10 Aug 2002 bgeiger   » (Journeyer)

responses
Stevey: No piercings or tattoos here, although if I had to choose, I'd probably get something pierced; as long as I can take it out if I don't want it anymore, it's fine. Tattoos are permanent (barring surgery), and I know that if I get a tattoo I'll regret it later. (Besides, I'm very overweight right now, and when I lose the weight, my tattoo will shrink to a tiny replica of itself.)

Then again, I've made it a point to never try to follow fashion, and I strongly believe the adage "form follows function". Well, to a degree, that is. For example, I tend to carry a small backpack wherever I go with everything from cologne to a notepad to a spare shirt and socks, and a washcloth in a plastic bag. (Those are for when I play DDR. It's nice to be able to duck into a bathroom, quickly wipe myself down, and put on a clean, non-sweat-soaked shirt.)

My point is, I don't carry the backpack to look cool (because I don't), and I don't carry it because everyone else does (because no one else does). I carry it because it makes my life easier. Tattoos and piercings won't make my life easier.

Stevey (again): My GUI mail client is mutt + gnome-terminal.

dyork: Hmmm. I'd have trouble with that, I think. Usually, when I try to put on a backpack without help it gets swung around fairly violently.

wingo: I suggest you read Mastery, by George Leonard. He says the same thing you do, but goes into a great deal of detail about it. That book helped me when I got frustrated with my slow progress in learning to code.

nymia: If this super-advanced race existed so long ago, wouldn't somebody have found some remnant of its technology? Even a house? Maybe just bones?

The dinosaurs vanished millions of years ago. We can find their bones. It stands to reason that we could find something from a civilization that could wage intergalactic (hell, even global) war.

languages
All languages suck. Just choose the one that sucks the least with respect to what you need.
hardware
The fan on my video card died. I removed it and am now running with only the heatsink. It's a TNT1 and only came with a heatsink (one smaller than what I have on there now), so this should be passable until I get another fan.
school
I just realized that I have to learn m68k assembly language for one of my courses. I have absolutely no idea how to code in assembly language.

I'm currently brushing up on my (La)TeX skills, because professors seem to want everything typed, even with formulae. And I won't use M$ Word.

projects
pySpaceWars is coming along fairly well. I added a rudimentary respawning system, but no scoring yet. Animation is another sticking point; I'm trying to figure out how to handle explosions and engine fire.
nonconformists all look alike

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