[07:49] hrm. [08:09] mornin [08:10] heya miz [08:31] how's it going mizzer? [08:44] well, turns out that theres no maths this week [08:45] is that a good thing? [08:45] considering im sitting in a math/puter -class, yes [08:47] considering i have nothing else today, no [08:49] Join: crem___ joined #corewars [08:49] MSG: Read error: Connection reset by peer [08:49] heh [08:50] hrm. [08:50] that was a driveby by crem [09:07] Join: yoR joined #corewars [09:10] hR [09:19] heya roy [09:23] bbl [09:32] hi :) [09:32] * yoR is into TTS software :) [09:33] I didn't know TTS (text-to-speech) software evolved into real usable stuff :) [09:34] Everyday I spend about 2 hours in my car, and since the beginning of this week I let TTS software read out all my ebooks, so I actually learn something in the traffic jams [09:34] Works like a charm [09:40] why do you spend two hours in your car? [09:40] that's like 21 days a year you spend in your car. [09:40] that's 3 weeks a year you spend in your car! [09:41] you spend more weeks a year in your car than most americans spend on vacation.. [09:44] Well, it pays off? :) [09:47] I might switch from car to train for a couple of months soon, because I might get a project in Amsterdam, which is hell for cars [09:48] In that case I'll be sitting in a train for 2 hours a day... still horrible [09:48] not quite as bad.. if you're driving you've got to drive.. [09:49] on the train you can at least read or something. [09:50] Thats why I pointed out the quality of TTS, I now listen to e-books every morning in the car, works very well [09:50] and it doesn't sound like captain kirk? [09:51] Must! Not! Get! Annoyed! By! Lack! Of! Word! Flow! [09:52] Some are really bad, some or pretty decent [09:52] I wrote a little (dutch) blogpost about is, it has some examples [09:52] I'll throw it into google-translator [09:53] http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.smart-java.nl%2F%3Fp%3D16&langpair=nl%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 [09:54] Wow, the translation is quite bad... [09:55] http://blog.smart-java.nl/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/mike-introduction.wav [09:55] This example has very good word-flow IMHO [09:56] Better then I expected anyway [10:13] Join: u17r4 joined #corewars [10:13] hrm. [10:14] hrm? [10:15] inspecting the nick of u17r4 [10:15] I can't decypher it.. [10:16] "You'll seven are for?" [10:16] must require decoding [10:16] ^^ [10:19] MSG: Quit: u17r4 [10:20] aww. [10:20] I guess we'll never know now. [10:35] * bvowk pokes roys brain with a pencil [11:05] thats 'Ultra', old geezer [11:30] heh [11:30] 707! [11:30] 1'm r43lly g3tt1n 0ld! [11:30] 0M6!!1! [11:30] and I suspect you haven't been laid in a while if that's how you're talking ;) [11:31] * bvowk ducks! [11:31] Sorry chap, I was just pretending.. [11:31] heh [11:35] I'm feeling almost braindead... [11:36] sorry.. [11:36] * bvowk hides the brain covered pencil [11:36] Man, I serieusly need to do something else, this bookwriting stuff drains a lot of energy, got no focus left [11:37] I guess you'll have to start a cocaine habit or something. [11:40] all the cool writers are doign it.. [11:47] Hmm, I'll try that [11:47] The hash clearly isn't working.. [11:51] writers, not musicians [11:52] yeah.. cocaine is for thinking men and models.. hash is for muscians and fat chicks.. [11:53] laudanum and absinthe for the poets [12:04] Roy, is Absinthe 'any more' legal in NL than here? [12:05] or will that make your writing too fluent? [12:21] bbl, again [12:32] No idea, I think its fully legal now, since a couple of years [12:36] Ah, wikipedia helps: In the Netherlands selling absinthe was forbidden by the 1909 Absinthe-law, which was retracted in 2005 [12:43] hrm [13:00] I think the absinthe rules are declared by the European union (levels of working materials) [13:00] But what should I know, I only use alcohol/coffee, no drugs [13:03] not even haldol? [13:06] I'd play some nano... but I'm already koth, and all I'd do is mess that up! [13:06] Err no... was in the news today, a lot of Dutch schoolkids abuse medicin as drugs :-S [13:07] the news exaggerates.. [13:08] Ritalin seems populair [13:08] I wish they'd stop.. pretend problems with children keeps getting things I find useful pulled from the market. [13:09] yeah.. dextroamphetamine too. [13:09] and pseudo ephedrine [13:09] not so surprising tho.. [13:09] there are few people who don't like stimulants [13:10] (look how popular coffee and smoking are!) [13:11] it's too bad amphetamines aren't over the counter anymore.. they were in the early part of last century. [13:11] this whole obesity epidemic wouldn't be a problem anymore ;) [13:13] * bvowk thinks lan parties would last much much longer if that were the case.. [13:13] They should sell theobromine (distilled) [13:14] I think they do [13:17] they had 20kg chocolate bars here over xmas.. [13:17] it was this massive solid block of chocolate.. [13:17] I was tempted to send one home to my sister, but it would have cost a mint to ship across the atlantic [13:17] Heh.. I love chocolate, eat it everyday.. [13:18] Maybe one more addiction for the list [13:18] if you were eating a 20kg block of chocolate, you'd be exercising at the same time :) [13:19] Until it gets smaller ;-) [13:19] should be marketed as fitness equipment :) [13:20] You could kill somebody with chocolate.. [13:21] yes, with cholesterol and blunt force trauma. [13:21] I once got a 5 kilo chocolate letter with 'Sinterklaas'... its the predecessor of Santa Claus and celebrated in the Netherlands. My uncle casted the letter R from plaster, he worked in a nut&sweets factory [13:22] there he got the chocolate to fill the mold with :-) [13:22] heh [13:22] I like the chocolate on this side of the atlantic better than home.. [13:22] it's not nearly as sweet.. [13:22] * yoR likes dark dark bitter chocolate [13:22] although.. personal fave chocolate comes from japan.. it's not sweet [13:23] hey roy.. did you ever play crobots or pcrobots? [13:23] Hmm, I might have played it [13:23] About a decade ago I toyed around with almost al the 'programming games' available [13:25] I did play around with Bolo which was fun (human bot interaction) [13:26] yeah? [13:26] because I had an unbeatable crobot for the local BBS group.. [13:26] I just found it and was curious :) [13:27] "79cd9f34-c56857e4-... stinks!" (length 5) by "G.Labarga" has challenged the [13:27] Nano hill [13:27] hrm.. [13:27] how rude! [13:29] Heh, I don't have anything left from crobots, so I can't test it for you [13:29] But wasn't the crobots hill online again? [13:30] no, that was C++robots [13:30] this was crobots.. it was dos based.. character output.. [13:32] Ah sorry... port it? :P [13:32] oh no.. they did have a hill! [13:32] cool! [13:32] I'll have to get this baby polished up :) [13:40] http://crobots.deepthought.it/home.php?page=koth&link=1 [13:40] Also tournaments, in 2007... not dead yet [15:50] MSG: Quit: dat [16:04] Join: Metcalf joined #corewars [16:04] Hi :-) [16:05] Join: yoR joined #corewars [16:06] You are avoiding me aren't you JM? ;-) [16:06] * Metcalf pings out! [16:06] Hi Roy [16:06] * Metcalf is having problems. [16:07] Hmmm... that wasn't very description, I'll try again [16:07] * Metcalf is having problems with pre-formatted text in a new web page. Looks fine, but prints out mangled [16:08] Hmm.. [16:12] I'll upload an example as soon as I get around an annoying bug I've just found in FireFTP [16:12] Hehe [16:17] Does anyone know where fluffy is? [16:17] China? Japan? [16:17] North Korea? [16:17] Germany? [16:17] hiding under bed? [16:17] Just guessing.. [16:18] You know where I'll be in 5 minutes? [16:19] No? [16:19] At the pooltable, holding a nice fresh cold beer and a little snack [16:19] :-) [16:19] * yoR waves! 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