disability type 5"Apr 07 14:41
oiaohmSo I have other interesting effects from that.Apr 07 14:41
MinceRat least the people of science would know what it meansApr 07 14:42
oiaohmMy balance is done by eyes not ears so I get into big big trouble on ships.Apr 07 14:42
prurigroyea though, ADD, autism, dyslexia, down syndrome and muscular dystrophe all have extremely different problems and solutions, yet the kids with all of those pretty well were grouped in the same 'special ed' class when I went to schoolApr 07 14:42
prurigroand wait, how were you deaf then but not now?Apr 07 14:42
oiaohmGlue ear.Apr 07 14:43
MinceRhuh?Apr 07 14:43
oiaohmWhere infection completely fills the inner ear with junk so it cannot work.Apr 07 14:43
prurigroMinceR, most things other than actual learning disabilities are actually learning disabilitiesApr 07 14:43
prurigroand hmm, I think I saw a kid with that in grade 2Apr 07 14:43
prurigroI'm totally guessing, cuz I never found out what it wasApr 07 14:43
prurigrobut it looked like there was like hardened candle wax coming from his ear?Apr 07 14:44
oiaohmNo you cannot see this.Apr 07 14:44
prurigroahhApr 07 14:44
prurigrothe mystery lives onApr 07 14:44
oiaohmThis is behind the ear drum itself.Apr 07 14:44
prurigroouch-- scary place for issuesApr 07 14:44
oiaohmCompletely makes the ear non functional.Apr 07 14:44
oiaohmIn my case it was both.Apr 07 14:44
oiaohmI found out that leaning on walls I could hear vibrations.Apr 07 14:45
oiaohmAnd I was prity good at lip reading.Apr 07 14:45
oiaohmSo I hid the fact I was deaf for quite a while.Apr 07 14:45
MinceRicApr 07 14:45
oiaohmUntil kindagarden. when I had a teacher from a deaf school that caught me out.Apr 07 14:45
oiaohmAnd I still hate the doc who fixed my ears at times for his error.  I can hear particular dog whissles that normal humans should not be able to due to a error in the clean out process.Apr 07 14:46
oiaohmIf you go 1000 hz above where normally humans should not be able to hear I have a window of 3000 hz on from there I can hear.Apr 07 14:47
prurigrooh man, wait, this is a bad thing?Apr 07 14:48
oiaohmRight in high freq dog whissle tertory.Apr 07 14:48
oiaohmprurigro: when you wake up some of those dog whissles do 120 DBApr 07 14:48
oiaohmAnd people wonder why there dogs don't come to them.Apr 07 14:48
oiaohmAnd if I happen to be near a person who blows one of those I am really cursing the doc at that point.Apr 07 14:49
prurigroso you might still have lost that natural range people lose as they get older? (the reason places in britian have high frequency kid-scaring devices outside their shops)Apr 07 14:49
prurigroand lolApr 07 14:49
prurigroyou should curse the people blowing the whistles tooApr 07 14:49
prurigrodoes it hurt to hear?Apr 07 14:49
oiaohm120 db down right.Apr 07 14:49
oiaohmI have ripped a whistle like that off a ladys neck snaping ithe cord in the process due to the pain.Apr 07 14:50
oiaohmIt was basically stop the whistle at all costs.Apr 07 14:50
oiaohmOther than that no.Apr 07 14:50
prurigrooh man hahaApr 07 14:51
prurigroshe was using a bit much perhaps?Apr 07 14:51
oiaohmShe was shocked went to yell at me then saw I was in tears.Apr 07 14:51
oiaohmLucky she was a nice lady.Apr 07 14:52
prurigrohaha no kidding ehApr 07 14:52
oiaohmwhen I pointed out the problem she never used a whissle like that on her dog again.  And for some reason the dog was better behaved.Apr 07 14:52
prurigrooh you knew this woman?Apr 07 14:52
oiaohmNoApr 07 14:53
oiaohmOnly met her 3 times.Apr 07 14:53
oiaohmNever got her name.Apr 07 14:53
oiaohmThe first time was when I ripped the whistle off her neck.Apr 07 14:53
oiaohmThere are some people I wish I had got there name that is one of them.Apr 07 14:53
prurigrointerestingApr 07 14:54
prurigrocommon routes I guess?Apr 07 14:54
oiaohmAt collage and shortest route took you threw a park where people liked to walk dogs.Apr 07 14:55
oiaohmOr in other words if I was running late I had a path of land mines.Apr 07 14:55
prurigrono kidding!Apr 07 14:56
prurigroman, what a terrible situation for someone who could happens to be stick with that frequency rangeApr 07 14:56
oiaohmprurigro: really made me one of the least late for class.Apr 07 14:57
oiaohmSo there is always good and bad.Apr 07 14:58
oiaohmLate equals running gaultent you are more motived to avoid it.Apr 07 14:58
prurigrohahaApr 07 14:59
prurigroso you went through college-- I guess this was after figuring stuff out to some extent eh?Apr 07 15:00
oiaohmprurigro: I did not say I passed.Apr 07 15:01
oiaohmprurigro: yes I was still figgerint it out back then.Apr 07 15:01
prurigrooh ouchApr 07 15:01
oiaohmSo I failed my first round of collage because I had guess that I would be able to handle my dylexia better than I could andApr 07 15:01
oiaohmRun into some stupid rules.Apr 07 15:01
prurigrothey didn't offer special features to help?Apr 07 15:02
oiaohm1 since I could basically read write and do basics back then I was no longer allowed help.Apr 07 15:02
oiaohmI planned on getting assistance that I did not get basically.Apr 07 15:02
oiaohmA true ouch.Apr 07 15:02
prurigroword, intense-- I think most institutions help anyone with a diagnosed condition these daysApr 07 15:02
oiaohm1995 they were not that good.Apr 07 15:03
prurigrofunny how we're less politically correct these days, yet actually help people moreApr 07 15:03
oiaohmAround 2000 they started getting common sense.Apr 07 15:03
oiaohmBasically 5 years too soon.Apr 07 15:03
oiaohmSince then I have studied mostly external.Apr 07 15:04
oiaohmWhere I can source my own assistance.Apr 07 15:04
prurigroword-- what are you doing these days?Apr 07 15:05
MinceRhttp://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/549309_338865852828966_241806149201604_911655_1871116646_n.jpgApr 07 15:06
TechrightsSocialNot a web page! Aborting image/jpeg typeApr 07 15:06
oiaohmNetwork administration, network design, staff training....Apr 07 15:07
oiaohmBasically it is IT I do it prurigroApr 07 15:07
prurigrohaha, no kiddin' ehApr 07 15:08
oiaohmI got into IT because without it I would not have passed highschool.Apr 07 15:08
oiaohmAnd the school I was at had no IT officer.Apr 07 15:08
prurigrofunny, the girl I know with dyslexia ended up doing IT too-- she designed serial number generators too for a while when she was in school againApr 07 15:08
prurigrowonder what it is about computersApr 07 15:08
oiaohmNot really.Apr 07 15:09
oiaohmcomputers can assist us.Apr 07 15:09
oiaohmspell checkers items like wordnet and so on.Apr 07 15:09
prurigrothey also have nice concise fonts tooApr 07 15:09
prurigroI supposeApr 07 15:09
prurigrodepending on where your issues lieApr 07 15:09
oiaohmExactly.Apr 07 15:09
oiaohmThink of computer to a person with dyslexia as a walking stick to someone with a dud leg.Apr 07 15:10
oiaohmMost of us with dyslexia don't play games that much with computers becuase they normally don't equal fun to us.Apr 07 15:11
prurigroMinceR, except C is like the oldschool guy who can do everything better than the new kid with all the fancy schoolin' and gadgetsApr 07 15:11
prurigrooiaohm, games aren't fun?Apr 07 15:11
MinceRexcept the new kid can do everything the oldschool guy can do and then someApr 07 15:11
MinceRand the new kid can do it on a greater scaleApr 07 15:12
oiaohmprurigro: I know this will sound strange is.  I like card games board games.... Real material games.Apr 07 15:12
oiaohmprurigro: but I have also found this common with other people with dyslexia I meet in IT.Apr 07 15:12
prurigroMinceR, the new kid makes it easier to organize large projects due to the strict schooling they've done, but they produce slower and less interesting codeApr 07 15:13
MinceRanother mythApr 07 15:13
MinceRtry building object-oriented code in CApr 07 15:13
MinceRit's an error-prone mess and not faster than C++Apr 07 15:13
prurigroMinceR, I learned it in university and had it confirmed many times since- and we're talking about making the same program in each, not trying to use C to write C++ :)Apr 07 15:13
oiaohmThat depends on the complier MinceRApr 07 15:14
oiaohmI have build object based code in CApr 07 15:14
prurigrooiaohm, curious-- I wonder if that's just because the computer has too much else to do, compared to what some people are drawn to computers for-- do you like console games?Apr 07 15:14
oiaohmNormally smart enough to use a processing engine in the style of vala.Apr 07 15:14
prurigroif you're using C to build object based code, then you're not using C as its designed-- at that point I feel like you should go with C++Apr 07 15:15
MinceRoiaohm: vala is not c, though. and c++ started as a frontend to c. :>Apr 07 15:15
oiaohmprurigro: console games not particularly that much.Apr 07 15:15
oiaohmMinceR: vala still generates pure c.Apr 07 15:15
MinceRnot the same thingApr 07 15:15
oiaohmMinceR: and result can be faster than c++Apr 07 15:15
prurigroc++ reduces variability and therefore potential optimizationApr 07 15:15
MinceRit can also be slowerApr 07 15:15
oiaohmMinceR: mostly due to the weight of C++ virtual tables.Apr 07 15:15
MinceRprurigro: what?Apr 07 15:16
prurigroc++ is more structuredApr 07 15:16
oiaohmC++ brings a lot of payload along for the ride.  MinceRApr 07 15:16
MinceRoiaohm: vtables are pretty much a must if you need polymorphismApr 07 15:16
MinceRoiaohm: and if you don't, the c++ compiler won't generate them.Apr 07 15:16
oiaohmMinceR: issue comes down to the fact most C++ compliers are still not smart with them.Apr 07 15:17
MinceRprurigro: c++ is a superset of c. whatever c can express, c++ can express in pretty much the same way.Apr 07 15:17
oiaohmYou do a little polymorphism on one function.Apr 07 15:17
oiaohmAnd it gets the idea you need a house full of it.Apr 07 15:17
MinceRoiaohm: not exactly difficult: if your class has no virtual methods, it won't have a VMT. if it has at least one, it will have one.Apr 07 15:17
prurigroMinceR, yes, c++ is ontop of C, but it can't vary as much in form if you're using c++ how its designed to be usedApr 07 15:17
prurigroits not really like wsywig vs vim, but its in that directionApr 07 15:18
prurigroits all html in the endApr 07 15:18
MinceRwhatApr 07 15:18
oiaohmMinceR: its over creating virtual methods that will not be used in the program in real world.Apr 07 15:18
MinceRhave you even seen c++?Apr 07 15:18
prurigroI've written quite a few programs with itApr 07 15:18
prurigroand c for that matterApr 07 15:18
oiaohmMinceR: is where the overhead I am talking about comes from.Apr 07 15:18
MinceRoiaohm: that's up to the programmer.Apr 07 15:18
oiaohmMinceR: its basically a optimisation problem.Apr 07 15:18
MinceRif virtual methods are needed, create them. if not, don't.Apr 07 15:19
oiaohmMinceR: if you are recycling code between projects.Apr 07 15:19
oiaohmThis is where it comes undone.Apr 07 15:19
oiaohmcomplier needs to be a little smart and go ok virtual method has been asked for here and will never ever be used.Apr 07 15:20
oiaohmSo I can do away with it.Apr 07 15:20
oiaohmMaybe this will come with the next few generations of compliers.Apr 07 15:20
prurigrohttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/1618957/is-c-faster-than-cApr 07 15:21
TechrightsSocialTitle: Is C faster than C++? - Stack Overflow .::. Size~: 142.53 KBApr 07 15:21
prurigrothis is a pretty good answer, and is basically inline with what I was trying to get acrossApr 07 15:21
prurigroand gets into what oiaohm was saying tooApr 07 15:22
prurigroabout vtables etcApr 07 15:22
MinceRdoesn't support your argumentApr 07 15:22
MinceRthe difference is what you do, not which language you do it in.Apr 07 15:22
MinceRif you need the extra features of c++, doing it on c will result in a buggy, unmaintainable mess (i've seen it happen)Apr 07 15:22
MinceRif not, there will not be a difference in the performance of your code.Apr 07 15:23
prurigroI wasn't debating thatApr 07 15:23
MinceRand some of the features, like namespaces, don't even cost you anything in runtime,Apr 07 15:23
MinceRs/.$/./Apr 07 15:23
prurigroc++ and class based languages in general are very much oriented around long term maintenanceApr 07 15:23
MinceRwhat's wrong with long term maintenance?Apr 07 15:23
prurigroabsolutely nothingApr 07 15:23
prurigrobut you're sacrificing low level tweakage that can result in a C program being more efficient than a C++ programApr 07 15:24
prurigroits a cost benefit situationApr 07 15:24
MinceRit can also result in your c program being a buggy messApr 07 15:24
MinceRand it can also result in your c program being less efficient than the c++ versionApr 07 15:24
prurigroif you spend oodles of time, you can make a c program that operates like a C++ program with stability and long term maintainability, and surely you could probably write a c++ program as optimized as the equivalent c program (in functionality, not code structure)Apr 07 15:25
prurigrobut a reasonable amount of time on either will result in those costs, typicallyApr 07 15:25
oiaohmMinceR: IDL and other solutions and be used to avoid the downside as well.Apr 07 15:25
prurigroyou can make both unmaintainable and slow if you don't knw what you're doingApr 07 15:26
MinceRi don't think that CORBA lets you dodge this issueApr 07 15:26
MinceRprurigro: there are huge differences between the two, thoughApr 07 15:26
MinceRthe first is "do lots of stuff the compiler would do, but by hand", the second is "write the same code, avoiding certain keywords, maybe using some more language features"Apr 07 15:27
oiaohmMinceR: or do the 3 option.Apr 07 15:28
oiaohmWrite a processing engine to generate tighter C than what C++ would.Apr 07 15:29
prurigrohmm, I mean, I haven't sat down and hammered out benchmarks of various conditions to see, but the way it was explained in school was that by using a class-based structure to organize your code, you're using a common format for the connecting parts of the overall structure, and the fact that its a common format means that the potential optimizations are more rigidApr 07 15:30
MinceRoiaohm: in other words, write a better c++ compilerApr 07 15:31
oiaohmMinceR: not all tasks do you need what c++ complier does.Apr 07 15:32
MinceRprurigro: sounds like a statement someone who's never programmed would make. :>Apr 07 15:32
oiaohmMinceR: look at modern samba and the like for the ammout of generated code.Apr 07 15:33
prurigroMinceR, you don't think it sounds more like a generalization for an incomplete understanding of how c++ compilers compare to c compilers?Apr 07 15:34
oiaohmMinceR: its also like vala that are using glib object.  So writing C++ in there basically battles C++ struct.against the glib object struct.Apr 07 15:35
MinceRprurigro: could beApr 07 15:35
oiaohmMinceR: depending what you are working on depends if C++ really fits or not.Apr 07 15:35
prurigroI'm doing my best with what knowledge I do have in that particular realm to explain what I was taught anyway, which backs up against that stackoverflow responseApr 07 15:35
oiaohmMinceR: one way you could cay C++ is too formal at times to work well.Apr 07 15:36
prurigrobut rather than attack the way I'm explaining it, why not educate as to why that wouldn't be the case? If you don't believe it to be so?Apr 07 15:36
oiaohmOk better get to bed starting to scrabble.Apr 07 15:36
prurigrooiaohm, haha-- spellcheck starting to get you?Apr 07 15:36
oiaohmcay instead of sayApr 07 15:37
MinceRwhat exactly is "more rigid" that would actually stand in the way of optimizations?Apr 07 15:37
MinceRusing a more specific way to explain potentially dangerous casts?Apr 07 15:37
MinceRtype safety (which you can still override)?Apr 07 15:37
oiaohmMinceR: if the library you are dealing with has something like vtables.Apr 07 15:37
MinceRadditional features you don't have to use?Apr 07 15:37
oiaohmBut is not.Apr 07 15:37
prurigrooiaohm, haha-- word, well no sense in exacerbating bad habitsApr 07 15:37
MinceRoiaohm: if it has vtables, it probably has them because it needs themApr 07 15:37
oiaohmC++ is not designed to take advantage of it.Apr 07 15:38
MinceRpolymorphism is a useful featureApr 07 15:38
oiaohmSo you end up with duplication.Apr 07 15:38
MinceRand if you needed to do what it does then you can't do it with less overhead, in most cases.Apr 07 15:38
oiaohmglib objects support polymorphism to a point.Apr 07 15:38
oiaohmThat is the difference I am point to.Apr 07 15:38
MinceRit seemed to me that vala does have virtual methodsApr 07 15:38
oiaohmThere are more than one way to do the polymorphism.Apr 07 15:38
prurigroMinceR, my understanding includes the idea that if you don't have to use classes in the first place, your code will stand as optimized as C code, first of allApr 07 15:39
MinceRso what magic happens?Apr 07 15:39
oiaohmvala is using the glib object structs todo it.Apr 07 15:39
MinceRprurigro: mostly yes. though you could still use generic functions, for example.Apr 07 15:39
MinceRoiaohm: that explains nothingApr 07 15:39
MinceRwhat magic happens in those structs?Apr 07 15:39
oiaohmvtable like functionalty exists in glib object design.Apr 07 15:40
oiaohmBut its the wrong shape for c++Apr 07 15:40
MinceRstill doesn't explain anythingApr 07 15:41
prurigroif you structure your code based on classes that inherit classes that extend classes and so on however, you're looking at more easily managed code, but you've also spread things out into a more 'rigid' structure, that allows for the potential of less speedy functionalityApr 07 15:41
prurigroyou'll agree that someone could potentially code an extremely difficult to maintain 'hack' that is faster than a cleanly laid out series of functions?Apr 07 15:42
MinceRi suppose soApr 07 15:42
oiaohmC++ is ridgid in how it wants to do polymophism.  MinceR.  When you hit something like glib object that was design to allow polymophism in C.  You find yourself in a little bind.Apr 07 15:42
MinceRand then the resulting program could well be both umaintainable and unreliableApr 07 15:42
MinceRoiaohm: yes, i know there are more flexible ways to do polymorphism. but they have more overhead than that.Apr 07 15:43
oiaohmC++ compliers were not design with the idea of include the possiblity of using a different polymorphism.Apr 07 15:43
prurigroexactly-- but if you extend that to simply being maintainable vs being more easily maintainable-- that's how the the comparison from c to c++'s speed was made to me, sorry if my wording wasn't up to part :)Apr 07 15:43
oiaohmSo you end up back in the same old boat of hard to maintain code when you have to interface with a non C++ polymorphism.Apr 07 15:44
prurigroit sounds like oiaohm is explaining a similar story in better detailApr 07 15:44
oiaohmfrom C++Apr 07 15:44
oiaohmThere are areas C++ could be improved basically.Apr 07 15:44
oiaohmBetter means to interface with different styles of dealing with things would be a great help.Apr 07 15:45
MinceRif you mean better means to interface above everything, code in assembly.Apr 07 15:45
MinceRthen everything's going to be equally difficult.Apr 07 15:45
prurigroassembly is less portableApr 07 15:45
prurigroI do like writing in assembly thoughApr 07 15:46
oiaohmThere is more than one way of doing object programing.Apr 07 15:46
oiaohmC++ Pascel......  And many others MinceRApr 07 15:46
oiaohmProblem is each of them did it there own way.Apr 07 15:46
MinceRlol, pascalApr 07 15:46
prurigrooiaohm, pascal can use objects?!Apr 07 15:46
oiaohmIt does include classes.Apr 07 15:46
MinceRsomeone still uses pascal?Apr 07 15:47
prurigroword, I guess I never made it that far before moving onApr 07 15:47
oiaohmObject C is another beast.Apr 07 15:47
prurigroI learned it for fun in ~1998 after getting annoyed with vbApr 07 15:47
oiaohmBasically there are a stack of beasts.Apr 07 15:47
oiaohmNo central langage that is really designed to cope with them at the object level.Apr 07 15:47
oiaohmSo you normally end up using c to hack up bridges.Apr 07 15:48
prurigroI hear go is pretty goodApr 07 15:48
prurigrothat's OO isn't it?Apr 07 15:48
MinceRobjective c is a mess, not just a beastApr 07 15:48
MinceRno, go is not ooApr 07 15:48
oiaohmgo uses another stuct patern of it own.Apr 07 15:48
oiaohmOO has basically been invented a few too many times.Apr 07 15:49
oiaohmOpps OOPApr 07 15:49
MinceRno, it was invented once, with simula :>Apr 07 15:49
oiaohmOk how todo it was invented a few too many times.Apr 07 15:50
MinceRyupApr 07 15:50
oiaohmProblem is nothing exists to properly bridge all the forms of OOP back into one piece.Apr 07 15:50
oiaohmSo you end up with areas where the different design OOP fights with each other.Apr 07 15:50
oiaohmleading to bad outcomes.Apr 07 15:51
MinceRso don't use oop?Apr 07 15:51
oiaohmAnd if you don't use oop you might as well use C and stuffer.Apr 07 15:51
oiaohmSuffer.Apr 07 15:51
prurigroI think a company like oracle would have a hard time maintaining oracle db without OOApr 07 15:51
MinceRso just give up because there's an extremely unlikely case of having difficulties?Apr 07 15:52
MinceRi think oracle would have a hard time maintaining anything, thoughApr 07 15:52
prurigroI think he's just outlining 'what' the problem isApr 07 15:52
MinceRwhat i've seen of the oracle db was "let's buy another little company and through their stuff on the junk pile too"Apr 07 15:52
prurigronot necessarily making a decision based on the existence of problems, or denying the existence of problems in other directions tooApr 07 15:52
oiaohmI was outlining what the problem is.Apr 07 15:52
prurigroI recently heard oracle referred to as bigO, and thought it was rather fitting :)Apr 07 15:52
oiaohmI would love to see a solution to the OOP problems.Apr 07 15:52
prurigro^^ agreedApr 07 15:53
oiaohmPart of the solution to the OOP problem would be extending C++ and other langauges to be more tollerent of each other structs.Apr 07 15:53
prurigromy only other issue with OO programming is purely a social one, and not the fault of OO whatsoeverApr 07 15:53
oiaohmprurigro: when I first did programming goto was always badApr 07 15:55
oiaohmyears latter they learnt there are particular cases where goto is good.Apr 07 15:55
prurigroyea, I remember being taught goto, and then being told never to use itApr 07 15:55
prurigrobut yea, its more of a 'never unless absolutely necessary' kinda rule isn't itApr 07 15:55
MinceRoiaohm: that doesn't mean use goto for everything, thoughApr 07 15:55
prurigrohaven't found a need personally yet though-- where is goto useful anyway?Apr 07 15:56
MinceRerror handlingApr 07 15:56
prurigroMinceR, use the right tool for the job, I figureApr 07 15:56
MinceRcleanupApr 07 15:56
oiaohmMinceR: beat me to it.Apr 07 15:56
prurigroahh-- interesting, but makes senseApr 07 15:56
oiaohmTo get out of those nested loops of hell without doing even worse code as well.Apr 07 15:57
MinceRc++ has a much better way, though: exceptions.Apr 07 15:57
prurigrohaha-- I always feel like I could be coding it better if its simply a loop issue thoughApr 07 15:57
prurigroand yea, throwing exceptions is niceApr 07 15:57
prurigroc sorta has that in unixApr 07 15:57
oiaohmMinceR: there are still cases where that don't work.Apr 07 15:57
prurigronot sure about windowsApr 07 15:57
prurigrovia signalsApr 07 15:57
MinceRanother thing you could use in non-oop codeApr 07 15:57
oiaohmMinceR: once you start getting too deep in execption handlers.Apr 07 15:57
oiaohmYou kinda want the exception to lead out prity darn quick.Apr 07 15:58
oiaohmNot spend the next how hell long solving out all the handlers.Apr 07 15:58
prurigrofor every solution, eh?Apr 07 15:58
oiaohmgoto is for when you are going to be doing a stack of stupid and pointless things.Apr 07 15:59
oiaohmTo get from point a to point bApr 07 15:59
oiaohmThat make no sense being run at all.Apr 07 15:59
oiaohmError handling is one of the more common cases.Apr 07 16:00
oiaohmMulti stack loop leaving is another.Apr 07 16:00
prurigrofigure c++ uses goto for its exceptions?Apr 07 16:00
MinceRmaybe setjmp/longjmpApr 07 16:01
oiaohmexception handling in c++ atters platform to platform.Apr 07 16:01
prurigrohmm figuresApr 07 16:01
oiaohmdwarf unroll on Linux is not exact that fast.Apr 07 16:01
oiaohmSo you don't want to be doing that too many times.Apr 07 16:01
prurigrohttp://play.golang.org/Apr 07 16:01
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MinceRthat's why it's called an exception :>Apr 07 16:01
oiaohmMinceR: and its where goto is good at times so you don't trip 20 of them when only 1 is required.Apr 07 16:02
prurigrostill good to state outloud, I mean, some people use functionality in the craziest, non-design waysApr 07 16:02
MinceRduff's device is fun :>Apr 07 16:03
oiaohmgoto was designed before call and return.Apr 07 16:03
oiaohmSo it was design todo everything at first.Apr 07 16:03
oiaohmWe just latter on worked out that it was not exactly sane todo that.Apr 07 16:03
prurigrohaha-- I suppose it is a direct grab from assemblyApr 07 16:04
prurigroor at least 8086 assemblyApr 07 16:04
prurigroI assume others use it too (that's the only one I have experience with)Apr 07 16:04
oiaohmgoto is older than 8086Apr 07 16:04
prurigrofigured as much- but I didn't want to state without knowing for sure :)Apr 07 16:04
MinceRcan't do much with a cpu that has no way to do unconditional jumps :>Apr 07 16:04
oiaohmprurigro: first known appearance of goto is fortran.Apr 07 16:05
prurigrono kidding ehApr 07 16:06
oiaohm1957Apr 07 16:06
oiaohmYep a darn long way back.Apr 07 16:06
oiaohmXt computer 1987Apr 07 16:07
prurigrooh cool- just looking at the wiki page now, and I had a ton of those coding forms as a kidApr 07 16:07
prurigrohad no idea what they were for thoughApr 07 16:07
oiaohmFunny that.Apr 07 16:07
oiaohm30 years difference.Apr 07 16:07
prurigroXt = second?Apr 07 16:07
oiaohmgoto is one of those prehistory things that dont' die.Apr 07 16:07
oiaohmThe first IBM XT computerApr 07 16:08
oiaohm1987Apr 07 16:08
prurigrowell now that its a feature at the lowest level of ~99% of chipsApr 07 16:08
prurigroahh wordApr 07 16:08
oiaohmgoto is a repsentation of the asm jump statement.Apr 07 16:08
prurigroI was always a c64 kid myselfApr 07 16:08
oiaohmFor some reason goto stuck over jump.Apr 07 16:09
prurigroand hmm- was the term goto not in asm itself?Apr 07 16:09
oiaohmgoto does not exist in asm.Apr 07 16:09
prurigromaybe I combined the ideas in my memories since they're the exact sameApr 07 16:09
MinceRjmp does, thoughApr 07 16:09
prurigroahh, lets go with that theory then :Apr 07 16:09
MinceRjust a different name for the same thing :>Apr 07 16:09
MinceRin fact, i suspect that there's a mnemonic system that does call it gotoApr 07 16:09
oiaohmIt was fortran that named jump gotoApr 07 16:09
oiaohmAnd it stuck for some reason.Apr 07 16:10
MinceRGEMA had pretty weird names for instructionsApr 07 16:10
MinceR(like trap for int)Apr 07 16:10
oiaohmAT&T vs Intel is always fun.Apr 07 16:10
MinceR:)Apr 07 16:10
oiaohmYes the two major asm syntaxsApr 07 16:11
oiaohmand if you could have chalk and cheese you could not have done better.Apr 07 16:11
prurigrooh man, trap/int would confuse the shit out of me lolApr 07 16:11
oiaohmprurigro: really you don't know confusion.Apr 07 16:12
MinceRlolApr 07 16:12
oiaohmhttp://asm.sourceforge.net/articles/linasm.htmlApr 07 16:12
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oiaohmThe top of that shows the two major syntaxs.  prurigroApr 07 16:13
prurigrointeresting, I think I learned at&t syntaxApr 07 16:13
prurigroalthough some of what I learned seems more intelApr 07 16:14
MinceRi learned a bit of z80 assembly, then forgot itApr 07 16:14
oiaohmprurigro: yep and some microcontrols asm tool is a prick.Apr 07 16:14
prurigroits not something I find you end up refreshing very oftenApr 07 16:14
oiaohmAnd requires a mix of both.Apr 07 16:14
MinceRthen learned intel, and GEMA, then i saw some AT&TApr 07 16:14
oiaohmget it wrong then it don't built.Apr 07 16:14
MinceRhm, there was PIC tooApr 07 16:14
prurigroI think I was using borelandApr 07 16:15
MinceR(that controller is such a mess)Apr 07 16:15
oiaohmPlease note at&t width of operation control.Apr 07 16:15
oiaohmat&t is the more flexable asm.Apr 07 16:15
oiaohmSo some horid chips you end up forced back to At&tApr 07 16:16
prurigroflexible as a standard?Apr 07 16:17
oiaohmprurigro: more flexable in language.Apr 07 16:17
prurigroa little off topic, but either of you hear of 0x10c?Apr 07 16:17
oiaohmYou mean that game.Apr 07 16:18
prurigroyeaApr 07 16:18
prurigrosupposed to essentially involve programming assembly to control the world or somethingApr 07 16:18
oiaohmI think someone wants to win a goverment mil contact.Apr 07 16:18
prurigrololApr 07 16:18
oiaohmprurigro: its to control like the weaponsystems of the ship and the like.Apr 07 16:18
MinceRi've read about itApr 07 16:19
prurigrooh word, rules seem more rigid than minecraft's universeApr 07 16:19
oiaohmSo you can optimise you craft to beat all commers.Apr 07 16:19
oiaohmMost likely more ridged than the game I play.Apr 07 16:20
oiaohmhttp://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/Apr 07 16:20
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oiaohmOk not exactly play.Apr 07 16:20
oiaohmBuild custom craft into and play friends with.Apr 07 16:20
MinceRhttp://www.xonotic.org/Apr 07 16:21
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prurigrooh interesting!Apr 07 16:21
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prurigroin both directionsApr 07 16:22
prurigroMinceR, the one you posted-- I've read the briefing, but can you give your own angle on it?Apr 07 16:22
MinceRone of my favorite FPSes, and this one is free. looks good, runs on intel GMA, its mods are cross-arch (thanks to QuakeC), has lots of stuff familiar from q3a and the UT seriesApr 07 16:23
MinceRplus they've made sure their mode of fast movement is not so weird (bunny-hopping)Apr 07 16:24
MinceRand of course it's a futuristic FPSApr 07 16:24
prurigrohaha, so true about other fps' (bunnyhopping)-- how extensible is it?Apr 07 16:24
MinceRat least as moddable as quake, but the engine and the game is free, so if you need to, you can extend those tooApr 07 16:26
MinceRalso, iirc they've improved QuakeC to make it more flexibleApr 07 16:26
prurigrooh sweet-- based on q3a too?Apr 07 16:29
MinceRbased on the DarkPlaces engine, which is based on the quake engineApr 07 16:30
prurigroohhh, I sorta remember loading up darkplaces for something... maybe a quake2 port?Apr 07 16:31
prurigroseemed like quite the flexible engineApr 07 16:31
MinceRno, quake 1Apr 07 16:31
prurigroahh, was that it? very likelyApr 07 16:32
prurigroits capable of more than the q3 engine though?Apr 07 16:32
MinceRnot sure, but it does appear pretty modernApr 07 16:33
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/1498937Apr 07 16:34
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The Problem With Software Patents in the United States http://techrights.org/2012/04/07/us-swpats/ #swpats #usApr 07 16:34
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schestowitz"This is indeed a serious problem. Hopefully we will eventually be able to demand that congress passes a bill that outlaws patents in the US. "Apr 07 16:34
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/1498886Apr 07 16:35
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Apple Quality  http://techrights.org/2012/04/07/apple-quality/ #android #linuxApr 07 16:35
schestowitz"Apr 07 16:35
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schestowitz"I have personally met some of those so-called 'elitists'. I once dated one. "Apr 07 16:35
schestowitzI want details. Did she frequently shout "Steve" in bed? Did you guys use the heat from the bottom of a Mac Book Pro as birth control?Apr 07 16:35
schestowitz"Apr 07 16:35
schestowitzI always remember how she insisted she didn't have ipHone 4 but a 4S.Apr 07 16:36
MinceRlolApr 07 16:36
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/1498886Apr 07 17:07
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Apple Quality  http://techrights.org/2012/04/07/apple-quality/ #android #linuxApr 07 17:07
schestowitz"wow. I had a Mac Book Pro. Never again."Apr 07 17:07
TechrightsSocial-> Title: Apple Quality | Techrights .::. Size~: 81.63 KBApr 07 17:07
schestowitzoverpriced BSApr 07 17:07
schestowitzthe "Pro' in Apple's products doesn't mean anythingApr 07 17:08
schestowitzManybe PRO for PRODUCTApr 07 17:08
qu1j0t3of course it doesn't mean anythingApr 07 17:13
qu1j0t3...Apr 07 17:13
qu1j0t3just like the 'one' in 'CK one' doesn't mean anything.Apr 07 17:13
qu1j0t3it does however distinguish productsApr 07 17:14
qu1j0t3the 'Tony' in 'Tony Blair' doesn't mean anythingApr 07 17:14
qu1j0t3but we'd be in a mess if every Blair was just called 'A Blair'Apr 07 17:14
qu1j0t3but there are much better reasons to not buy Apple than being an Apple hater.Apr 07 17:15
qu1j0t3i personally won't buy apple products until they make their supply chain sustainable and respectful to workers. which will never happen.Apr 07 17:15
qu1j0t3unfortunately, those problems are across the industry... Apr 07 17:15
MinceRi personally won't buy crApple products as long as they keep being crap and some others aren'tApr 07 17:18
schestowitzapple doesn't make stuffApr 07 18:14
schestowitzso it's hard to see how they can distinguish themselves based on "quality"Apr 07 18:15
MinceRthey do manage, thoughApr 07 18:15
MinceRnot in the direction they say, thoughApr 07 18:15
schestowitzmaybe they integrate good components together, but it's not as though large companies like ASUS cannot do this too, more cheaplyApr 07 18:15
schestowitzToday I could choose between generic pasta and a branded pasteApr 07 18:16
schestowitzdifference is, one is twice is expensiveApr 07 18:16
schestowitznutritial value the sameApr 07 18:16
schestowitzpasta is pasteApr 07 18:16
schestowitzas long as it ain't recycled sludge masquerading as paste, why choose the branded package with marketing and more colours?Apr 07 18:16
schestowitzApple is the branded paste. It's better known, you can just assume it's better, but you might be wrong.Apr 07 18:17
MinceRactually, there can be difference between different pastaApr 07 18:19
MinceRdifferent quality of components, different recipeApr 07 18:20
schestowitznot preparedApr 07 18:28
schestowitz"That's so painfully true..." https://joindiaspora.com/posts/1499169Apr 07 18:28
TechrightsSocialNot a Diaspora post?Apr 07 18:28
schestowitzExcept the egg, dough, etc.Apr 07 18:28
schestowitzthink flour or fishApr 07 18:28
MinceRand the ratio at which they're mixedApr 07 18:28
MinceRfor exampleApr 07 18:28
schestowitzyeah, probably not a profound differenceApr 07 18:30
schestowitznot as profound as price differencesApr 07 18:30
MinceRquality has its cost :>Apr 07 18:31
schestowitzthat's what Apple saysApr 07 18:31
MinceRthey don't deliverApr 07 18:31
schestowitzrightApr 07 18:31
MinceRothers doApr 07 18:31
schestowitzthey can raise the cost without doing anything about qualityApr 07 18:31
schestowitzjust marketingApr 07 18:31
schestowitzas some companies that produce foods do as wellApr 07 18:31
schestowitzit's what you think of the quality, what the quality actually isApr 07 18:32
MinceRmy thoughts about quality are based on my experience of itApr 07 18:32
schestowitzwhat if you have none?Apr 07 18:32
MinceRwhat do you mean?Apr 07 18:32
schestowitzand you're just one testerApr 07 18:33
schestowitzwhat if you didn't try $BRAND?Apr 07 18:33
MinceRthen i probably don't know itApr 07 18:33
MinceRunless there are other ways to find outApr 07 18:33
schestowitzso yuo limit what you're willing to go for based on what you already haveApr 07 18:33
MinceRdo i?Apr 07 18:34
schestowitzyeah,the rest if "unknown"Apr 07 18:34
MinceRwhy does it have to be unknown?Apr 07 18:34
schestowitzyou did not try itApr 07 18:39
XFaCEschestowitz: talk about pedantic...Apr 07 18:40
MinceRi can try them allApr 07 18:41
MinceRi can look at them, i can check the instructions label, i can look up reviews and ratingsApr 07 18:42
XFaCEj/kApr 07 18:42
schestowitzMinceR: and then we rely on othersApr 07 18:50
MinceRwe rely on others anywayApr 07 18:50
schestowitz[18:32] <MinceR> my thoughts about quality are based on my experience of itApr 07 18:51
MinceRincluding the ones who produced the ingredients, and the ones who produced the pastaApr 07 18:51
schestowitzSome things we have no experience with, so we rely on others'Apr 07 18:51
schestowitzMinceR: yes, a chain of trustApr 07 18:51
schestowitzcheck out the top menu here... http://desk.stinkpot.org:8080/blog/index.php/2007/10/11/gallery2-lightbox quite coolApr 07 18:55
TechrightsSocialTitle: gallery2 + lightbox » from the desk of stinkpot .::. Size~: 25.73 KBApr 07 18:55
MinceRew, there's a hypePodApr 07 18:57
schestowitzNice blog thoughApr 07 18:59
schestowitzhe has been blogging for 7 yearsApr 07 18:59
schestowitzhe also uses icalendarApr 07 18:59
schestowitzI installed this in my site like 8 years agoApr 07 19:00
schestowitzhaven't used it in years, just experimentedApr 07 19:00
schestowitzat the time I ttried exporting my Palm data as ical and import it, which I succeededApr 07 19:00
schestowitzbut it's for people who share their life.. lik FB crapApr 07 19:00
MinceRrussia endorses nostalgy for their communist dictatorship >> http://www.politics.hu/20120405/jobbik-and-christian-dem-youth-wing-ask-for-removal-of-central-soviet-war-memorial/Apr 07 19:02
TechrightsSocialTitle: Jobbik and Christian Dem youth wing ask for removal of central Soviet war memorial | Politics.hu .::. Size~: 60.16 KBApr 07 19:02
schestowitzJobbik LOLApr 07 19:03
schestowitzChristian Dem...Apr 07 19:03
schestowitzLike Muslim BrotherhoodApr 07 19:03
MinceRit's sad enough that only they seem to think that this is a problemApr 07 19:03
schestowitzbrotherly except when they chop some heads off or whateverApr 07 19:03
MinceRadvertising the conquering army of a dictatorship as "liberators" on a square named "liberty square"Apr 07 19:03
MinceRwhat the fuck, hungarians? what the fuck, russians?Apr 07 19:04
schestowitzhahahaApr 07 19:04
schestowitzThat's so typicalApr 07 19:04
schestowitzWhen UK/US army of occupiers was in some nations they left some gifts tooApr 07 19:04
schestowitzand Spanish alsoApr 07 19:04
schestowitzUsually, IMHO, the occupier gets lots of power and then can do anything to historyApr 07 19:05
schestowitzlike implant a religionApr 07 19:05
schestowitzIf there's no proper occupation, there's no assimilationApr 07 19:05
schestowitzMinceR: what does the "Stan" in country name represent?Apr 07 19:09
MinceRi think it just means "country", but i'm not sureApr 07 19:09
schestowitzI started thinking, maybe Stalin with silent L :-)Apr 07 19:10
MinceRhttps://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/-stanApr 07 19:10
MinceRnahApr 07 19:10
TechrightsSocialTitle: -stan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .::. Size~: 79.33 KBApr 07 19:10
MinceRit's persianApr 07 19:10
MinceRmeaning "place of"Apr 07 19:10
schestowitz" In Indo-Aryan languages, sthāna means "place", and is cognate to the Latin terms state and status (meaning "to stand")."Apr 07 19:10
schestowitzSo you like in an "absurd place"Apr 07 19:11
MinceRi don't like it, but i live in itApr 07 19:11
schestowitzcome to London.. not PolandApr 07 19:11
schestowitzPoles go to the UK, or try toApr 07 19:11
schestowitzalthough a friend of mine from Poland got back there...Apr 07 19:11
schestowitzAbsurdiستانApr 07 19:12
schestowitzHunga†yApr 07 19:13
schestowitzHunga十yApr 07 19:13
schestowitzVi✗tor OrbanApr 07 19:13
schestowitzfor PRESIDENT... and Great LeaderApr 07 19:14
schestowitzJobbik is too far-right for Orban.. for rebelling against occupationApr 07 19:14
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/1494877#Apr 07 19:45
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The State of #Linux Wireless. Is it better yet? http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/the-state-of-linux-wireless.-is-it-better-yet.htmlApr 07 19:45
TechrightsSocial-> Title: The State of Linux Wireless. Is it better yet? - InternetNews. .::. Size~: 32.26 KBApr 07 19:45
schestowitz"Apr 07 19:45
schestowitzProblems remain and in some cases it's worse. I wasted two or three days visiting bib box stores recently.Apr 07 19:45
schestowitzhttps://plus.google.com/u/0/113579520393333767984/posts/TQAbHWuFVHT https://plus.google.com/u/0/113579520393333767984/posts/1avwZFWrxrj https://plus.google.com/u/0/113579520393333767984/posts/F9mvzHY9FRuApr 07 19:45
TechrightsSocialTitle: Will Hill - Google+ - I wish that I'd done this a year ago when I first got the… .::. Size~: 87.46 KBApr 07 19:45
schestowitzThe software available at the desktop level is fantastic but the Microsoft supply chain is worse than ever. I finally solved my problem by trying out a collection of older cards at a local computer store. I'm suspicious of contributions from companies that have been obnoxious and favored Microsoft so obviously for so long. If they mean what they say it's a great thing.Apr 07 19:45
TechrightsSocialTitle: Will Hill - Google+ - I hate Netgear, Belkin and Cisco. Over the last two days, I… .::. Size~: 88.64 KBApr 07 19:45
TechrightsSocialTitle: Will Hill - Google+ - Last week, I was irritated about not being able to find a… .::. Size~: 87.55 KBApr 07 19:45
schestowitz"Apr 07 19:45
schestowitzProblems remain and in some cases it's worse. I wasted two or three days visiting bib box stores recently.Apr 07 19:45
schestowitzhttps://plus.google.com/u/0/113579520393333767984/posts/TQAbHWuFVHT https://plus.google.com/u/0/113579520393333767984/posts/1avwZFWrxrj https://plus.google.com/u/0/113579520393333767984/posts/F9mvzHY9FRuApr 07 19:46
TechrightsSocialTitle: Will Hill - Google+ - I wish that I'd done this a year ago when I first got the… .::. Size~: 87.46 KBApr 07 19:46
TechrightsSocialTitle: Will Hill - Google+ - I hate Netgear, Belkin and Cisco. Over the last two days, I… .::. Size~: 88.64 KBApr 07 19:46
schestowitzThe software available at the desktop level is fantastic but the Microsoft supply chain is worse than ever. I finally solved my problem by trying out a collection of older cards at a local computer store. I'm suspicious of contributions from companies that have been obnoxious and favored Microsoft so obviously for so long. If they mean what they say it's a great thing.Apr 07 19:46
TechrightsSocialTitle: Will Hill - Google+ - Last week, I was irritated about not being able to find a… .::. Size~: 87.55 KBApr 07 19:46
XFaCEschestowitz: What is the position of Techrights on article republishing on other websites?Apr 07 20:03
schestowitzI don't mind itApr 07 20:04
schestowitzshare, attribute preferablyApr 07 20:04
XFaCEOk,Apr 07 20:04
XFaCEI am republishing the Bill c11 article on the PPCA websiteApr 07 20:05
schestowitzcoolApr 07 20:06
XFaCEexcellentApr 07 20:30
schestowitz"Apr 07 21:16
schestowitz@Mbugua, just a simple question: Iran got shitloads of oil, why would they want to have nuclear power plants, especially considering what has just happened in Fukushima? Why wouldn't they simply give on the program, thus getting rid of the sanctions and finally releasing the suffering from the poor Iranian people (I really mean it, I feel deeply sorry for the "real" Iran)?Apr 07 21:16
schestowitzPlease give me a serious source that the US has ever "threatened to Iran with nuclear annihilation" (which could already be considered an actual declaration of war). I can't find it - if you don't manage to deliver one, I refuse to continue with you on that topic.Apr 07 21:16
schestowitzWhile still being afraid that it's a waste of time, I will give you a small list of what I consider more meaningful numbers:Apr 07 21:16
schestowitzHuman rights of women and girls risk index: Iran 0.1 (best 9.0), USA 7.0 http://www.girlsdiscovered.org/map/maplecroft_maps_and_indices/wo-7/#Apr 07 21:16
schestowitzDemocracy Index: Iran 1.98 (best 10.0) (making it 159/167) USA 8.11 (19/167) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_IndexApr 07 21:16
TechrightsSocialTitle: Girls Discovered | Global maps of adolescent girls .::. Size~: 25.35 KBApr 07 21:16
schestowitzDeclared to wipe other countries off the map: Iran 1 USA 0 http://www.president.ir/en/23590/Apr 07 21:16
TechrightsSocialTitle: Democracy Index - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .::. Size~: 172.48 KBApr 07 21:16
schestowitz"Apr 07 21:16
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/1493698#Apr 07 21:16
TechrightsSocialTitle: Islamic Republic of Iran's Presidency Website  - President:  Zionist regime symbol of racism .::. Size~: 47.51 KBApr 07 21:16
TechrightsSocialNot a Diaspora post?Apr 07 21:16
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/1493698#Apr 07 21:49
TechrightsSocialNot a Diaspora post?Apr 07 21:49
schestowitz"Apr 07 21:49
schestowitz@Alexander. Iran has oil but it is entirely their business whether they want nuclear power or not. Its none of the US's business. They might want it for the lulz. You don't get to decide that for them.Apr 07 21:49
schestowitzOn US threats, Hilary Clinton in the 2008 campaign threatened Iran with annihilation. The US consistently uses the formula of "all options are on the table" meaning nuclear war options included. That is a threat of annihilation. You should also add somalia to that list. Clinton threatened it with destruction in the 90's when they kidnapped a US solider in the Black Hawk down incident. Also Pakistan which was threatened by Apr 07 21:49
schestowitzBush after 911 if it did not give over flight to the US military in the attack on Afghanistan.Apr 07 21:49
schestowitzFurthermore Ahmadinejad never said Israel should be wiped off the face of the map. That was a mistranslation. See this:Apr 07 21:49
schestowitz    "Then, specialists such as Juan Cole of the University of Michigan and Arash Norouzi of the Mossadegh Project pointed out that the original statement in Persian did not say that Israel should be wiped from the map, but instead that it would collapse."Apr 07 21:49
schestowitzFrom the Wshington PostApr 07 21:49
schestowitzNobody is claiming Iran is not a dictatorship. So thank you for your list. How about you extent it with the following since they were in your email above:Apr 07 21:49
schestowitzFill in the blanks for: USA: Iran:Apr 07 21:49
schestowitz   1. Total Military expenditure (including nuclear and science spending.) : -Apr 07 21:49
schestowitz   2. Number of terrorist groups supported: -Apr 07 21:49
schestowitz   3. Number of dictatorships supported: -Apr 07 21:49
schestowitz   4. Number of legitimate governments undermined or overthrown: -Apr 07 21:50
schestowitzOne could go on, but since these are the ones you were talking about. You should answer them.Apr 07 21:50
schestowitzYou are the one who said the graphic was false. You still have not addressed in what way it is false or misleading. SO the US wins a point or two on the question of internal dictatorship. But that is neither my business or your business, its the Iranians business. The US loses every other point!Apr 07 21:50
schestowitz"Apr 07 21:50
qu1j0t3well,  let's talk about what we KNOW more about. USA. Which is controlled by a dangerous, unaccountable clique and is a military threat to ever other nation except Israel.Apr 07 21:57
schestowitz"https://joindiaspora.com/posts/1493698"Apr 07 22:02
TechrightsSocialNot a Diaspora post?Apr 07 22:02
schestowitz"@Alexander. I don't accept the links you gave for gender and for democracy . Its one thing to quote wikipedia and some ngo, but who says they are credible. I'll give you my own sources. [Last year's UN Human Development Index rankings](http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics). Iran is ranked 88th out of 187 countries. This is the "High Human Development" category. Click on the country name and you can look at specific data. It in Apr 07 22:02
TechrightsSocialTitle: 404 | Human Development Reports (HDR) | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) .::. Size~: 17.4 KBApr 07 22:02
schestowitzno way resembles what you cited. In fact Iran's HDI has increased dramatically since 1980. For a country that fought a disastrous US sponsored war with Iraq for 8 year... "Apr 07 22:02
schestowitz"Apr 07 22:35
schestowitzVideos for my last comment above. (Hope you can at least watch them in the spirit of walking in someone elses shoes!): 1. Role and Status of Iranian women: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=UU5gtqdJOvhGdh-6WRO2CTpw&v=y6Y-fO7V5dYApr 07 22:35
TechrightsSocialTitle: Role and status of women in the Iranian society-Iran Today-03-09-2012       - YouTube .::. Size~: 121.98 KBApr 07 22:35
schestowitz   1.Apr 07 22:35
schestowitz      Iranian REvolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UU5gtqdJOvhGdh-6WRO2CTpw&feature=player_detailpage&v=37dP9rqKv6sApr 07 22:35
TechrightsSocialTitle: 33rd anniversary of Iran Islamic Revolution-Iran Today-02-10-2012       - YouTube .::. Size~: 120.21 KBApr 07 22:36
schestowitz   2.Apr 07 22:36
schestowitz      Education System Reform in Iran http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=UU5gtqdJOvhGdh-6WRO2CTpw&v=wQGlXC5cg1MApr 07 22:36
TechrightsSocialTitle: Education system reform in Iran-Iran Today-03-06-2012       - YouTube .::. Size~: 116.04 KBApr 07 22:36
schestowitz   3.Apr 07 22:36
schestowitz      Review of 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WiLmpPbhhOIApr 07 22:36
schestowitz"Apr 07 22:36
TechrightsSocialTitle: Main Econ-political Events in the Last Year: A Review - Iran Today -03-23-2012       - YouTube .::. Size~: 103.29 KBApr 07 22:36

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