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Anyone with insane relatives? in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
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Member # 5091
 written Wednesday, December 8 2004 19:30 Profile #23
Take, for example, Zyprexa, which I was on for some time. All of the doctors told me that it was great, a modern psychatric superdrug with only minor side effects.

I gained maybe 50 pounds. Zyprexa's side effects include marked weight gain. In addition to this, it's turning out that it also increases the chance of developing diabetes to no small degree, even when the weight gain is taken into account. This is bad for me, since I have a pretty strong family history of diabetes.

Luckily, I'm off it now -- but it reversed about two years of prudent diet. Even the most moderate antipsychotics are pretty powerful stuff.

Admittedly, my opinion of antipsychotics and mental hospitals is biased. I was thrown against my will into a psych ward for about a week. Only my constant complaining and the persuasive intervention of my brother kept me from staying in for the full 6+ week program. While I was in there, I seriously saw a "violent" (read: he was upset about being forcibly ordered to his room for, if I recall correctly, saying a bad word) patient held down and injected in the buttock with some sort of drug.

Psych wards aren't a big campfire sing-along where people get along and hold hands. (In fact, all physical contact is strictly forbidden.) They're populated with everyone from the mildly depressed and suicidal to real nutjobs like me. (Since I was accused of being "violent", "suicidal", and "resisting medication", none of which I was, they put me in a particularly spartan room with a big fat lovely camera in one corner.)

(By the way, my psychosis was treated by going after its root cause, bipolar disorder. Mileage may vary.)

EDIT: And from personal experience, I can say the two things that you shouldn't be with a person in mental disarray are condescending or confrontational. They don't have control of how they are, so no use challenging them over it; on the other hand, they're not stupid, so no reason to talk down to them.

The most annoying thing in the psych ward was the way the staff, to a person, treated you like you were either belligerent or dangerous. They were either in "authority" or "de-escalation" mode, and it was impossible to reason with them.

In general, psych staff have been conditioned to assume anything you say is a result of delusion or a lie. For example, I had to individually convince each staff member that I was a vegetarian. (Literally. A number of them were skeptical and I had to refer them to other staff so they could be sure I was being "consistent.")

The default mode of these people is to treat you like the world's most violent, irrational, and dishonest person, and to anyone with an inkling of self-respect, such an environment is absolutely unbearable. (Which, by the way, is purposeful. They make it crappy inside so you'll jump through hoops to get outside. And, of course, once you're outside, maybe you'll stop taking your drugs.)

[ Wednesday, December 08, 2004 19:42: Message edited by: The Dog And Pony Show ]
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Avernum 4 in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Wednesday, December 8 2004 08:36 Profile #213
quote:
Originally written by Stupid NEwbie Man:

But since we're on a spree, I believe it should be "Remove the beam from your eye before removing the mote from his." :P
Were you dropped as a child or something? That's the most meaninglessly pedantic correction I've ever seen -- and probably not even correct.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Sound the bells... in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
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Member # 5091
 written Tuesday, December 7 2004 15:26 Profile #29
Once I finish my contract for FolioToGo, that will be a very good option for free image hosting.
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Personality Disorder Test, yes, again. in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Tuesday, December 7 2004 15:23 Profile #37
Paranoid: Low
Schizoid: Low
Schizotypal: Moderate
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: High
Narcissistic: Moderate
Avoidant: Low
Dependent: Low
Obsessive-Compulsive: High

This isn't surprising to me whatsoever.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Avernum 4 in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Tuesday, December 7 2004 11:52 Profile #198
The limit of the probability of me wearing pants as the number of posts in this topic approaches infinity is zero.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Avernum 4 in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Monday, December 6 2004 18:41 Profile #187
quote:
Originally written by 2disbetter:


For those of you getting your panties all in a not, you should seriously consider that this post is probably not the root of your problem, but the fact that you have forgotten whether your a male or female.
IMAGE(http://djur.desperance.net/img/jerkcity/pants-crying.png)

Looks like the short bus came by again.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Sound the bells... in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Monday, December 6 2004 08:14 Profile #5
I wish you a life of dull, dreary, and interminable servitude under the heavy chains of holy matrimony.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Anyone with insane relatives? in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Sunday, December 5 2004 21:57 Profile #1
Does it count if, uh, we're actually insane ourselves?
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Avernum/Exile in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Sunday, December 5 2004 07:30 Profile #42
Definitely. That is, if it made any sense or was in any way clever.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Avernum/Exile in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Saturday, December 4 2004 22:22 Profile #39
Someone has a major context issue.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Avernum/Exile in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Saturday, December 4 2004 07:51 Profile #35
quote:
Originally written by -08:

[quote=[b]Djur]
If Avernum was Exile, I'd like it.
:D :D :D [/b][/quote]You imbecile.

The point of my statement is that you, in essence, said you liked Avernum's graphics, but you'd like Exile's graphics if they were Avernum's graphics. (If they weren't 2-D, to be specific.)

It's like saying you'd like onions if they tasted like pineapple. It's an absurd and irrelevant observation. You said it. I didn't.

CONSIDER YOURSELF A WEATHER BALLOON

[ Saturday, December 04, 2004 07:55: Message edited by: The Dog And Pony Show ]
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plils from zaier in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Friday, December 3 2004 22:13 Profile #45
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Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Avernum/Exile in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Friday, December 3 2004 08:56 Profile #28
quote:
Originally written by -08:

If Exile was Avernum, I'd like it.
Fixed your typo.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Avernum 4 in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Wednesday, December 1 2004 21:31 Profile #178
It has nothing to do whatsoever with the quality of art. Exile's art is pretty good for what it is. It matches the atmosphere.

I agree with Cav in that Avernum's graphics make it difficult to take it seriously. I think that was my main problem with the series -- the more "realistic" graphics actually made it harder to suspend disbelief. Perhaps a parallel to the Uncanny Valley could be made.

I find it extremely difficult to distinguish, say, Vahnatai from each other in Avernum. In Exile, different types of monsters were vividly differentiated -- hell, you could see the armaments they wielded with much better clarity.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again -- iso-3D sacrifices a good amount of detail by using precious pixels on perspective. That's why I concentrate on 2D gaming exclusively. If I ever move to iso-3D graphics, they will be large and high-resolution, rather than the undifferentiated blobs that make up Avernum's graphics.
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Conflict with Avernum future Storyline in Blades of Avernum
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Wednesday, December 1 2004 16:00 Profile #2
If Avernum 4 is not up to snuff, it can simply be ignored and barred from canon.

If it's a prequel, especially, it can be retconned out of existence.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Tell me if you like programming. . . in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Thursday, November 25 2004 17:58 Profile #61
OO without polymorphism is like sex without testicles. Sure it's possible, but why bother?
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Tell me if you like programming. . . in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Thursday, November 25 2004 13:48 Profile #58
It seems RB has some OO features, but I can't tell. Does it do duck typing? Polymorphism?

In addition, how are its structures? Does it have a 'foreach' style iterative loop? Does it have iterators or generators, for that matter? Closures? Does it do generics?
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Tell me if you like programming. . . in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Thursday, November 25 2004 13:29 Profile #56
The main problem with RB is that it's saddled with a big, nasty, statically-linked runtime.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Avernum 4 in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Wednesday, November 24 2004 19:22 Profile #134
quote:
Originally written by -08:

Lol. I didnt mean it like that :P
It'd just be cool to do a, you know, "avernum in the future" thing, like see how it is hundreds of years later.
It'd also be cool to give slum dwellers Ebola to see how they react. But we don't DO THAT, do we?
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Avernum 4 in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Tuesday, November 23 2004 21:58 Profile #121
Also a porn star.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Tell me if you like programming. . . in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Tuesday, November 23 2004 13:47 Profile #47
quote:
Originally written by Lemon-Flavoured Oracle:

If I'm supposed to listen to you, why don't I just do Visual Basic and be done with it.

And I don't like Java's filename enforcement.
I don't even like Java. I'm just stating facts.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Suggestions for Geneforge 3 in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Tuesday, November 23 2004 13:44 Profile #25
Go play Doom III, you vulgarian buffoon.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
Tell me if you like programming. . . in General
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Tuesday, November 23 2004 06:54 Profile #43
> Why would you want to, though, when there's
> something more powerful like C around.
"More powerful" has no innate meaning in programming languages. When it comes to raw logic, there's nothing that C can do that Javascript can't. The only thing that makes C more "powerful" is the fact that it's sort of a lingua franca -- most system libraries are written in it.
However, most of those libraries can be bound to other languages. When you do that, you can then take advantage of the system-level access of C while garnering the benefits of a high-level, safe language.

> Can you hook onto ("take over") other (Win32) applications in Java?
> Come to think of it, can you do that in Linux variants.
Yes, if a suitable automation system (COM, etc.) is present. Anything C can do, Java can do.
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OK, folks, looks like I can port my tools to a Mac... in Blades of Avernum Editor
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Monday, November 22 2004 09:26 Profile #39
Um, part of that decision is the decision whether REALbasic is sufficient. You said as much.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00
OK, folks, looks like I can port my tools to a Mac... in Blades of Avernum
EDWARD, HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Warrior
Member # 5091
 written Monday, November 22 2004 09:26 Profile #39
Um, part of that decision is the decision whether REALbasic is sufficient. You said as much.
Posts: 180 | Registered: Friday, October 15 2004 07:00

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