At 8/21/09 09:29 AM, Wonderful wrote:

At 8/20/09 02:26 PM, Jon-86 wrote: Aside from that, this thread reminds me of how sexy sounding the word epoch is. Say it slowly and softly, eeeepoch it rings in the ear and raises the hair....rawr >:]

Sorry to ruin your fun, but it's pronounced epic :[

Epoch != epic >=(

At 7/29/09 03:51 AM, kiwi-kiwi wrote: I actually have a dual boot and I'm running Linux every now and then. The reason I'm saying that usually there's some confiiguration I have to do in the terminal, whereas on Windows I can't remember the last time I had to configure something, it's just click click, next next.

Maybe you are using the wrong distro then ;)
I never had problems like that on Ubuntu (tho i moved away from it because i like configuration files), i even heard things about being able to configure multiple windows with a GUI some time ago (which has always been a pain).
So unless you have some really obscure hardware, or just some specific "non-standard" program you want to use you should have no problem with keeping it GUI only (from what i have seen anyway).

At 7/28/09 09:42 PM, urbn wrote: Main reason it's an argument is because you are comparing modern day *nix with 90's Windows. It's not comparable.

Where the fuck did i compare anything? :/
I made two statements, one is that you have no need to use a terminal if you use the right distro and use it for everyday things, and the second one is that MS cannot guarantee that something works.
Nowhere do i make a comparison that Linux is better, or that Linux is bug free (in fact, the later reply about it being massive software so you can't guarantee it to work etc.?, that applies to Linux, to OSX and every other O/S under the sun that isn't a toy OS too).

At 7/28/09 02:09 PM, wreckages wrote: seen as that clip is from 1998 (97?) you could say you kinda contradicted yourself there

Why, he says that something works when MS says it works, and i show the most well known screw-up that contradicts that.
Besides, with the size of the software that MS makes you simply cannot guarantee that something works, there will *always* be cases where it fails.

At 7/28/09 02:37 AM, kiwi-kiwi wrote: having a GUI in front of me to take care of my needs really is absolutely perfect

Yeah, when is the last time you used Linux?

Plus, when Microsoft says it all works, it actually does.

Hahaha.

At 7/18/09 06:36 PM, wreckages wrote: nothing is perfect. if the guy can't (doesn't want to, actually) keep his windows working, what makes you think he'll adjust to linux? Linux takes a LOT more managing than windows.

I find that Linux just works once i have everything set up i rarely have to do any "managing", certainly less than i have to do on Windows.

At 7/20/09 09:16 AM, Momo-the-Monkey wrote: Does it just attract new, unaware, pubescent, and angst-y people now-a-days?

It is still Newgrounds ;)

At 7/17/09 10:54 AM, Jon-86 wrote: Off topic - anyone here ever attempted that? It annoyed the hell out of me, always feeling like someone's on your case and butting in at every minute. Their should be strict rules with that, like the kind of bed rules a married couple have, after sleeping with each other for 20 years!!!

Hahaha.
Well, i never tried it but i heard both good and bad experiences with it.
I guess it mostly depends on what kind of person you are, and (maybe more importantly) the person you are pairing up with.
But from what you mention it seems you got a crappy person to pair up with, and in such cases the positive effects are rendered useless :(

At 7/17/09 10:43 AM, bgraybr wrote: Is this my only option? I'd rather not install Windows at all if my version of XP won't work with flash.

All versions of XP work with Flash if you, you know, install the Flash plugin.

So, what is your TOS? Do you have a backup host in case the main host goes down? Is there a clause in the TOS dealing with server downtime?
And besides that, what makes your host any different from, let's say, Dreamhost.

At 7/17/09 07:11 AM, smulse wrote:

At 7/16/09 10:13 PM, Amadi-Akintunde wrote: Neon Noble--The Sin of Lust says:

You do realise that by repeating that conversation you've just made yourself sound as competent as an infant.

And it sounds like a really crappy version of pair programming, i doubt anyone wants to work on a project where they only check the code for bugs.

At 7/17/09 12:43 AM, Grind29 wrote: A programming forum with no php experts...ouch

Well fuck me, PHP experts that have no interest in doing a job that they don't get shit for, what is this world coming too!

At 7/17/09 04:32 AM, urbn wrote: Use a Boot CD and completely remove all partitions, then recreate the partitions, then install Windows then install Linux.

And do so with GParted. (make sure you press apply button thingy too)

At 7/16/09 05:51 AM, adam2510 wrote:

At 7/16/09 04:22 AM, GustTheASGuy wrote: Make sure you have a permanent IP.

At 7/16/09 12:21 AM, adam2510 wrote: did you use short url instead of full
C:\Users\name\Documents\flashjavaserver\

Die, you fucking idiot.

O_o what did i say?

Stupid bullshit that has no relevance to the question asked?

At 7/15/09 01:22 PM, adam2510 wrote: true but hacking? it would be as safe as using NG itself

i'm basically going to copy the ng login and re-use it :)

Yeah, but i am sure you will manage to include buffer overflows in your code and have fun cases in your html/javascript parser where a user could send a specific string which allows them to execute their own code (and thus allowing a attacker to take over the pc).

At 7/12/09 03:36 PM, BillysProgrammer wrote: So, hopefully that cleared up what I meant.

That only works if you have register_globals turned on,
AND IT'S FUCKING STUPID.
register_globals makes for annoying code, but more importantly it allows for the creation of exploits and bugs without you ever doing anything.
Anyway that feature has been deprecated in PHP5 and will be removed in PHP6, so stop using it.

At 7/15/09 04:08 AM, adam2510 wrote: well if i did create a program you would be able to do everything that the site can do

Lolwat.

i would rather not do it for a few reasons
1. newgrounds would lose money because everything can be accessed from the site

If you manage to parse all the html and javascript and the like and actually extract the needed data from it you can not be a dick and extract the ads too.

2. less people would trust the security of newgrounds

Why the hell would they do that? At worst they would complain about some shitty app to Tom or something.

i think the idea of a full program should wait, i'm not in the position at the moment to be able to create such a program

but the thing is once i create this what will i get out of it, what will NG get out of it? it just doesnt seem to be the best thing to do at the moment

It doesn't seem to be the best thing at all, it doesn't even seem a remotely good idea.
Why create some shitty app that, essentially, does what the browser already does (and possibly introducing the user to all kinds of bugs that allow them to be hacked, among other things).

At 7/12/09 09:21 PM, romancecomma wrote: you're*

.....also, no.

You're an idiot.

You should correct Jon's older posts :D
Also i might help, i'll see.

You can try this guide or this one if the other one doesn't work.

At 6/27/09 08:57 AM, smulse wrote: I've heard nothing but bad reports about Best Buy. Also buy a mac all the cool kids (me) are doing it at the moment.

Mine should be here monday.

Not everyone can/want's to buy overpriced hardware :)

At 6/18/09 05:03 PM, Cryzabey wrote: @DrearonElensar.
Thank you for the book suggestion; however, your book suggestion does raise a couple of questions. At the risk of sounding ignorant:

- How widely used is C?
- Has C++ or any other languages impeded the usage of it?
- And what applications is it typically used for?

Hmm, it's not that widely used anymore, so called C based languages (C++ and C# being obvious ones) have long ago "taken over".
Still it has it's niche uses, it's a much smaller language than C++ (there is no OOP for example) and the others that followed it.
This means that you both have to do more work, but also retain more control over how it works (again, this is usually not needed).
And the "program" that uses the most C that i can think of right is now the Linux kernel.
Anyway i think C is worth learning because it's such a (relatively) small language, it's low level and there are lots of languages that were "inspired" by it.

At 6/17/09 05:35 PM, Jon-86 wrote: Stuff about dreams (or the lack thereof)

Hmm, so there are more people who have this (as in, more than i expected).

At 6/17/09 12:40 PM, blah569 wrote: Take your pick of a distribution. I really like http://www.sabayonlinux.org, but you make like Gentoo, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, or something else. You can just Google "Flavors of Linux."

But Pupy has especially been designed for older systems, and thus would be a much better choice than any of those.
And it's homepage is here.

You certainly do a good job of looking like a idiotic fuckup, besides this is a *regulars* lounge so what are you doing here anyway?

The C Programming Language is quite useful if you want to learn some C.

At 6/13/09 07:00 AM, CronoMan wrote: You know, I'd like to see a day where Linux suddenly got as much market share as windows has now. All the possible exploits would show as clearly as the sun, when your on the surface of it. I'd like to see the day when someone gives root access to a pirated application that has malicious code in it. Tell how much an application CAN'T do with root access. In Windows, even the administrator can't do certain things (things that are reserved for System etc, or things that are intentionally blocked by the windows kernel, like the BIOS)

Oh, how I would like to see Linux blow up in all the fanatics face, once stupid people get around to use it. They'll be all "what? huh? but this is impossible! the filesystem won't allow it!"
And I'll be like "heh"

Linux has a completely different mindset than Windows, its a completely different world. A world of minimalism and the inner workings of a 1960 computer application. Don't do anything more than you absolutely have to. If you have to add or remove functionality, alter the core! So what if it needs to be recompiled, and everyone one the face of the earth has to do this process. I mean, you get what you pay for, right?

Aww, i responded too early.
Linux is starting to see much more use including that by "idiots", i'm not talking about Ubuntu but i am talking about government and schools that are switching to it.
Here is one such instance where it has been successfully deployed in schools, you might dislike Linux but i think you are severely underestimating it and it's power in being just as "modern" as Windows is to the end user (which is all that matters in these cases is it not?).
And people rarely recompile things themselves these days unless they really want to, hell there are projects around that allow you to replace the core binaries without a restart (removing the last instances where a reboot is needed) so even that aspect of changing something is slowly being replaced.
O and the whole root thing? Yeah a normal user shouldn't have root access anyway, and since most distributions have package tools you can easily train users to only install thing through there and to ignore software coming from any other source, making it much less likely that they will install rootkits or the like.
The whole "if Linux becomes popular" point is pretty void too, there are a lot of servers running Linux so it *is* popular and there are a lot of people working on trying to exploit it (and yes, there are a lot of exploits for Linux too) so don't even try to go there ;)

At 6/13/09 07:00 AM, CronoMan wrote: Obviously its impossible to write a perfect computer application, so again, obviously mistakes are made. Windows is by far alot more professional than Linux.

Depends on the market you are aiming for, Linux can be much more professional than Windows, just like Windows can be more professional than Linux.

Decent reply otherwise, tho i almost excepted more from you ;)

At 6/13/09 08:06 AM, CronoMan wrote: Haha?
I'm sick of people giving a good name to che guevara :P

But he looks so cute plastered all over my shirts and bags and shit :(

At 6/13/09 07:21 AM, henke37 wrote: But seriously, encrypting ip addresses in a ban list?

Heh, i am more amazed that everyone tells him to hash them with Sha1 or MD5 when he is asking for encryption... has everyone forgotten the difference between the two?
But yeah, what can you possibly get out of encrypting/hashing the IP addresses? it's not exactly "classified" personal information like a password is.

At 6/12/09 08:27 AM, J00blix wrote: Usually with Windows, your AIM is to "get shit done". Seems like with linux things become complicated trying to 'open source' your code. You must coordinate which features you would like to include in future distributions and whatnot!

You must coordinate what features you want anyway if your program/code is going to be used by anyone.
Otherwise you open yourself up to the wonderful world of feature creep and you will piss people off when their favorite feature get's dropped all of a sudden.
And what is so hard about open sourcing in itself? just pick a license and upload your code (now running a successful project is something different, but the same problems are present in a closed source development team)