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TheComet
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Posted: 7th Jan 2016 11:17 Edited at: 7th Jan 2016 11:18
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The Linux version of skype hasn't been updated since forever. It's still stuck on version 4.3, Windows is now at versino 6.16 or something.

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Man I just cleaned my Laptops Screen and it must of been really dirty! I can see again!!!!

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Posted: 8th Jan 2016 09:24
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Quote: "The Linux version of skype hasn't been updated since forever. It's still stuck on version 4.3, Windows is now at versino 6.16 or something."


Yep, atleast we don't have ads in it
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Posted: 9th Jan 2016 15:14
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How have I never heard of this game before? It's a very strange Japanese game where you roll up things like a dung beetle. Your ball eventually gets so big that you can roll up entire planets.

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Katamari is amazing. There's some javascript code that can turn any webpage into katamari http://kathack.com/
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Posted: 9th Jan 2016 15:44 Edited at: 9th Jan 2016 22:01
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Quote: "I have simply stopped using Skype altogether. It's never been any good, and the recent updates made me sick enough of it to just get rid of it."

That means ...err...that i've lost you ...no more talks about metalbands or other hilarious variables that this world has to offer us???
My life is ruined!!!! No more bud ???
Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
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Posted: 9th Jan 2016 17:12
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Quote: "That means ...err...that i've lost you ...no more talks about metalbands or other hilarious variables that this world has to offer for us???
My life is ruined!!!! No more bud ???
Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!! "

I'm still on steam though. I also use Google Hangouts (which is a far better way to talk to me anyway, I didn't always check Skype regularly).
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Posted: 9th Jan 2016 19:27
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Isn't Skype on Linux stuck on 4.3 because that's the version number it was on when Microsoft bought it?

I will bet you they will not support it seeing as they haven't really so far... unless they release an update just to make a liar out of me.

But there are better things than Skype, for sure. I actually quite dislike Skype.

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Posted: 9th Jan 2016 20:08
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Quote: "Katamari is amazing. There's some javascript code that can turn any webpage into katamari http://kathack.com/"


That's awesome!
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Posted: 9th Jan 2016 20:23
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Just for posterity, and in case anyone here is interested in operating system development, make sure you don't memset your page tables. You will immediately crash.
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Posted: 9th Jan 2016 22:59
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I'm going to take a wild guess and assume memset accesses page tables?
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Posted: 9th Jan 2016 23:16
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Yeah, and when you wipe out your PML4 tables, you no longer have page tables.
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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 01:12
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You should've waited and claimed the next page with your page tables.
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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 13:54
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Quote: "You should've waited and claimed the next page with your page tables."

No clue what page tables are for, but I will claim the next page. Why?? Just because i can.
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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 14:12
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Quote: "I will claim the next page. Why?? Just because i can"


Nope i claimed dibs on all pages awhile ago

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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 15:47
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Quote: "Nope i claimed dibs on all pages awhile ago "

Yes, you claimed a dib, but not a page. Also, what are dibs anyways? ?
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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 17:03
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I just realised it has been a long time since I posted in this thread which means I need to find some way to regain lost points.

You should all try double posting and see if that gives me points
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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 17:41
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I forever own all the points / pages!




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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 17:58
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Quote: "No clue what page tables are for,"

Page tables map virtual memory to physical memory. All the addresses you use in your applications are actually virtual addresses that the hardware then uses the page tables to translate to a physical memory address.
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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 17:59 Edited at: 10th Jan 2016 18:02
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Quote: "You should all try double posting and see if that gives me points"

Just tried double posting...didn't work.
Are there tutorials somewhere on double posting ?

Quote: "I forever own all the points / pages!"

Except for the next page and the points i have now. Besides, you haven't explained dibs yet, so you can't claim anything.
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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 18:10
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dibs

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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 18:13
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verb dibs, dibbing, dibbed
1.
(intransitive) to fish by allowing the bait to bob and dip on the surface
Is this it ?
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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 18:16
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That's the only way to do it

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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 19:03 Edited at: 10th Jan 2016 19:21
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This is the most active this thread has been in years!

Lol, I just saw a legal advice website that categorized Microsoft Windows as "a windowing software".
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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 19:21
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Its because we are pretending to work on our projects and decided spamming the fourms is better than bashing our head on the keyboard.

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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 19:25 Edited at: 10th Jan 2016 19:26
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Indeed.
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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 22:32 Edited at: 10th Jan 2016 22:33
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Quote: "Its because we are pretending to work on our projects and decided spamming the fourms is better than bashing our head on the keyboard."

i prefer headbanging, but keyboardbanging sounds pretty awesome! Might give it a try.
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My third monitor broke. I went to the store to get a cheap replacement, but I "accidentally" bought a 27" 2560x1440 IPS monitor instead.
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Quote: ""accidentally" bought a 27" 2560x1440 IPS monitor instead"

Just "accidentally" ship it to me and go buy the one you intended

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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 23:23
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Randomness wrote: "My third monitor broke. I went to the store to get a cheap replacement, but I "accidentally" bought a 27" 2560x1440 IPS monitor instead."


I have an IPS monitor that's 1440p too and it's wonderful and a good way to get a higher resolution without having to invest more into 4k.Mine is a 3440x1440 monitor, which is extra nice for the extra workspace and great for a lot of movies. Though video game support for it is hit and miss, though most can be tweaked in some way to go 21:9

And the colours on an IPS display as so nice.
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Posted: 10th Jan 2016 23:35 Edited at: 10th Jan 2016 23:40
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Opening a file...

...in posix:

...in winAPI:


Getting the file size...

...in posix:

...in winAPI:
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Hey guys, Trevor had a bad day of towing, and the police caught him harassing the people on the road and blowing them up by launching off of a ramp located on Del Perro freeway.

I has the proof!

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There was just someone this past week hit the wall taking the on ramp onto the Houston Beltway on a motorcycle. He fell 6 stories and lived.

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Posted: 11th Jan 2016 05:17 Edited at: 11th Jan 2016 05:18
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Quote: "Hey guys, Trevor had a bad day of towing"
Stop him, he's gonna damage someone's car!

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Quote: "Opening a file..."

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...in winAPI:"


Why is the function for opening a file called createFile.

I also have to say, if the file size stuff didn't require all the preprocessor stuff it would be a lot easier to understand than the posix version.

Naming file commands something as ambiguous as 'open' also seems like a bad idea.
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Quote: " Naming file commands something as ambiguous as 'open' also seems like a bad idea."

That's because in POSIX everything is a file. So opening anything in POSIX is supposed to be able to be parsed just like a file.
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@Comet

The best part is how its use of wide characters means using fopen or fstream or letting pretty much any library open files itself turns your program into a Unicode failure.
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Anyone else here who has Lightwave 3D ?
Bought it as a Christmas present to myself.
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Quote: "Bought it as a Christmas present to myself."

Lucky you

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Thanks, mate! It's a dream come true actually. Played with a LW demo several years ago, and i liked it. Of course, the program has changed since, but still. It's a much cheaper alternative than Maya, Modo or 3ds max, and is as good as any of those three, imo.
Lightwave 3D was used for the movie Avatar, and many other films. I will use it for game art creation of course.

In fact, the workflow from LW to Unity is awesome! Scenes made in LW are converted to usable props in Unity, by the use of some kinda Applink Package. And, other programs i have (3DCoat and Zbrush) also work with Lightwave and Applink. Pretty cool stuff.
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It would appear there may be a correlation there
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ewww, swap space.
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Posted: 12th Jan 2016 14:56 Edited at: 12th Jan 2016 15:11
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Has anyone found the new place TGC is posting the news? The newsletter said it would be on the main site...I cant find the blog

Edit: Ahh, the homepage of the tgc website is going to change. We will see how long that takes

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So... I need/want to pick up some money for a project I have going, and one thing of value I have that I technically don't use is my laptop. It's my primary computer, but it's a 1,300 dollar gaming laptop which I never use to full potential -- a website told me it would sell for around 700-800 dollars. I could sell it, then buy a much lower powered used laptop to replace it, and I presume the profit could be a good 300-400 dollars. Or I could get a job and make way more and keep the nice laptop.
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Never sell computers. Unless it's for a newer upgraded pc

Its better to have and not need then too need and not have.

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Yeah, upon doing some research, it sounds like that's the way to go. And buying used computers also sounds like a pretty bad venture.
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I wouldn't ever buy a used one from anyone

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Indeed!

Barnacles Timothy! Why do so many video players begin rebuffering from the start when you move the cursor back to zero? Wanna watch the beginning of the episode again on your slow internet? Great! Have fun reloading the whole thing!
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Probably to save on RAM. If you are 5 minutes into a video, chances are you won't want to go back all the way to zero and since web browsers are memory hogs already, thats a nice optimization to make

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