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Displayed name	Arancaytar
Member number	2984
Title	Law Bringer
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Registered	Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00

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Avernum 4 in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, November 28 2004 13:50 Profile Homepage #164 Vahnatai can go to the surface without problems, they're just not comfortable doing it. Remember when the party first leaves Fort Emergence and arrives at the surface - the strong light and open space is described as very unpleasant and disorienting because you're not used to it. The Vahnatai have dwelled below-ground for thousands of years; evolution might have kicked in already. I'm sure those bulbous eyes weren't that large when they left the surface. Think Gollum. ;) -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Who lives where in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, November 28 2004 02:46 Profile Homepage #30 I live here: (second window down here-------------- V) And this is where I work: That's in Aachen, if you want to know. :) [ Sunday, November 28, 2004 02:50: Message edited by: And Passed, and never Sight he Saw ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Avernum 4 in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, November 23 2004 14:08 Profile Homepage #115 So Karnold, Midori and Bigail, etc are too? Gracious, Jeff must lead an interesting life. And let me hereby dement the vicious rumor that "I am a Puppet Account" has any relation whatsoever to me. :P [ Tuesday, November 23, 2004 14:09: Message edited by: At last he came to Night of Naught ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Late one... in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, November 19 2004 15:12 Profile Homepage #45 quote: Originally written by Roger Fickmann: You don't need a comma before conjunctions in English. Example: Weisst du, wenn es käse gibt? Would translate as... Do you know if there is cheese? Notice- no comma. (It's odd doing it from the other way as well.) In fact, that's the most common sign by which you can identify a German native speaker in English - they'll place commas in those odd places occasionally. There are also cases where a comma is common in English, but not in German. Say, after a sentence fragment describing time or place at the start of a sentence. "A little over 500 years ago, America was discovered." "For ueber 500 Jahren wurde Amerika entdeckt." Placing a comma in the German will immediately identify you as a native speaker of English (not sure if that goes for other languages as well). :) -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Tell me if you like programming. . . in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, November 19 2004 15:03 Profile Homepage #29 Actually, that comparison doesn't work. Any designer (I don't qualify, but I've used both) will tell you that while BoA scripting may require a little more training, it is by far the "cleaner" tool, if by that you mean sensible structure, flexibility and adaptability. Look at a BoE town. You have 50 nodes that are ordered by an invisible, unchanging index, not in the order they call each other. After some editing, each node will call another one in an impenetrable net of references and jumps. How is that "easier" to handle than a BoA script, for anyone except someone designing an Ogre Territory? :P -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Connection Speed in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Wednesday, November 17 2004 20:25 Profile Homepage #15 Edit: Okay, 60 Kbps is believable. Sorry, my tired eyes saw 600 there for a time. :P [ Wednesday, November 17, 2004 20:26: Message edited by: From nether heats and burning waste ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Connection Speed in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Wednesday, November 17 2004 13:28 Profile Homepage #12 That wasn't a technical term, TM. I get reduced rates as a student, and I pay the same as I would for a regular DSL connection. Thus, 'student DSL'. Of course I'm aware the connection isn't really a DSL, after all, it has to accomodate dozens of people at once in this house. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Connection Speed in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Wednesday, November 17 2004 06:21 Profile Homepage #7 I shell out less than 25$ for six months, and I get download speeds exceeding 150 MBps. Student DSL, gotta love it. :P -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Connection Speed in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, November 16 2004 21:57 Profile Homepage #5 I knew there would be that kind of difficulties, but I tried to keep the number of questions down. For example, I use a 2.4 GHz CPU, but only a 256 MB RAM, which makes my computer amazingly slow and amazingly fast depending on how much stuff is running. I decided to ask the question about RAM rather than CPU, because I realized that my own pc is usually quite slow in spite of the 2.4 Ghz, because of the low RAM, so that limits it more. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Connection Speed in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, November 16 2004 20:57 Profile Homepage #2 I don't know many, beyond some of the people here at the computing center. And even they usually use very normal machines when they're not calculating anything big. There are computers with several Terabytes or more, but I figured nobody here would have enough cash to own one privately, and nobody who has them at work would even dare to use them for private purposes such as surfing. :P -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Connection Speed in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, November 16 2004 20:39 Profile Homepage #0 Since it was brought up in the Programming discussion, I thought this would be a good time to find out what the average connection and computer speed of the player fanbase is. Poll Information This poll contains 4 question(s). 43 user(s) have voted. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=mDzfYVpwqasM"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=mDzfYVpwqasM"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Tell me if you like programming. . . in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, November 16 2004 20:17 Profile Homepage #23 quote: As for "ease of coding"--you call Java easier to code than C/C++? I want to know where to get your special brownie ingredients, 'cause that boggles the mind. Java is very easy to code. Since I have never had occasion to write in C++ (nor learn how to), I wouldn't be able to compare that. However, I doubt that C++ can be a lot simpler than what I'm doing now. quote: [/qb] In addition, what would you do client-side scripting on HTML documents with if not with Javascript? It's the only such language that is near-universally supported -- and believe me, if you're doing real web application programming, Javascript is a real boon, unless you WANT to do a POST for every single local state change.[/QB] I use Java for nearly everything, because I long ago stopped caring about 56Kers and less--and I generally don't have a need for client-side scripting anyway; most of my stuff is server-side. quote: 1) Don't cater to the lowest denominator. People with 28.8k and 56k modems are becoming the exception rather than the norm. They might be, but a statistic apparently showed they represent a significant part of the Spiderweb fanbase still - as do those with older machines. Since my biggest site project is intended for the use of Spiderweb fans, I would do well by decreasing download traffic. It's a win-win, because small files don't alienate users with fast connections. There might be a detriment to appeal for a lot of young AOL3rs who prefer their sites with flashy graphics, but I don't believe Jeff when he says they make up the majority of the Spiderweb fanbase. Edit: What about another poll concentrating on connection speeds then? quote: 2) Let me see if I understand your logic. Because PHP isn't supported on free sites...Javascript is better? That makes no sense. As more than three quarters of my current sites are on free providers without PHP support... yes, by my logic Javascript is a lot better. There are people around who choose to spend their meager resources on other things than web domains. quote: 3) Java beats the tar out of Javascript and, though more difficult to use, has the advantage of being useful in more than a scant few respects.[/QB] With the difference that I could go to my text editor right now and crank out a Javascript file to upload in less than half an hour. I could write Java program in the same time, but I don't have a compiler on this machine. So yes, an interpreted language has its benefits. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Late one... in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, November 15 2004 21:24 Profile Homepage #11 This is scary. You actually look good as a girl. :eek: -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
How do you perceive what you imagine? in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, November 14 2004 21:30 Profile Homepage #8 When thinking, I use a semi-efficient combo of written and spoken language, visual images and concepts. I rarely realize it, self-reflection being a bit tricky after all. But I find that, depending on what I want to accomplish by thinking/imagining (sometimes I think about something useful! :eek: ), I use written language for planning texts, spoken language for any kind of conversation/debate, and images for remembering. I don't know what I remember words I have read as, but I'm fairly certain its still in written form, not spoken. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Tell me if you like programming. . . in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, November 14 2004 21:24 Profile Homepage #12 Thought I was past double posts long ago... [ Monday, November 15, 2004 04:17: Message edited by: Beyond the days of mortal lands ] Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Tell me if you like programming. . . in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, November 14 2004 21:16 Profile Homepage #11 If "programming" is taken to refer to the use of a language that consists of commands given to and interpreted by a computer, in order for it to perform certain actions, then HTML is a programming language. If it's defined as using a structure of commands that work together and call on each other to perform single, complex processes, then no. HTML's commands hardly depend on each other, and can't perform any calculations) Edit: How dumb. Djur said exactly the same thing two posts ago... That said, I code (that would be the word for it) websites in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, but I consider only JavaScript to be a programming language, since it uses groups of commands ("functions" or "methods") that can be called automatically. I've tried PHP, but I suck at it and haven't had the time to actively learn it. The only other languages I'm good at right now are Java and Maple (and Logo, I suppose, but that is fading again now that I no longer use it). I expect to start learning C/C++ in my course soon, as well as Unix, Fortran and Matlab, but all the fancy web stuff (PHP, MySQL, LaTex etc) will come next year at the earliest. [ Monday, November 15, 2004 04:19: Message edited by: Beyond the days of mortal lands ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Shameless Plug in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, November 14 2004 13:30 Profile Homepage #12 Alorael, well, I did copy and upload those maps... but I never posted them here. :P If anyone else wants to see them, just enter the following URL. images.polarisboard.org/arancaytar/filename.gif with filename standing for "bigail", "karnold", krizsan", "midori", "footracer" and "monroe". Well, I see Execa city was ruined. I suppose you could make a case for a ruined city to not count as province territory anymore... Karnold, on the other hand, includes the cities on the southern coast (namely Libras and Storm Port) - Though I agree that Lost Isle, Gorst and Gebra should be neutral. Note that there is a broad bit of empty land between Colchis and the nearest cities to the east, whereas it is indeed very close to Krizsan to the west. Considering that these provinces have no effect on the uninhabited countryside (they're not at war after all), but only the cities, the question of where to put the Krizsan/Karnold border is moot. It is somewhere between Colchis and Bolton in the South coast. Whether Farport is in Krizsan or Karnold is another question. Marish could be said to belong to Bigail, but the case is weak. You haven't commented on Footracer province at all, but I now notice that that indeed stretches far too much to the West. It is effectively bordered by the mountains, and the wall. Edit: I won't be able to change that map until next weekend, since I left the master copy (ie .psd file) at home. I can't edit the gif.x [ Sunday, November 14, 2004 21:23: Message edited by: Beyond the days of mortal lands ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Geneforge 3 Screenshots.... in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, November 13 2004 17:34 Profile Homepage #12 Too much development time and resources needed. To be decent, a 3d game would need at least several graphics designers, and I somehow doubt Jeff will hire them. The customer base isn't large enough for really big production investments to pay off, so I guess (and hope, to be honest) that plot will have priority before graphics for some time yet (even though there is a worrying trend from Exile to Avernum and to Geneforge). -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Shameless Plug in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, November 13 2004 17:23 Profile Homepage #8 quote: Originally written by I love you for your inner beauty: It glows like an alien! O.O Well, it is one... I just took Drakey's map and smeared an alien all over it. They're easy to get round here, and wonderful map-making material! I think everybody uses them. [ Saturday, November 13, 2004 17:24: Message edited by: He wandr'd far from Northern strand ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Howdy, y'all! in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, November 13 2004 17:17 Profile Homepage #15 quote: Originally written by I love you for your inner beauty: Haha no. I was just being crazy lil' me. Sounds more believable, and very relieving. :D -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Shameless Plug in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, November 13 2004 16:40 Profile Homepage #4 Thanks! :D What does "canon" refer to anyway in this case - the game's background? -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Howdy, y'all! in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, November 13 2004 16:37 Profile Homepage #11 Rosy, you're writing college application essays now...? Gosh, I just finished school, and I've yet to write my first one. :o -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Avernum 4 in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, November 13 2004 14:26 Profile Homepage #83 quote: Originally written by Drakefyre: cough It's Aizo. Aixo is just one of Alec's perversions. Did I say Aixo?! Sorry. Freudian slip there, I was thinking about the Arena stuff right then and kept trying to remember whether it was Aizo or Doston that were invented by the community. :P -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
future games in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, November 13 2004 13:32 Profile Homepage #8 Can only second that. If there is one game that made me revise my opinion of science fiction games, it was EV Nova. Absolutely fabulous. :) -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Shameless Plug in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, November 13 2004 13:27 Profile Homepage #2 Sounds good! I'm disappointed I couldn't take part in the chat (slept 3 AM - 9 AM local time, and the chat would have been 6 AM here). Still, it's good you put the transcript up. Also intriguing that you consider the possibility of a cooperation with Polaris - I'm sure it would benefit the RPs on Spiderweb greatly. On a quasi-related note, this inspired me to produce a modified Valorim map with a color-overlay of the provinces (since I always keep getting those mixed up). To whom it may concern: ;) The Provinces of Valorim (This is a thumbnail, click for the large picture). [ Saturday, November 13, 2004 13:29: Message edited by: He wandr'd far from Northern strand ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00

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