Come, Join the Geek Side. October 19th

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:28 pm

* A t-shirt for Wayfarer.*

"I live in my own little world....
but it's Okay...
Everybody knows me here."

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:51 pm

Sharuuk wrote:
shyal_malkes wrote:*growls*I am not a nerd
Hee, hee, hee...yeah, ya are

Yes that was the movie with Matthew Brodrick, Ally Sheedy, and Dabny Coleman to name a few.

It was the master computer (W.O.P.R.) supposedly in the NORAD complex in Cheyenne Mountain.

And I don't remember what the acronym was....I'm guessing at War Operations Plan and Response.

S'aaruuk

What if there were a m

Wayfarer · Post by **Wayfarer** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:28 pm

Sharuuk wrote:* A t-shirt for Wayfarer.*

"I live in my own little world....
but it's Okay...
Everybody knows me here."

I almost finished the reference, but then I thought - "No, I'll wait and see how long it takes for somebody else to bring it up."
Nope, not long at all.

And hey, it's true - in my own little world everybody does know me. It's so nice.

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:13 pm

[quote="Squeaky Bunny"]What if there were a m

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:25 pm

Wayfarer wrote:"No, I'll wait and see how long it takes for somebody else to bring it up."
Nope, not long at all.

Nope.....not long a t'ALL!!!

S'aaruuk

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:13 am

War Operation Planned Response, I love that movie. I have it on DVD, watch it all the time. I would say it was one of those movies that really got me into computers.

Colossus: The Forbiddn Project was another classic.

Now I have to go back to work on my new project, the new and improved MCP.

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:47 am

SolidusRaccoon wrote:Now I have to go back to work on my new project, the new and improved MCP.

Great.....now I gotta go dig up Tron and upgrade him.....

Shyal_malkes · Post by **Shyal_malkes** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:17 am

just make a BASIC program that has the line "KILL C:\*.*" in it, I've never tried it myself but I imagine the results would be, well... don't try it at home, or work either, if it works you won't like the results

(KILL is the command in BASIC to delete a file)

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:25 am

shyal_malkes wrote:just make a BASIC program that has the line "KILL C:\*.*" in it, I've never tried it myself but I imagine the results would be, well... don't try it at home, or work either, if it works you won't like the results

(KILL is the command in BASIC to delete a file)

Now don't get me started.....you're doin' it again.......this is just the kind of things nerds have right on tap...right off the top of their heads that they can rattle off without a seconds thought.

S'aaruuk

Fusion · Post by **Fusion** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:17 pm

I don't know about that, but I like this kill command more!

http://www.herdthinners.com/index.phtml ... t=19951127

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:01 pm

fusion wrote:I don't know about that, but I like this kill command more!
http://www.herdthinners.com/index.phtml ... t=19951127

To sleep....perchance to dream...BWAAHAAHAAHAAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

S'aaruuk

The JAM · Post by **The JAM** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:19 pm

Was there ever a character named "Troff"?

Shyal_malkes · Post by **Shyal_malkes** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:14 am

well Sharuuk, how else is someone supposed to try and build a videogame without learning some code? I had to teach myself BASIC usning nothing but reference with other BASIC programs and the QBASIC (the Q stands for "quick") index. most of what I learned I don't even remember anymore but some of the funny stuff never leaves you.

the only game I made and I can't even find it anymore.

CasVeg · Post by **CasVeg** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:46 pm

I programmed my TI-81 to do 3D wireframes.

I also wrote a program to help me solve (and further abstract) a mathematical problem presented in a magazine article. The program worked with pointers to pointers to objects containing pointers to integers.

Yeah, I went pretty much pointer crazy. Would you believe it worked after only a couple of tries?

Shyal_malkes · Post by **Shyal_malkes** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:44 pm

I would actually, the more you get your mind into what you want and how to get it to work the less pit stops along the way you have to make and the faster it goes.

Fusion · Post by **Fusion** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:40 am

CasVeg wrote:I programmed my TI-81 to do 3D wireframes.

I also wrote a program to help me solve (and further abstract) a mathematical problem presented in a magazine article. The program worked with pointers to pointers to objects containing pointers to integers.

Yeah, I went pretty much pointer crazy. Would you believe it worked after only a couple of tries?

I'm impressed! Probobly the best program I made on my TI-83plus could solve equasions with imaginary numbers.

Wayfarer · Post by **Wayfarer** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:35 am

I drew pictures on my TI-83...

Hey, they were decent pictures.

*...wonders where in the various piles of papers around her desk the thing is buried...*

Mwalimu · Post by **Mwalimu** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:59 am

I recently read a blog where they asked readers to recount the nerdiest thing they've ever done. My favorite was from a father who had bought his son a hamster as a birthday present. They noticed that the hamster spent many hours each night running on its wheel and wondered how far it ran each night. Not content to leave the question hanging, they actually rigged up a bicycle odometer to the hamster wheel, and after a few nights were able to determine that it ran between two and three miles each night.

Madmoonie · Post by **Madmoonie** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:36 am

What you cin is what cout....

That was supposed to be a pun, but it has been so long since my programming class I forgot all the codes.

Fusion · Post by **Fusion** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:53 am

mwalimu wrote:I recently read a blog where they asked readers to recount the nerdiest thing they've ever done. My favorite was from a father who had bought his son a hamster as a birthday present. They noticed that the hamster spent many hours each night running on its wheel and wondered how far it ran each night. Not content to leave the question hanging, they actually rigged up a bicycle odometer to the hamster wheel, and after a few nights were able to determine that it ran between two and three miles each night.

Actualy, unless they took into account the difference in diamiter, that is way off. I read that a hampster can run up to eight miles a night on its wheel. I've had several hampsters, and I can tell you they run faster than we walk.