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New Cat's Eye
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Message 91 of 113 (525248)
09-22-2009 5:36 PM


Maybe we should just open a new MMORPG thread...
Anyone hear about the Star Trek one they got comming out?
Edited by Catholic Scientist, : No reason given.

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Larni
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Message 92 of 113 (525251)
09-22-2009 5:43 PM
Reply to: Message 91 by New Cat's Eye
09-22-2009 5:36 PM


Anyone hear about the Star Trek one they got comming out?
Is there a moralising hand wringing class?
Me not next .

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dwise1
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Message 93 of 113 (525288)
09-22-2009 8:20 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by SuperNintendo Chalmers
02-17-2006 2:47 PM


DWise1
My first name starts with a "D" and my last name is Wise, so at my second software engineering job, circa 1984, my network username was "dwise" -- refer to the old Dilbert joke about that troublemaker, Brenda Utthead, who kept asking to have her username changed.
At that time, we got a few of the brand-new MacIntoshes to use in documentation, mainly for the paint program where we could create graphics and merge in text. Our other documentation tool was nroff, in which we had to enter dot-commands to control formatting, then submit the document for printing and wait half a day or longer for it to be delivered, whereupon we'd see how our latest dot-command had screwed up and we would iterate the process. Also, we thought that the new 3.5-in diskettes were really cool, because they looked like the data-storage media on Star Trek.
So, for the Mac we each had a system diskette (they were all floppy-based, no hard drive) and a data diskette. I immediately labelled my diskettes with my username. Then when I expanded to a second data diskette, I labelled it "dwise2" and relabelled my first one, "dwise1". Then one day, a co-worker looked at my first data diskette and laughed. Took me a moment to figure out what was so funny.
A few years later when I signed up for AOL, it asked me for a username and I couldn't think of one. So I remembered back to that incident and picked "dwise1". Then many years later as I'd join on-line fora, I continued to use my AOL username.
Over the years, a few creationists have tried to pick a fight with me over my username, usually in the form of run-by flamings (you know them; the single hateful email damning you to Hell for exposing "creation science" or even just for supporting evolution).
About 5 years ago, I came across a claim by Kent Hovind that at the rate the sun is losing mass by "burning its fuel" (about 5 million tons per second), it would have been impossibly massive 5 billion years ago and so would have "sucked the earth in" at that time. He got the rate about right, but at that rate the sun 5 billion years ago would have only been marginally more massive. I ended up emailing Hovind seeking clarification on his claim. He kept ducking and dodging in his attempts to avoid supporting his own claim. He even tried to pick a fight with me about my username. Twice!

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bluescat48
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Message 94 of 113 (525338)
09-23-2009 1:07 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by SuperNintendo Chalmers
02-17-2006 2:47 PM


what is bluescat48?
It is a combination of blues (my fav type of music) with wildcat which was my old CB Handle + 48 , my birth year. When I first stated using the internet I used wildcat48 at most sites I stated using bluescat48 at the "House of Blues" site back in 1997, and used it as an alternate, handle at a number of chat sites ( I used to use two differnt chat programs and enter the same room on each one with wildcat48 and the other with bluescat48 and actually argue with myself. which was hilarious to those who knew what I was doing. I have since just used the bluescat48.

There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969
Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008

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Theodoric
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Message 95 of 113 (525403)
09-23-2009 9:44 AM
Reply to: Message 94 by bluescat48
09-23-2009 1:07 AM


Re: what is bluescat48?
Glad to here your explanation. When I first saw your name it took me a second because I put the split after the e not the s. So I ahd a completely different take on the name.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts

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bluescat48
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Message 96 of 113 (525409)
09-23-2009 9:59 AM
Reply to: Message 95 by Theodoric
09-23-2009 9:44 AM


Re: what is bluescat48?
When I first saw your name it took me a second because I put the split after the e not the s. So I ahd a completely different take on the name.
That's the problem with the English language.

There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969
Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008

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Perdition
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Message 97 of 113 (525466)
09-23-2009 1:23 PM
Reply to: Message 84 by New Cat's Eye
09-22-2009 2:40 PM


Re: BUMP
Well, I was looking for a word or name for something quite a while ago, and decided just to open a dictionary and randomly point to a word. The word I pointed to was pretty dumb, but the one right above it was Perdition, and it seemed like an interesting word to pick. At the time, I was young, and anyhting to do with death was "cool" added to the fact that I'm an atheist, it just seemed ironic and "cool." Since then, I've kept it for the irony more than anything.
I also go by QBCPerdition (sometimes with an underscore between the C and P), which is what I use when Perdition is already taken, since I can basically guarantee that QBC won't be used to precede that word by anyone else.

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xongsmith
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Message 98 of 113 (525467)
09-23-2009 1:24 PM
Reply to: Message 96 by bluescat48
09-23-2009 9:59 AM


Re: what is bluescat48?
When I first saw your name it took me a second because I put the split after the e not the s. So I ahd a completely different take on the name.
That's the problem with the English language.
Of course it will work well in the blues medium where, like Jazz, scat singing is a well-respected technique.

- xongsmith

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New Cat's Eye
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Message 99 of 113 (525469)
09-23-2009 1:28 PM
Reply to: Message 95 by Theodoric
09-23-2009 9:44 AM


Re: what is bluescat48?
like smurf poo?

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xongsmith
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Message 100 of 113 (525472)
09-23-2009 1:44 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by SuperNintendo Chalmers
02-17-2006 2:47 PM


Xongsmith is my craft? My bailiwick? Well, as a singer/songwriter who has been involuntarily retired from the computer industry, the pun on songsmith works fine. But Xong, pronounced "zong", is the game that appears in the current (9/23/09) avatar. I invented that game in 1996. I had narrowed the name of the game down to Xong and Xoix. Being played on hexagons, there had to be an X. The game is played by building a new piece out of the sides of hexagons and giving it to your opponent. So it's sort of like american baseball, in that the defense begins each play in possession of the ball. If you have had anything to do with Abstract Games, you will be familiar with the various methods to overcome the advantage of going 1st. By building your opponent's piece, this game's mechanics seem to have erased that problem. So I'm asking my wife which she likes better, Xong or Xoix. She takes a fraction of a second and says "Xong!". I google xong on the internet and it is a Vietnamese word meaning the end of a test. At the end of the game, when no more new pieces can be formed that will fit, the player instead gives his opponent the 1 Xong point. Since all surrounded hexagons are worth 2 points, this means that one player will have an even score and the other will have an odd score with the Xong point - eliminating tie games, which was another bugaboo in designing abstract games. By the way, the pieces formed often resemble little creatures and are collectively referred to as "xoids", which sounds like "zooids", not "roids". And "zooids" is not pronounced to rhyme with "fluids"!

- xongsmith

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New Cat's Eye
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Message 101 of 113 (525480)
09-23-2009 2:29 PM
Reply to: Message 100 by xongsmith
09-23-2009 1:44 PM


So where can I play it?

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Perdition
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Message 102 of 113 (525500)
09-23-2009 3:13 PM
Reply to: Message 101 by New Cat's Eye
09-23-2009 2:29 PM


Seconded, sounds interesting!

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xongsmith
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Message 103 of 113 (525518)
09-23-2009 4:33 PM
Reply to: Message 101 by New Cat's Eye
09-23-2009 2:29 PM


where to get Xong[tm]
There are 2 ways now.
The first way is rather solitary-ish:
http://users.net1plus.com/greystone/xong/xonghome.html
There are some hopefully simple pages there. You'll find the Rules (8) and Beastiary and an illustrative game with several different background jpgs in the still images. You can play it with someone else who is willing to take turns sitting down at the same computer connected to the same running applet. But this is not so fun.
Someday I will figure out how to do it right, but for now I am too dumb and I always get access permission errors trying to change anything. And my java over the net for some reason doesnt let me put a background jpg behind the hexagons.
The second is through email with the latest Random Xong applet. For that you will need to download the java player applet (not the obvious one on the website), a background jpg and enter into some email with me for further details. In a way, this is better for me anyway, as I can keep up with the game without worried about staying connected 24/7/365.
greystone@net1plus.com
In all cases you will be best advised that having the file below handy is both allowed & recommended - especially for old guys like me who forget!
http://users.net1plus.com/greystone/xong/xoid.txt
Remember: my slogan for abstract games goes something like this:
I dont want to win by forcing my opponent into a stupid mistake - I want to win by forcing my opponent into an intelligent one.
ALSO remember: I feel like the spider inviting flies into my lair. RAZD kneauxz what I speak of. So I will try to be low key.
For example I could mediate a game between 2 others and post the move images up on the xong website somewhere. Along with comments....
Each move image would be about 170K and the html page holding it & my comments less than 1 more k.

- xongsmith

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xongsmith
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Message 104 of 113 (525519)
09-23-2009 4:35 PM
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09-23-2009 3:13 PM


Re: where to play Xong[tm]
See message 103!

- xongsmith

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New Cat's Eye
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Message 105 of 113 (525522)
09-23-2009 4:46 PM
Reply to: Message 103 by xongsmith
09-23-2009 4:33 PM


Re: where to get Xong[tm]
Hey, Thanks!
I don't have time to look into it now but it looks like a pretty rad game.
I hope you don't mind busting out of your ambiguity, Nate!

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