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sidewkdik
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Posted: 30th May 2004 01:01
So like...we all have jobs here?

I do wounder though how you can possible code if:

A) You got a 5 week job

B) A G/F

C) Other hobbys

Or are you like me, addictive to the Laptop/Pc

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Zenincanin 14
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Posted: 30th May 2004 01:07
I'm hooked to the PC!

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Blazer
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Posted: 30th May 2004 01:08
A) I'm dog sitting over this summer

B) HA! HA! funny.

C) D&D, working on cars, and paintball

I discriminate against discriminating people....
DarkSin
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Posted: 30th May 2004 01:24
A) Working Water Line

B) Im really good friends with a girl but am leaving it as that for now

C) Besides DBP? Learning ASM :p


Neofish
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Posted: 30th May 2004 01:26
A) I have no job

B) Yes i have a gf

C) I have no time for other hobbies, ive repressed them


David T
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Posted: 30th May 2004 01:37
Quote: "So like...we all have jobs here?"


I'd say about 40% of people here do.

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Posted: 30th May 2004 01:42
hehe, I'm on a gap year earning money, so I not only earn money, I have all the time in the world to do whatever I want.

But anyway:
1) Working until July (That won't stop me coding before then)
2) No G/F at the moment
3) Most of my friends are at uni, so hobbies are on hold

Hmm, just sunk in. Methinks I'm a little too nerdy.
Saikoro
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Posted: 30th May 2004 01:43
A) lol

B) Of course

C) School(ya ya im a nerd), reading(Salvatore especially), guitar, piano, DnD, video games, college searching, conversing, and so much more

-Vash the Stampede

Need help? Ask me via email, msn, aim, or forums and Ill see what I can do.

Manticore Night
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Posted: 30th May 2004 02:07
A) Hurting people(acctually a paper route (but hey, those papers do some damage))

B) All the Girls try and kill me(can't take a joke).

C) Sleeping, Drawing, Cooking, Blowing stuff up, Reading, being an a$$hole, Trying to get a girlfreind.

Note: In retrospect, I'm not so much a nerd, just overly doped up.

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Gir
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Posted: 30th May 2004 02:39
A) just finished Uni, but have a job back where i live

B) My last girlfriend was kinda crazy and a pathalogical liar...so she had to go

C) Martial Arts, guitar, reading, socialising, lots of stuff.

I'm makin' a cake...
Night Giant
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Posted: 30th May 2004 02:45
Quote: "being an a$$hole, Trying to get a girlfreind."


i don't imagine those work well together. lol

oh, wow. insignificantpunks.cjb.net.
no: website for progs yet.
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Posted: 30th May 2004 03:28
A)No
B)No
C)Computer



CURRENT PROJECT: RETRO PAC-MAN
Shadow Robert
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Posted: 30th May 2004 03:37 Edited at: 30th May 2004 03:38
Q: You got a 5 week job
A: I believe the contract is for a damn sight longer than 5 weeks

Q: A G/F
A: Good Fridge? Giant Fwgwads? Oh i know it's Gravity divided by a Float ... well usually i believe that the equasion is something like

return as float = (Timer()/(9.8 + Object.CurrentSpeed))/(value as float=in.value)

but ofcourse you'd have to put it into a function else you'll get a casting error

Q: Other hobbys
A: yeah

Oraculaca
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Posted: 30th May 2004 03:50
Quote: "Or are you like me, addictive to the Laptop/Pc"

Yes my laptop often wakes from hibernation in a cold sweat, craving me.

Quote: "i believe that the equasion is something like..."

hmm or even equation?
Dave J
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Posted: 30th May 2004 04:28
Quote: "Q: You got a 5 week job
A: I believe the contract is for a damn sight longer than 5 weeks"


lol, I was about to say something about that myself.


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indi
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Posted: 30th May 2004 09:13
A) contract work for my own IT/Multimedia Business allows me to work less than 40 hours in some weeks but other 65hours.


B) have an X girlfriend, we are just friends now, perhaps a new gf is in the pipeline for me, just met someone nice. Cant stand women who dont let me work or I dont eat so they have to put up with my computer fanatacism. cyberchiks or geekgirls who are moderately to insanelyt cute would be a bonus.


C) cartooning / illustration / music / animation / 3d modelling,animation / body building / game programming / video editing.


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Jimmy
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Posted: 30th May 2004 11:51
A) Full time job.. is coding..

B)
Quote: "My last girlfriend was kinda crazy and a pathalogical liar...so she had to go"

Heh, my first and only was that way. I let her go, but she told all her friends that she let ME go and they believed her and hated me, but like I care.. buncha ho-downs...

C) Basketball and singing karaoke to Rico Suave

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Teh Go0rfmeister
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Posted: 30th May 2004 11:59
A) hopefully getting a job tomorrow. they aitn advertised job vacancies yet which means they might not have one.

B) dont have a gf, just get plutonic with everyone, more fun. as soon as i get into 6th form next september I'll try n get one on the first day there.

C) cycling (as u know), bmx-ing, most other sports, but to be honest, the main thing that gets in the way of coding is school.

jrowe
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Posted: 30th May 2004 13:36
A. Nah, too busy for a job at the moment with GCSEs and scool and stuff.

B. No, there's a girl I REALLY like ATM, she thinks I'm really witty and funny and I'd ask her but I've seen my reflection.

C. Mostly music, I listen to a lot more than is healthy, old and new. I like anything from Jimi Hendrix and John Mayall's Blues Breakers to Stone Roses and Coldplay. My parents are promising to buy me a proper guitar after my exams as well (YAY!!!). I'm also going to the V-festival this year. I haven't got much time at the moment but I play rugby in the Rugby Season, watch TV, muck about with my friends and lots of revision for school.


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Jess T
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Posted: 30th May 2004 13:53
A. Sure, I work Casual at the local supermarket Usually only once a week, but I did in my shoulder recently at Tennis, so I haven't been able to work for a few weeks

B. I *did* have a girlfriend, but I let her go because I didn't really like her... Then I started hitting it off with this girl at school, then she broke up with her boyfriend, her boyfriend tried to beat the living cr@p outta me, and now she hates me

C. Yep. Tennis, Squash, Partying ( usually once a month at least with all my friends at one of our houses ), Skating ( Skateboarding ), Masterb... I mean...


Jess.

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Well, Z, hopefully someone will unhook you soon, and we wont have to worry about you anymore


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Gir
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Posted: 30th May 2004 14:57 Edited at: 30th May 2004 14:58
Quote: "Heh, my first and only was that way. I let her go, but she told all her friends that she let ME go and they believed her and hated me, but like I care.. buncha ho-downs..."


Yeah man i know the feeling, but lucky for me most of my ex's friends kinda know me, and what my ex is like so they tend to believe me. Being an honest guy really pays off, much better than trying to manipulate ppl

I'm makin' a cake...
Dazzag
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Posted: 30th May 2004 20:11
Um... you don't. Just put in around 52 hours last week so I didn't have to work this week end (is a bank holiday in the UK). Now I have *no* intentions of doing any programming at the minute.

It used to be easier before house/mortgage etc. etc. etc.

Best I ever did was 156 hours overtime in one month, with one week getting 92 hours work (37.5 is standard non-overtime week). That was when I was in Dubai for a while, and managed to still get an hour or so here and there to play a football management game on a battered old 286. Tops. Also used to smoke then (was 25p a packet - cough) and went through about 60 a day. With the 99.9% of programming time and 0.1% lunch breaks (they deliver *everything* over there, even from next doors corner shop), I probably would of died of something or other if I was out there for more than 3 months. As it happens I bought my first car outright when I came back (and I had zilch in the account before I went). Double tops.

Cheers

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Benjamin
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Posted: 30th May 2004 20:13 Edited at: 30th May 2004 20:16
A) No.

B) No.

C) No. Wait, yes: making music, playing piano, taking long walks on the beach with Jimmy , talking to self, ect..

Projects in progress: Lerioonia, Crescent
Hamish McHaggis
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Posted: 30th May 2004 20:43
Didn't know you skated Jess . Now that's 2 people I know on the forums who do (you and Kenmo).

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ReD_eYe
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Posted: 30th May 2004 21:06
Theres more than that hamish, me for one. Then the guy who made the skateboarding game, quite a few other people. I haven't been for a while because of various injuries and laziness though

GameKit
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Posted: 30th May 2004 22:28 Edited at: 2nd Jun 2004 07:31
A) Work around the house... don't get paid however

B) I have many friends who are girls...

C) Programming, Soccer, Programming, AD&D, This Forum, Skateboarding, Programming, Balancing Objects, Programming, Video Games, Programming...

D) I wouldn't call it an addiction, more like a mental and social dependancy...

I skateboard also... or try... I can do a few good freestyle tricks...

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Jess T
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Posted: 30th May 2004 22:37
Yeah, I'm not the best skater out there... and I surely don't think I can pull off massive airs or anything like that... but I can do a few little things here and there, and that's enough to get me happy when I land something that's been bugging me all day

A few of my mates can skate alot better than me... Unfortunatly

Anyway, this is a bit off-topic, I'm going to sleep now...

Jess.

PS - I skate, surf, bodyboard, snowboard and ski, all pretty well ( snowboarding would have to be my strongest point though ).


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Posted: 31st May 2004 01:39
a) yeah - a full time ball-busting job
b) yeah - just bought a house together actually (aww)
c) c and b are mutually exclusive, so no.

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a) Yes, part-time, working a lot of hours though
b) Yup
c) Plenty, got the advantage that coding is one of them :~P

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Mattman
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Posted: 31st May 2004 02:50
a-no
b-my ex doesnt have any friends anymore, wait, 2, sorry
c-music
Hamish McHaggis
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Posted: 31st May 2004 03:26
Wow everyone skateboards, yeah I forgot about Drew, should have said him. I guess I'll answer the question now...

a) no
b) no
c) Skateboarding, basketball, but o' squash, TV (of course ), playstation (very rarely), eating, music, drinking... probably some other stuff, I dunno.

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Posted: 31st May 2004 04:25
Heh-heh! Fun question!

A) Yes, profession is listed as "Bum--a.k.a. author."

B) No; divorced my last, looking to shoot the next one on sight.

C) Yes & No. Love pool, dining, dancing and drinking. Actual hobbies; exploring the dictionary, finding events in history I can steal for new ideas, and playing alone in the dark.

D) (though not asked) Love my 'puter, programming, writing, chatting and teaching. Also enjoy most forms of entertainment, and read a lot.

Any truly great code should be indisguishable from magic.
Yian
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Posted: 31st May 2004 05:40
Hey guys couldn't get any sleep so I came over for a while.
A)I am at school,but I won't finish it or I may finish it with 'D's.
I consider myself unemployed.
B)Nope.I'm not very popular...
C)I am a computer psycho.I try to avoid coding but somehow I always find myself trying to solve a coding prob.I want to learn Asm but..well it's hard to get into.

I gots to go.
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Posted: 31st May 2004 09:40
Job: Yes, manager at mexican take out food joint (Daddios).

Girlfriend: Yes, fairly new (only 3 months), so a lot of my time is taken with her.

Hobbys: Yes, many, right now making alot of progress on Free-Fire in school. Alot of time is also being taken by our Porsche car project. (100hp 4cyl swapped to a 375hp v8, mmmm *drool*)

The only reason I'm making progress on the game is because I receive credit for it in school.

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Posted: 31st May 2004 10:40
A) Yes im currently a plumber, have been for 10 years now.
Usually work 48 hour weeks sometimes more if the work is there.
And ps. No i don't let my a22 crack hang out.

B) Nope, after living with my ex of 3 years and one year in a one
room apt i went insane.

C) Collecting horror movies, playing any console or pc game (time
permitting), and skateboarding which i really only do once in a
great while, due to work but i enjoy street and mini half,hate
vert, enjoy 3D Graphics, web design, and programming aswell.
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Posted: 31st May 2004 12:34
A) will start a new job as a bouncer, hopefully.($50-$70 for 5 hours)
B) full time student (all summer too)
C) GF (umm, 2 or 3 of em I think )
D) skating, skating, recovering, skating.

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Posted: 31st May 2004 13:34
John Darkeye,

ASM is good, but not the be-all or do-all one would suppose. With tools like DB, I'd frankly forego ASM for the modern stuff. (This from an ASM programmer for alomost 20 years.) Believe me, ASM is dead in this day & age, and though ASM is a good learning tool it's also hardly worth the effort anymore. There are too many "particulars" one must allow for and deal with in most ASM programs, making the code for one machine nearly impossible to move to another. (As my own Forth compiler will attest.)

DB seems a good way to bridge the gap in my opinion, such that I look forward to exploring its depths with enthusiasm and interest. It has been a long time since I've found a compiler that warrants this emotion in me, yet DB seems to be the ticket!

If you'd care to discuss ASM I can certainly accomodate you, but DB is my subject matter here...

S.

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a) Drumming.. Teaching mainly today (still). Growing to enjoy it

b) I'm between potential ex-girl friends at this time

c) coding I guess.

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a) Yes, part time helpin my dad with his business while college is out

b) Yes, she's awesome+very busy so it gives me pleanty of time to code

c) There are other hobbies?

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A) Yes its called being unemployed and I am working hard at it. im actually recently unemployed and looking for work again

B) Yes her name is palmila and she helps me loads with everything (shes a smart girl).. She also has a twin sister. but im faithful to her.. She likes pr0n movies. All in all the perfect girlfriend

C)Playing around with electronics. Networking and random stuff, Guitar, Shooting. Women (including palmila )

If no one has got it yet damn your slow

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Quote: "If no one has got it yet damn your slow"

*thinks*...

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I'm still in high school. So I guess I have it easy eh? Then again, I'm not the type who likes getting grades below 90, so it's kinda like work too. And I have not spoken to any girls other than my mom, or relatives, etc. so you get the picture. Other hobbies, well... no, because everything about the PC is so much fun, except when it begins to slowdown and whatnot...

So it's safe to say that... I suck. lol

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Posted: 1st Jun 2004 18:11 Edited at: 1st Jun 2004 18:14
Quote: "And I have not spoken to any girls other than my mom, or relatives, etc. so you get the picture."

meh nothing special they are just annoying and you have to watch what you say alot and you have to make sure you dont catch them on their "Special time of the month" and then you get the annoying ones who are all like "My mate fancies you hehehehehehe" and you like "uh huh! the fat one?" and they get all bitchy at you and YOU become the bad person but they generally grow out of that stage when they hit 18... although i am starting to doubt that.

they are very ignorant spieces and abit dumb to the world...

but suppose there HAS to be something bad about them

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A.) Yes. Quality Assurance at the moment, but occasional opportunities for programming.

B.) My "player" days are over, so now I'm engaged. Ah well...

C.) Writing music on my Gameboy, drinking coffee, movies, foosball, walking, writing music on my Gameboy, listening to live bands, and did I mention writing music on my Gameboy?

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How do you write music on your GB? I could really use that.
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I heard about the GB player in MacLean's. Were would I get one.

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A) For the next month, I am between jobs and uni, and its time to kick back.

B) And for the next week, and then 6 weeks after that, my girlfriend is in Hongkong, which means all the time to myself I need. That said and done, she actively enourages me to make games, and so long as she's got something to do when she's round my place, I can make games while she does something else. How f*cking lucky am I?!?!

C) Actually, most of my other time consuming hobbies take a back seat at the moment. No time to write music, practice break, or anything else after I've done the stuff I need to do, and then carry on with dbp. Doesnt matter tho, as game making is my main hobby, and the most enjoyable.

Quote: "Or are you like me, addictive to the Laptop/Pc"


Actually, no, I've really started hating computers, and the internet etc. I only like what can be achieved. As for messing around with computers, I really am not interested anymore. Just after results.

Kain
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Newbi, what is her twin sister's name? Leftina?

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Posted: 3rd Jun 2004 02:11 Edited at: 3rd Jun 2004 02:11
Quote: " How do you write music on your GB? I could really use that."


I use Little Sound DJ (LSDJ)-- I purchased the ROM and sent it to a blank GB cartridge with my Bung Xchanger. It's cool--- it's like a little music sequencer that's great for live shows! Retro sounds! I just got it a few days ago so if I make anything good I'll post it on the forum!

EDIT: LSDJ website link --> http://www.littlesounddj.com/

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thanks!

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