Profile for WiKiSpidweb
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| Displayed name | WiKiSpidweb |
| Member number | 3441 |
| Title | Infiltrator |
| Postcount | 536 |
| Homepage | http://www.geocities.com/talonsa |
| Registered | Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
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| Riddle Me This, Batman! in General | |
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written Sunday, August 13 2006 09:06
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Nice thought experiment, *i. It took me a few minutes before I was convinced. In the same spirit, here is a problem that confused me greatly several years back. Joe and Bob go to two days of batting practice, Joe has the better batting average on both the first and second days. Bob has the better overall average after both days. How is this possible? -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Some sort of re-hello to spiderweb? in General | |
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written Saturday, August 12 2006 11:25
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Special like the kids who ride the short bus to school. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Some sort of re-hello to spiderweb? in General | |
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written Saturday, August 12 2006 05:20
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Hi welcome back. I'm WKS, some believe that it stands for Weaponified Kama Sutra, but as of yet, this is unsubstantiated. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Free MMOGs in General | |
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written Saturday, August 12 2006 05:16
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I just started KoL recently. My user name is WKS. Please don't send me a urinal cake. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Abandonware in General | |
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written Friday, July 28 2006 06:50
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How can you leave out Oregon Trail on Apple II's. I miss the "really floppy" disks. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Java programmer wanted in General | |
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written Wednesday, July 26 2006 10:10
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I would have to see what is involved. I've taken a university level Java programming course with a lot of emphsis on GUI. I don't know too much about networks, though. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| I'm a Runescape freak how about you? in General | |
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written Sunday, July 23 2006 12:49
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10 gp/essence, I think. It all depends. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| I'm a Runescape freak how about you? in General | |
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written Saturday, July 22 2006 10:45
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Ah, runescape. The most joyless form of entertainment yet devised. Alas, I have felt the scourge of it's addiction, the mind numbing need to continually mine coal and iron, shoot arrows into chickens and deforest acres of pristine forest. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Other similar games? in General | |
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written Friday, July 21 2006 07:34
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Try Mount&Blade. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Hey look! It's still the seventeenth! in General | |
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written Friday, July 21 2006 07:33
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Meh, I keep on dropping. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Israel - Lebanon conflict in General | |
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written Thursday, July 13 2006 18:40
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quote:Funny, considering Hezbollah got those rockets from Iran. Both Iran and Syria have a long history of supporting Hezbollah. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Chop Sockey, Your Favorite Bad Kung Fu Films in General | |
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written Tuesday, July 11 2006 17:57
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I've seen Enter the Dragon, it was kind of comical. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Off the top of your head in General | |
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written Sunday, July 9 2006 12:08
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It's just you. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Naturally, I'm sure this has been proposed before. in General | |
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written Sunday, July 9 2006 11:12
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Has anyone read The Dig by Alan Dean Foster? -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Oh my God, you just can't make this **** up. in General | |
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written Sunday, July 9 2006 11:09
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Or he just likes to eat. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Oh my God, you just can't make this **** up. in General | |
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written Saturday, July 8 2006 20:32
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I'd eat it. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Off the top of your head in General | |
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written Thursday, July 6 2006 19:16
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For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas Élégie, Op. 24 - Gabriel Fauré Fanfare for the Common Man - Aaron Copland What It Takes - Aerosmith Baba Yetu - Christopher Tin Your Song - Elton John What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong Goodnight Julia - Yoko Kanno The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles And so many more... -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Your favorite video game company in General | |
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written Thursday, June 29 2006 20:14
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quote:But it's amazing when played under the influence of mind altering substances. Those Hypellos are nuts. My gripe with it was a lack of substantial moogle presence. Kupo. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Collections in General | |
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written Thursday, June 29 2006 20:02
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quote:I've seen realy neat bulletin boards (not the internet kind) made out of wine corks cut lengthwise and glued onto a piece of particle board. As for my collections, I collect capacitors from broken electronics. I don't reuse them, I just like the way they look. I also collected Decipher's Star Wars CCG cards, until the license was taken away and given to WotC, who made a crappy game. Anyway, I have about 800 of those, including a couple that are supposed to be worth 30 buck and up. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Favorite Musical in General | |
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written Thursday, June 29 2006 19:53
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I can't stand Sondheim. My roommate is a Theatre major and I hear it way too much. All he does is overlap monotone dialogue and call it music. This is an exageration, of course, but the music has no meat to it. Other musicals that greatly bother me are Falsettos and A New Brain. And a million mor I can't think of. As for what I like, it depends on my mood. Avenue Q is great, as is Rent. Spamalot is hysterical. I like some of Jason Robert Brown's work, especially Parade. Weber has a place close to my heart, since I grew up with his music, especially Phantom and Jesus Christ. Les Miserables is another longtime favorite of mine. The only show I've seen on Broadway was Movin' Out, which is more of a musical review than a musical. I'm rambling here, but only because I have a lot of opinions on this subject. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Ghana knock US out of World Cup in General | |
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written Sunday, June 25 2006 17:09
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This is true. I can't help but feel bad for them, even when rooting for the other team. Still, I'm happy with the outcome. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
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written Saturday, June 24 2006 17:53
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There are few positions more favorable than being an extreme underdog going into a competition. If you lose, no one is upset, and you still get a great opportunity. Winning as a major underdog is, of course, the best feeling one can get in any competition. Unfotunately, most (but not all) underdogs are underdogs with good reason. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Inventions in General | |
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written Monday, June 19 2006 17:51
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quote:I don't know that we have the capability to distinguish different animals from one another. It is currently programmed to only shoot blue objects. But that's because the really good programmers aren't working on it. This robotics club does some serious stuff, such as the DARPA Grand Challenge, as well as national UAV, unmanned sub, and unmanned ground vehicle competions, where they have to recognize complex obstacles and avoid them. Our current simplistic setup works by taking the data from the camera and turning it into a 2D array of RGB values, the centroid of the blue values is found and the turret is moved until the centroid is in the center of the camera, which is aligned with the barrel of the gun. This is pretty much the most basic way imaginable to visually track something, and adjustments need to be made for situations where there are multiple objects in view, which confuses the above mentioned algorithm. I can't tell you much more than that, since I've been working on the mechanical side of the project. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
| Use A Debate Tactic Against Itself in General | |
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written Monday, June 19 2006 17:41
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I learned them in my mandatory college speech course, Intro to Technical Presentations. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, June 18 2006 21:27
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I can't believe that I forgot to mention it, but I invented a device to retrieve snacks that get caught in vending machines. I also do some work in a robotics lab, where I'm working on a automated paintball shooting tank. It autonomously tracks targets and shoots them. The robotics club intends to use it to control the squirrel population on campus. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |