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Arancaytar
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 written Tuesday, December 6 2005 04:34 Profile Homepage #8
Thuryl: Not anymore it doesn't. :P

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Arancaytar
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 written Monday, December 5 2005 22:54 Profile Homepage #96
quote:
Originally written by Deaf- Will work for MP3s:

where's the hot vahnatai-on-vahnatai action?
die please k? :P

[ Saturday, December 10, 2005 03:30: Message edited by: An array cat ]

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Arancaytar
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 written Monday, December 5 2005 22:46 Profile Homepage #5
Some of it is, but most of it is derived from BoA/BoE scenarios, and a lot of it is made up on the spot.

For example, Drakefyre has quite extensive informtion about the Vahnatai, which has neither been used in a scenario nor derived from the games. The history of the Empire (the move from Aizo to Pralgad, the Ironclad dynasty, the Anama War, etc) is well-documented, but practically all of it has been invented by oldbies for use in scenarios and for the BoE arena.

David, no it isn't, but all the same I'd like it if it were easy to find only if you're looking for it. That should keep off the less patient stalkers, and those who know what to look for are usually able to find it out no matter what you do. It's not common for a guy to get stalked, but it's not unheard of.

We need a :ph43r: smiley here. :P

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Edit:

Since the "Bored" topic was locked and this is closest (and mine, so I can hijack with impunity), the statistics will indeed be done in two weeks, and will be hosted on the new server.

Also, note that all monthly ranking lists are currently unavailable and will remain so until Logo gives me the files I stored at images.polarisboard.org, which was taken offline rather more quickly than I had anticipated.

[ Tuesday, December 06, 2005 00:00: Message edited by: Saavedro ]

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Arancaytar
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 written Monday, December 5 2005 18:41 Profile Homepage #2
No, that's what I meant by "some of you". I actually put it in my sig and told it to some people (eg. Drakey) and posted it in a few threads, but I never actually announced it. One reason, of course, is that I don't generally like to host things under my real name, and the old address contained exactly that.

Edit: And the Geocities site has been dead so long that it's no wonder you haven't heard of it.

[ Monday, December 05, 2005 18:46: Message edited by: Saavedro ]

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Arancaytar
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 written Monday, December 5 2005 17:58 Profile Homepage #0
Some of you might have noticed that the Encyclopedia Ermariana, formerly hosted at Geocities, was switched to a MediaWiki site on August 22nd this year. The MediaWiki site then broke down for a month or so, until I reinstalled it on November 8th.

Now, the Wiki site has moved to a new host, and has been upgraded to version 1.5.3. A notable change is that image uploads are once again enabled, since the new host does not employ php safemode.

I'd planned getting a new host from the start, and I was going to wait with the actual announcement until the site was at the new address. This is now the case, so here's the announcement:

The Encyclopedia Ermariana is now available at http://encyclopedia.ermarian.net !

If you are linking to it on your BoE/BoA site, please don't forget to update your link.

You need to log in to edit pages, but anyone can create an account. Feel free to add to the site; that's what a Wiki is for. :)

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Its that time of the year again in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Monday, December 5 2005 16:46 Profile Homepage #14
quote:
Originally written by Kasumetoru Sai:

quote:
Originally written by Goldenking:

for Jeff's sake.
You suck.
Should I be worried because my first reaction was similar? :P

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Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Monday, December 5 2005 16:35 Profile Homepage #25
quote:
Originally written by VCH:

quote:
Originally written by Imban:

Happy birthday, Zephyr. Now you're another year closer to dying.
Or, another year closer to living forever. I don't see any proof that all people die. I'd like to think that only 9 out of 10 people die.
Since about 6.5 billion people are alive, and estimates of all humans who have ever lived tend anywhere between 20-80 billion, one might say that the statistic - so far! - is less grim than 9 out of 10. It might well be around 3 out of 4.

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New Forum in Avernum 4
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Monday, December 5 2005 12:44 Profile Homepage #31
quote:
Originally written by Icshi:

Hmmm… I see that Forum 20 has made its appearance—

All gloom and doom aside, though:

Congrats, Delicious Vlish! You're a great asset to these boards, and I'm delighted that you're going to be one of this forum's moderators. I'm sure you'll do an excellent job!
We still have plenty of forums to go before the apocalypse...

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Arancaytar
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 written Sunday, December 4 2005 12:06 Profile Homepage #10
The beginning of "Dies Irae" from Mozart's Requiem.

Alternatively, certain parts (that I can't remember right now) from Mary Jean Holmes' "The Grey Pilgrim". I have a Gandalf avatar on Polaris. :)

Note that these two suggestions are entirely different in mood. The Requiem is practically raging, while the Gandalf theme is more "pensive".

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Arancaytar
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 written Sunday, December 4 2005 02:37 Profile Homepage #94
Mithril: If you read the current version I linked to earlier, you'll find this has been fixed.

Names: That is intended.

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Remember when... in General
Arancaytar
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 written Saturday, December 3 2005 14:21 Profile Homepage #53
quote:
Originally written by Eldibs:

A whole 14 times? Remember, if you say anything "uncharitable," do it over the pm's at least, that way when I retaliate, nobody will interfere with our argument. Besides, it's not moronic, just pointless.

</leetness>
Please give an example of a pointless thing that is not moronic.

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Avernum IV, goog... what next? in General
Arancaytar
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 written Saturday, December 3 2005 14:16 Profile Homepage #3
quote:
Originally written by *i:

unless Jeff wants to do something completely different.
Not bloody likely... :P

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New Forum in Avernum 4
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Saturday, December 3 2005 14:06 Profile Homepage #14
quote:
Originally written by Kasumetoru Sai:

I nominate me as well.
Not that it wouldn't be one of the most profoundly stupid measures the administration would have done in years...
It's done worse, as you'd be among the first to admit (the administration of SW, not the board, that is).

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Putting Kel and TM in joint charge of a forum would prove... interesting.

[ Saturday, December 03, 2005 14:07: Message edited by: Saavedro ]

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Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Saturday, December 3 2005 10:55 Profile Homepage #11
quote:
Originally written by Jumpin' Salmon:

No mods?

I nominate Alorael, TM, Thralni, and ADoS

*this message sponsored by Clint Eastwood*
I object to 2 of your nominations, but I'm not saying which. I like Alorael and TM. :)

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Numbers in General
Arancaytar
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 written Friday, December 2 2005 12:02 Profile Homepage #34
Marginally on topic, General has just surpassed the post count of 44444. The next board purge looks amazingly close.

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Arancaytar
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 written Friday, December 2 2005 01:54 Profile Homepage #44
Admittedly, your version does use a for loop rather than a while one. :P

http://www.thedailywtf.com is also an interesting site.

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Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, December 1 2005 21:57 Profile Homepage #2
Logic board fried?

The pun is beyond my comprehension.

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Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, December 1 2005 21:05 Profile Homepage #9
quote:
Originally written by Eldibs:

Well, I guess we'd better prepare...

*pulls out his Mega Missle launcher to prepare for the reign of terro...ific management*

Now, to find a place to hide my sanity jar...

</leetness>
Predicted outcome:

Your Mega Missle launcher: 0 - The Admin Control Panel: 1.

:)

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Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, December 1 2005 09:06 Profile Homepage #92
Indeed, spy, I originally thought the story would get at least twice as long in terms of plot. Then, the plot kept expanding and expanding, and I couldn't finish it within a month.

And, as I said, the next chapter would only be something like "The Council of Elrond". A good part after which to put in a break, but not a part where to end a story.

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Questoins Questoins in Nethergate
Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, December 1 2005 06:08 Profile Homepage #2
Thuryl, how the hell do you arrive at the wild guess that by "Cretecs" he means "Celts"?

Also, a bonus for consistency in "questoins". Write it wrong once, write it wrong forever. :)

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Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, December 1 2005 06:05 Profile Homepage #44
But that JavaScript would risk sending people to the same web page twice - and for the Randomized Variety of Alorael, there is no repetition. There must not be.
;)

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Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, December 1 2005 04:13 Profile Homepage #42
While Thuryl is right in his implication that for-loops are not the ultimate in the art of programming, and there are situations where another alternative is more effective, I believe this particular author has yet to discover its value:

int i=1;

while (true){
if(i>100)break;
[...]
i++;
}
Uh, yeah. *Doubly* pointless, you might realize - not only a while instead of a for, but a badly used while too! :rolleyes:

Edit: hahaha.

This was part of a "Prisoner's Dilemma" program, where one Java class was the game, and other Java classes were virtual "players" who were informed of the last move and queried for the next one.

Turns out the programmers shared work. One made the game, and treated "true" as betrayal, and "false" as cooperation, the other made the algorithms and treated "false" as betrayal.

Which led to some interesting results, predictably. :P

[ Thursday, December 01, 2005 05:08: Message edited by: Saavedro ]

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Numbers in General
Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, December 1 2005 00:44 Profile Homepage #6
Nah, even the topic numbers have six digits on UBB. It'll take topic #1000000 to break the board, and for member numbers it would be the billionth (milliardth) account.

Consider for a moment the superiority of phpBB and Invision, whose coders have the amazing ability to transmit such numbers without a fixed length, potentially allowing them to contain topics as large as the 11 digit integer value that can be stored in MySQL! :eek: Incredible.

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Arancaytar
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 written Wednesday, November 30 2005 23:14 Profile Homepage #3
^^ What he said.

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Arancaytar
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 written Wednesday, November 30 2005 23:11 Profile Homepage #1
quote:
Originally written by o)1(o:

no accomplishments to go with the above facts and no ambition to acquire any
Aw, but you know that neither Spiderweb nor Polaris would be what it is today without you! Congratulations!

[ Wednesday, November 30, 2005 23:12: Message edited by: NaNoWriMo ]

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