Bay 12 Games Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.

Messages - Sirus

Pages: 1 ... 2312 2313 [2314] 2315 2316 ... 2462
34696
General Discussion / Re: if self.isCoder(): post() #Programming Thread
« on: February 16, 2012, 07:49:05 pm »
Yes, main() is a function, but you could put an entire program in there and it would work. We're adding functions for accepting user input, then sending that data to another function to do calculations, sending the results to yet another function for an if-then-else tree, and finally sending it to one more function to print the results. It's stupidly over-complicated right now, and it's pissing me off that so many of my classmates seem to get it right away while I'm still copying whatever works from previous assignments. Which invariably seem to stop working despite being identical data types and fulling similar functions.
</mini-rant>

34697
General Discussion / Re: if self.isCoder(): post() #Programming Thread
« on: February 16, 2012, 07:38:40 pm »
In that case, I wish my C teacher had held off on teaching functions until we had a better grasp of the basics  ::)

34698
General Discussion / Re: if self.isCoder(): post() #Programming Thread
« on: February 16, 2012, 07:19:11 pm »
In a strange case of coherence, both my Java and my C classes started working on if-else statements today. Is it odd that I understand them far easier then I do functions?

34699
General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: February 16, 2012, 07:15:48 pm »
That was chuckle/groan worthy  :D

34700
General Discussion / Re: [>゜))))彡] [>゜))))彡]The fish has been doubled! (Happy Thread)
« on: February 16, 2012, 07:14:35 pm »
Quote from: Pnx on February 16, 2012, 07:12:32 pm
Like how the balloon, the telegraph, the train, and the steamboat have all been proclaimed to annihilate time and space.
What.

34701
General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: February 16, 2012, 07:10:17 pm »
Glee is playing in the other room, someone is singing some Whitny Houston song.

Kill me. Now. It'd be a mercy compared to the blood streaming out of my ears.

34702
Other Games / Re: How did you last *own*?
« on: February 16, 2012, 06:42:47 pm »
War dogs are awesome. Plain and simple. The only real downside is that you can't control them once released.

34703
DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: A compromise for the undead
« on: February 16, 2012, 02:35:00 am »
Quote from: Niccolo on February 16, 2012, 02:28:52 am
Quote from: Sirus on February 16, 2012, 02:19:44 am
I had the idea that perhaps undead revivals could be linked to seasons. In summer, undead would take longer to revive, and there'd be a decent chance of them staying dead for good. In winter, on the other hand, the undead would be reviving far more frequently (perhaps even more frequently than they do now) and there'd be almost no chance for them to not "wake up". Spring and fall, of course, would be a middle ground. This way, players would be able to prepare a place to "hole up" and survive the undead apocalypse that would erupt every winter, and have a chance to clean up the inevitable messes every summer.

This idea could be further extended, too - Like you said, when they're killed there could be a chance of them reviving depending on the season... Potentially the method of killing should matter too?

IE: Death by artifact weapon could potentially keep 'em dead, death by drowning/freezing virtually guarantees they come back pissed off and something like the only surefire way to kill them is to burn them.

I've never met a zombie that liked fire.
I don't think the undead can drown, and I haven't yet been able to use fire as a weapon outside of adventurer mode. Magma of course simply melts everything.

34704
General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: February 16, 2012, 02:32:29 am »
Well, it got me pretty good, until I started digging around. But yeah, the Onion is better.

34705
DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: A compromise for the undead
« on: February 16, 2012, 02:19:44 am »
I had the idea that perhaps undead revivals could be linked to seasons. In summer, undead would take longer to revive, and there'd be a decent chance of them staying dead for good. In winter, on the other hand, the undead would be reviving far more frequently (perhaps even more frequently than they do now) and there'd be almost no chance for them to not "wake up". Spring and fall, of course, would be a middle ground. This way, players would be able to prepare a place to "hole up" and survive the undead apocalypse that would erupt every winter, and have a chance to clean up the inevitable messes every summer.

34706
Creative Projects / Re: Pokemon Orthoclase & Microcline: Striking the ROM! (In a productive way)
« on: February 15, 2012, 11:52:17 pm »
Do you need to use all 16 colors? In my mind, doing more with less is good art sense. Plus it looks just fine the way it is.

34707
General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: February 15, 2012, 10:50:57 pm »
Double-post, sorry.

Did the person who linked to Free Wood Post know that this was a satire website, like the Onion? At least I hope it's satire and not just malicious lies/batshit insanity, because they have stories like "Michelle Bachman melts when water is spilled on her" and "Newt Gingrich offers to convert to Judaism after the election". Pretty sure we been trolled, guys.

34708
General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: February 15, 2012, 10:39:29 pm »
Another thing: The linked website (Free Wood Post) makes a mention that a group called "Code Pink" are planning protests. There's nothing I can see on a quick sojurn through the Code Pink website. No alerts, no tweets, no nothing.

34709
General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: February 15, 2012, 10:32:20 pm »
You know, looking at a couple other sources (a Nebraska newspaper and a Democrat website), they don't make any mention of the "women are mentally ill" thing. However, he did imply that not going to war in the Middle East would have resulted in all of us speaking Arabic now, and claimed that Christians have never conquered or governed anyone (unlike Muslims). I'll keep checking.

ETA: Something I just noticed, both of the sources I found were from Dec 2011, while the linked article implies that it happened today or just recently. I never thought I would defend this guy, but I'm not entirely sure he said this.

34710
General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: February 15, 2012, 10:20:45 pm »
Quote from: dhokarena56 on February 15, 2012, 10:15:27 pm
I just don't know what to say. I really don't.
What the fuck?! What...the fuck?! What..the..fu-u-*cries*

Oh god, just when I thought Santorum could not get any more out there, he does this. I don't think he actually wants the presidency after all :/

Pages: 1 ... 2312 2313 [2314] 2315 2316 ... 2462