[05:57] Join: imrahil joined #corewars [09:11] Join: fiveop joined #corewars [10:35] Join: fiveop_ joined #corewars [10:39] MSG: Ping timeout: 252 seconds [11:00] Join: Mizcu joined #corewars [11:00] MSG: Client Quit [11:00] Join: Mizcu joined #corewars [11:37] MSG: Ping timeout: 252 seconds [12:33] Join: datagram joined #corewars [12:43] MSG: Ping timeout: 252 seconds [13:08] MSG: Ping timeout: 252 seconds [15:00] MSG: Ping timeout: 252 seconds [15:01] Join: Mizcu joined #corewars [15:10] Join: Aninhumer joined #corewars [15:10] hi Aninhumer [15:10] Hi [15:12] Hey, I got on the IRC before my friend, and he has broadband! [15:13] * Aninhumer watches the tumbleweed [15:15] * Aninhumer gets hit by the tumbleweed because he is too busy looking at a website [15:15] Ow [15:23] Hmm I think gaim has gone wrong, byyyyyyyyeeeeeeee [15:23] Part: Aninhumer left #corewars [15:23] Join: Aninhumer joined #corewars [15:26] Evidently not, hmm... [15:40] Join: fiveop joined #corewars [15:41] Hello [15:41] I think everyone's dead! [15:42] Arrg, you are too! [15:44] Join: sabas[Eng joined #corewars [15:44] Hi [15:45] Nick Change: sabas[Eng changed nick to Metcalf [15:45] I think everyone is dead [15:45] :-( [15:46] Are you dead? [15:46] No [15:46] Dead people don't frown, should have known [15:46] Hmmm... you are making scary assumptions [15:46] I now imagine lots of dead people slumped over their computers across the globe [15:46] No one has talked for ages [15:47] Oh, I haven't introduced myself, I'm me [15:47] * Aninhumer is Aninhumer [15:47] True story! [15:47] :-) [15:48] Seriously bvowk hasn't talked for 2 days! [15:49] * Aninhumer takes his pills [15:50] bvowk has been idle 67hrs 53mins 32secs [15:50] Where are you bvowk? [15:51] He's DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [15:51] shouldn't that read "bvowk has been idle 27yrs 10months"? [15:51] * Aninhumer takes more pills [15:52] bvowk relaxes and lets his computer make his warriors for him! [15:53] * Aninhumer has been idle 1 minutes, It's all this coffee [15:53] I saw in the log a few days ago that your just starting in Corewar. [15:53] Yeah [15:54] Have you had any luck yet? [15:54] Not really [15:54] :-/ [15:54] I'm more of a proof of concept coder [15:54] * Metcalf too ;-) [15:55] I had an idea for a two warrior tandem thingie [15:55] Here's one of mine creations http://corewar.co.uk/infitiny/OOS.RED [15:55] tandem? [15:55] It was supposed to work by becoming unstable when an imp died [15:56] Sounds tricky to implement [15:56] Indeed [15:56] That's why as of yet, it's not even a proof of concept [15:57] more a "woah dude" idea [15:58] Okay, I can see one way to implement it. [15:58] I also made a pseudo-random bomber [15:58] You have a normal warrior loop, like a bombing loop or scanning loop. [15:59] The a-field of the imp is the step. [15:59] for example mov.i #scanstep, 1 [15:59] the scan loop maintains a copy of a pointer to the latest imp and adds the step from there. [16:00] If the imp dies, it will be adding the incorrect number. [16:00] Actually mine involved two separate warriors [16:01] One just flip-flopped a value from 1 to 0 [16:02] The other had the imp, an incrementing number (tracking the imp), and a check to see if the other program was on 1 or 0 [16:02] Aha, this might be a technique similar to airBag :-) [16:03] If I timeout randomly, don't worry [16:03] :-) [16:03] That reminds me, I need to find a free wifi location in Boston [16:03] I'm from Boston, Lincs by the way [16:04] Can't help you there, I'm in Britain [16:04] Boston, Lincs, U.K.! [16:04] Oh [16:05] Note to self, buy a map [16:05] http://www.pickatrail.com/jupiter/location/europe/england/map/lincolnshire.gif [16:05] Oh Linc...onshire [16:06] :-) [16:07] Deary me how can I ever pass my geography exam [16:08] GCSE or A-Level? [16:08] Erm... [16:08] Year 9 internal [16:08] Oh, right [16:09] Is year 9 the year before GCSE? [16:09] It's the year before the GCSE coursework starts, yes [16:09] Do you get to do programming in school these days? [16:10] Well, sort of [16:10] We got taught Basic when I was at school, 20 years ago [16:10] but Logo doesn't really count [16:10] :-) [16:11] I learned BASIC out of a book [16:11] Is there such a thing as a keyring which lights up or beeps when your in a wifi area? [16:11] Probably [16:11] I want one for christmas. If I wander the streets with my laptop looking for someones network, I'll get mugged [16:12] Well if someone mugged me for my laptop I could use it as an offensive weapon [16:13] * Aninhumer demonstrates [16:14] Get someone to take a pic of you demonstrating, and stick it on your website [16:15] I would but randomly hitting people with bricks can get you an ASBO [16:16] http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wifi-Hotspot-Finder-Keyring-BRAND-NEW-Xmas-L-k_W0QQitemZ5836723214QQcategoryZ45002QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem [16:17] The manual for my new laptop advises me not to try heating the battery in a microwave oven [16:18] Well my laptop hasn't really got a battery any more [16:18] Nor does it have ha WiFi card [16:18] Did you use the battery as a weapon? [16:19] Not quite [16:19] But it's really nackered [16:19] You sound dangerous, I think I need to watch out for you when you start sending warriors to the hill [16:20] I don't use the laptop for anything [16:20] Actually if it had a CD drive, I might put Linux on it [16:21] But alas [16:21] :-( [16:21] Doesn't it have a USB drive. [16:21] Can't you install linux from a USB memory stick? [16:21] I has a floppy! [16:22] Dude it's a Pentium 1 with 24mb RAM [16:22] And you want a USB socket! [16:22] If it has a serial port, just get a terminal program and send files to it over a serial connection. [16:23] Where could I get a program for sending files to it from? [16:24] Any terminal program. The kind which used to be used to call BBS [16:24] I don't have a clue what BBS is [16:25] I think window's Hyperterminal will do the trick. [16:25] Is that part of the package [16:25] or can I download it? [16:26] A Bulletin Board System, in the olden days we used to call them with our modems. [16:26] There were hundreds in the U.K. [16:26] Exchange files, post to FidoNet (the BBS equivalent of Usenet), play online games, etc [16:26] Oh [16:27] Well there goes my History exam as well [16:27] Hyperterminal is included with WinXP [16:27] Where exactly on the desktop (my search tool is shot) [16:28] I just found it [16:28] :-) [16:28] You didn't even give me time to type the location. [16:28] You need a serial cable though [16:29] That shouldn't be too hard to find [16:29] I never tried transfering files with Hyperterminal, but it should do it. [16:30] And if not, there are dozens of Terminal programs on the net. [16:30] I have never used Telnet before [16:32] I wouldn't know how to go about installing with it [16:34] It's not telnet you need. [16:34] Try this program [16:34] ftp://ftp.eunet.bg/pub/simtelnet/msdos/commprog/lync20.zip [16:34] It's the one I used to use about 10 years ago! [16:34] It's taken me until now to remember the name [16:35] Stick it on both computers, join them with the serial cable, establish a connection and send files. [16:35] I just found an article about installing linux on a dead badger! [16:37] Hang on I think I have to go offline [16:37] My dad wants to check his Email [16:37] MSG: Quit: Download Gaim: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ [16:58] Okay, time to go [16:58] * Metcalf waves [16:58] MSG: Quit: mov.i #1,1 [19:42] Join: Core29 joined #corewars [21:45] Join: jordipg joined #corewars [21:47] hi jordi [21:47] hallo [21:53] MSG: Quit: Trillian (http://www.ceruleanstudios.com [22:47] MSG: Quit: BLUT! BLUT! RÄUBER SAUFEN BLUT! HOCH VOM GALGEN KLINGT ES, RAUB UND MORD UND ÜBERFALL SIND GUT! [22:53] MSG: Quit: humhum