Profile for Khoth
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| Displayed name | Khoth |
| Member number | 67 |
| Title | Post Navel Trauma ^_^ |
| Postcount | 1798 |
| Homepage | http://khoth.ath.cx/~khoth/ |
| Registered | Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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| Bosses in VotDT? in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, March 19 2004 01:34
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I had to skip the altered beast, but I managed to take out the platebug queen. I can't remember exactly, but I think I ignored her spawn as much as possible, and went right for her, with bless and haste on all the time. And don't forget about scrolls/wands/potions. I used invulnerability potions for several of the nastier battles in Za-Khazi and DipDead, certainly. -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. desperance.net - Don't follow this link Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Developer's Update (March, 2004) in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, March 11 2004 22:46
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Yes, but you shouldn't come close to hitting it. -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. desperance.net - Don't follow this link Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| When will it come out? in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, March 8 2004 23:23
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It'll be released when it's ready :P -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. desperance.net - Don't follow this link Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Developer's Update in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, March 8 2004 23:21
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I'd guess it got lost in the post or something. -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. New Mac BoE Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Missiles/Abilities in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Sunday, March 7 2004 04:20
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I think the general idea is that if you want a mage to toss a firebolt, you use the "bolt of fire" spell. I suppose you could make a missile weapon with no base damage but bonus fire damage. -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. desperance.net - Don't follow this link Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, March 6 2004 23:37
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quote:I should certainly hope so. -------------------- Grammar wenches beware: This is the house that the malt that the rat that the cat that the dog that the cow that the maiden that the man that the priest that the cock that the farmer kept waked married kissed milked tossed worried killed ate lay in. My Website BoA BetterEditor for MacOS X desperance.net - Leave your sanity at the door Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, March 6 2004 23:31
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Java from the browser - if you have to rely on a security hole in a web browser to copy protect your software, you are going the wrong way. Java is compiled to bytecode, and variable names are often left intact. A decompiler like JAD can produce very readable code. I have been on an ISP with dialup. My IP changed. So did the DNS. One day I would have 121.289.23.34 which resolved to modem34.isp.com, another day I might have 121.289.23.13 which resolved to modem13.isp.com in DNS. These things to change for many people, even if they don't change for you. -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. New Mac BoE Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, March 6 2004 14:07
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People on broadband generally have vaguely static IPs. People on dialup don't (and on dialup MAC addresses are not used). If the IP address changes, so will the name it resolves to with DNS. Anyway, suppose I have an IP address that doesn't resolve to anything by DNS? Java run locally might be able to change the hard disk contents. Java that a web browser downloads and runs cannot, unless its security model is completely broken. No decent web browser allows it. And if you're going to run it just locally, why use Java instead of a language that can't be trivially decompiled? -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. New Mac BoE Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, March 6 2004 09:22
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I still don't understand what you mean by checking DNS. How could Spiderweb tell what DNS server(s) I am using? Anyway, I can use whatever I want for DNS. If I wanted, I could use a public DNS, or set up my own. As for the Java, I think for security reasons Java running on a web page can't change things on disk. -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. New Mac BoE Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, March 6 2004 04:54
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I think the current system is that the program generates a serial number from some property of the hardware, and you need the corresponding registration code, generated by some secret algorithm, to register it. I imagine that if you change computer, you have to ask for a new registration code. I think this achieves everything you could do by mucking about with Java. Incidentally, people on dialup often have a different IP address each time, resolving to different things on DNS. (Often they end up with names along the lines of modemXXX.isp.com ). It's probably less relevant now than it used to be, but shareware is often distributed on magazine CDs, and requiring a download would stop that happening (and also annoy people like me who want to download it on a fast connection then transfer it over a LAN to a different computer) -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. New Mac BoE Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, March 6 2004 03:00
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If you just have to replace something with a NOP to make it run, why do you think people would not do so without your permission? I have no idea what you mean about the Java program and so on, but as Thuryl pointed out it is not a good idea to limit the program to one computer. -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. New Mac BoE Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, March 3 2004 16:25
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I'm pretty sure she means pay the price. I'm not certain, but I think the idea is that sex the first time can be distinctly unspecial for the woman. -------------------- Grammar wenches beware: This is the house that the malt that the rat that the cat that the dog that the cow that the maiden that the man that the priest that the cock that the farmer kept waked married kissed milked tossed worried killed ate lay in. My Website desperance.net - Leave your sanity at the door Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, March 3 2004 16:22
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I'm paraphrasing someone on another board whose name escapes me, but I get the impression she knows what she's talking about: "Have lots of sex before marriage, so you know how to make your honeymoon really special." [ Wednesday, March 03, 2004 16:23: Message edited by: Khoth ] -------------------- Grammar wenches beware: This is the house that the malt that the rat that the cat that the dog that the cow that the maiden that the man that the priest that the cock that the farmer kept waked married kissed milked tossed worried killed ate lay in. My Website desperance.net - Leave your sanity at the door Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, March 3 2004 16:01
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quote:I think he was talking about the Priestess of the Moon. I think he also doesn't know how to disrupt a channelling spell. -------------------- Grammar wenches beware: This is the house that the malt that the rat that the cat that the dog that the cow that the maiden that the man that the priest that the cock that the farmer kept waked married kissed milked tossed worried killed ate lay in. My Website desperance.net - Leave your sanity at the door Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, March 3 2004 09:36
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If you are happy to have sex before marriage, you won't marry just for sex. So the "marrying for sex" problem outlined by some people will be far more likely to happen to the people who go on about abstinence. -------------------- Grammar wenches beware: This is the house that the malt that the rat that the cat that the dog that the cow that the maiden that the man that the priest that the cock that the farmer kept waked married kissed milked tossed worried killed ate lay in. My Website desperance.net - Leave your sanity at the door Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Developer's Update in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Tuesday, March 2 2004 00:46
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Main program - No. Scenarios that come with the game - No. Other scenarios - Only if the designer decides to make it in another language. If BoE is anything to go by, another No. -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. New Mac BoE Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 29 2004 08:54
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Age - 20 Gender - Male Sexual orientation - See above Marital status - See above Highest educational degree completed - Currently at university City/metropolitan area where you live - Currently, Cambridge, but subject to change as soon as term ends Racial/ethnic origin - Eskimo Nationality - British First/primary language - English Religion - None How long you've been a Spiderwebber - About 5 years Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo - Ask me again in 50 years. -------------------- Grammar wenches beware: This is the house that the malt that the rat that the cat that the dog that the cow that the maiden that the man that the priest that the cock that the farmer kept waked married kissed milked tossed worried killed ate lay in. My Website desperance.net - Leave your sanity at the door Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 29 2004 08:48
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The Room 3 idiots are all Spidwebbers. -------------------- Grammar wenches beware: This is the house that the malt that the rat that the cat that the dog that the cow that the maiden that the man that the priest that the cock that the farmer kept waked married kissed milked tossed worried killed ate lay in. My Website desperance.net - Leave your sanity at the door Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 29 2004 07:46
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There already is one. It's called "AIM". Just make up a chat name and say you'll be there. Anyway, I think no admins is a bad thing. If you have more than about five people in a room, it becomes inane and stupid, and the idiots need to be /kicked. Or, for AIM, the nonidiots can effortlessly make another room for themselves and not tell the idiots. Room 3 was an AIM chatroom that often got used, until all the idiots found out about it. [ Sunday, February 29, 2004 07:48: Message edited by: Khoth ] -------------------- Grammar wenches beware: This is the house that the malt that the rat that the cat that the dog that the cow that the maiden that the man that the priest that the cock that the farmer kept waked married kissed milked tossed worried killed ate lay in. My Website desperance.net - Leave your sanity at the door Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 00:04
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I think the original "purpose" (in quote marks because it wasn't planned and there was no intelligence deciding it) was procreation, but it turned out to be multifunctional and good for anything from a lasting loving relationship to cheap thrills. -------------------- Grammar wenches beware: This is the house that the malt that the rat that the cat that the dog that the cow that the maiden that the man that the priest that the cock that the farmer kept waked married kissed milked tossed worried killed ate lay in. My Website desperance.net - Leave your sanity at the door Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| vahnatai? (cant spell) in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, February 27 2004 23:55
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No, yes, by hacking the game's graphics files. Artistic ability would be useful. (Your spelling was correct in the subject line, but not in the post) [ Friday, February 27, 2004 23:57: Message edited by: Khoth ] -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. desperance.net - Don't follow this link Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Pets? in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, February 26 2004 13:14
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I think it would be possible to make a Xian Skull in BoA. Why you would want to is a different, harder, question. -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. New Mac BoE Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 25 2004 13:06
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Personally, I am impressed by the general standard of Finn here. But then, I am generally thought of as insane in my own nice way. -------------------- Grammar wenches beware: This is the house that the malt that the rat that the cat that the dog that the cow that the maiden that the man that the priest that the cock that the farmer kept waked married kissed milked tossed worried killed ate lay in. My Website desperance.net - Leave your sanity at the door Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 22 2004 14:30
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In my experience, UBB is the worst messageboard at keeping track of which posts I have read. -------------------- Grammar wenches beware: This is the house that the malt that the rat that the cat that the dog that the cow that the maiden that the man that the priest that the cock that the farmer kept waked married kissed milked tossed worried killed ate lay in. My Website desperance.net - Leave your sanity at the door Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, February 21 2004 01:08
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I'm probably thinking of things like the GNU GPL. If you sell a GPLed program to someone, they can give it away for free to as many people as they want, as far as I can see. I imagine the point of open-sourcing the editor would be to allow people to improve its interface. It would be difficult-to-impossible to restrict the distribution of modified versions to people who had bought the original, so there is not really any point in restricting the code to people who bought the original. After all, you can't make a playable scenario without owning the game (For evidence of this, see BoE) -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. New Mac BoE Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |