< 1193011269 0 :pikhq!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :for(int i=0;i!=size;i++)if(array[i] > array[i+1])strfry(array); < 1193011285 0 :pikhq!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Erm. . . No. < 1193011298 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i love strfry and memfrob < 1193011337 0 :pikhq!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric ::) < 1193011375 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :hee, i really want to write that silly c compiler < 1193011381 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric ::-) < 1193011414 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i had strfry for dinner last night < 1193011417 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :maybe even some preprocessor stuff for vague inter-compatibility < 1193011430 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :maybe generate ELF or Mach-O, or if I'm feeling crazy PE < 1193011848 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :<.< < 1193012295 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric ::D < 1193015095 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer) < 1193017895 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :my dad beat me at risk again >_< < 1193024237 0 :calamari!n=calamari@ip24-255-58-134.tc.ph.cox.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1193024478 0 :Tritonio!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 110 (Connection timed out) < 1193025747 0 :GreaseMonkey!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Every time you screw up AWOS, GreaseMonkey kills a kitten." < 1193026049 0 :puzzlet_!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Remote closed the connection < 1193026055 0 :puzzlet!n=puzzlet@147.46.241.168 JOIN :#esoteric < 1193026714 0 :puzzlet!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Remote closed the connection < 1193026718 0 :puzzlet!n=puzzlet@147.46.241.168 JOIN :#esoteric < 1193026896 0 :immibis!n=immibis@125-236-168-92.broadband-telecom.global-gateway.net.nz JOIN :#esoteric < 1193026979 0 :puzzlet!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer) < 1193027020 0 :puzzlet!n=puzzlet@147.46.241.168 JOIN :#esoteric < 1193029634 0 :SEO_DUDE38!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer) < 1193030702 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :bsmntbombdood: one day, you will beat your father at risk, and you shall truly be a man < 1193030711 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :goddamn, that game is fun < 1193030739 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the only two board games I still love to play are Monopoly and Risk, which are unfortunately the games that everyone seems to get pissed about losing < 1193030757 0 :pikhq!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I'd add chess to that list. < 1193030846 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I enjoy chess, but I find that Risk and Monopoly, by adding a random element yet still relying heavily on strategy, hit the "sweet spot" of strategic gaming better. Good planning and judgments are rewarded, but if you're screwed you can always make a long-shot last stand < 1193030877 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :plus, you have the whole diplomacy metagame to work with that chess completely lacks < 1193031061 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ok, so different topic- tell me what you guys think of this as a premise for a video game: < 1193031128 0 :oklopol!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :before you say anything: i love it < 1193031156 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :A cabal of meteorologists have developed technology capable of massively altering and controlling the world's weather patterns. < 1193031228 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :World governments are plunged into chaos as hurricanes, thunderstorms, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes shatter cities and infrastructure. < 1193031357 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :The only hope for humanity's freedom lies in an elite army-for-hire of some of brilliant engineers and scientists with the technology and manufacturing capabilities to fight back. < 1193031376 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :*of some brilliant < 1193031390 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :or just *of < 1193031438 0 :GreaseMonkey!n=saru@122-57-225-204.jetstream.xtra.co.nz JOIN :#esoteric < 1193031445 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :what do you guys think? < 1193031556 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :obviously I'm not blowing anybody away. :/ < 1193031574 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I wanted to call it "Cloudmakers". < 1193032046 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :anybody? < 1193032198 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :<:( < 1193032212 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :of some of the world's most? < 1193032228 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :that's probably what I intended to type < 1193032229 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i mean, of some of the world's most brilliant? < 1193032292 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :
ACTION doesn't know what you're supposed to do in that game anyway as RodgerTheGreat never mentioned it.
< 1193032308 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I'm speaking in terms of backstory < 1193032326 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :
ACTION doesn't have an opinion in that case.
< 1193032336 0 :g4lt-mordant!unknown@unknown.invalid NICK :galt-notreg < 1193032341 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :you'd likely play as a civil engineer, taking on the forces of the Weathermen on a battlefield. < 1193032348 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ok < 1193032372 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :why would a cabal of meteorologists want to destroy cities? < 1193032378 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :and what's a cabal? < 1193032401 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :A cabal is a number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in a church, state, or other community by intrigue. < 1193032404 0 :galt-notreg!unknown@unknown.invalid NICK :galt-sb100 < 1193032419 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ok < 1193032475 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :They're attempting to conquer the world as revenge for what they perceive as being trivialized by both the public and the scientific community (cartoonish, yes, but the game is intentionally a bit tongue-in-cheek) < 1193032513 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ok < 1193032545 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i suppose they don't destroy other meteorologists' houses then? < 1193032569 0 :galt-sb100!unknown@unknown.invalid NICK :g4lt < 1193032593 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :we'll assume that the subset of meteorologists comprising said cabal live in secure bases and residences. < 1193032597 0 :GreaseMonkey!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Every time you screw up AWOS, GreaseMonkey kills a kitten." < 1193032633 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :and other meteorologists not belonging to that cabal? < 1193032651 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :are SOL and unimportant to the overall story < 1193032659 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ok < 1193032755 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i don't like monopoly < 1193032772 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :and you should immitate http://durota.ru/games/2/2420/play.html11 < 1193032802 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :RodgerTheGreat: ^ < 1193032807 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ok < 1193032884 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :-> bed < 1193032967 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :actually, sleeping would be unlikely < 1193032973 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :immibis: my main question is, do you find the overall idea at all intriguing? Would you be interested to know how a story like that played out? < 1193033034 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :
ACTION doesn't know. immibis would be if it were to happen in real life, to him, of course.
< 1193033070 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :alright, I'll chalk that one up as "intriguing premise. develop further." < 1193033165 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :does anyone else have an opinion? < 1193033204 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :is anyone else here? < 1193033232 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :oklopol was here < 1193033241 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :as was pikhq. < 1193033245 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :---> is <--- anyone else here? < 1193033264 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :[17:32] before you say anything: i love it < 1193033271 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I was enumerating possibilities in addition to providing summonses < 1193033885 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :well, 'night everyone < 1193033957 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :goodnight < 1193035634 0 :puzzlet!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Remote closed the connection < 1193035635 0 :puzzlet_!n=puzzlet@147.46.241.168 JOIN :#esoteric < 1193035741 0 :SEO_DUDE38!i=Deee@gateway/tor/x-f1a982c301898d88 JOIN :#esoteric < 1193036099 0 :calamari!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Leaving" < 1193036968 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :IRP --language=VB6 CrashProgram Type:=DivideByZero, OutputErrorMessage:=True, ProgramToCrash:=GetCurrentProgram() < 1193038486 0 :puzzlet!n=puzzlet@147.46.241.168 JOIN :#esoteric < 1193038487 0 :puzzlet_!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Remote closed the connection < 1193039578 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :immibis: Die. < 1193039775 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :
ACTION shoots himself
< 1193039807 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :
ACTION un-shoots himself as he realises lament forgot to say "immibis: IRP die"
< 1193039999 0 :clog!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :ended < 1193040000 0 :clog!unknown@unknown.invalid JOIN :#esoteric < 1193040665 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :IRP --target=lament Die. < 1193040680 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :IRP --target=#esoteric --exclude-target=lament Kill lament. < 1193040713 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :IRP --one-of-the-good-things-about-this-irp-interpreter=you-can-make-up-new-command-line-options < 1193041206 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :IRP --target=lament die, but before you do, say IRP --target=immibis kill yourself < 1193042271 0 :oerjan!n=oerjan@hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no JOIN :#esoteric < 1193042696 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :IRP --target=oerjan --syntax=scheme-like --library irp-std -- (CrashProgram (GetCrashTypeFromList (GetCrashList "100 Ways to Crash a Program") "Division by zero") (GetThisProgram)) < 1193042911 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :IRP --target=#esoteric --syntax=c -- MakeUserStop("immibis",irp_action);MakeUserNotDoAgain("immibis",irp_action); < 1193043550 0 :oerjan!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :main = print . cycle $ "Why not use a more compact language!\n" < 1193043563 0 :oerjan!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :whoops < 1193043571 0 :oerjan!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :main = putStr . cycle $ "Why not use a more compact language!\n" < 1193043620 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :IRP --target=oerjan -- don't forget to put IRP in front of it and the syntax rules. < 1193043654 0 :oerjan!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :but that destroys the whole point of a compact language! < 1193043666 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :for example IRP --syntax=scheme-like --varient=festival-tts -- (SayText "Hello World") < 1193043671 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :*variant < 1193043738 0 :oerjan!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :IRP -timmibis -shaskell -e'putStrLn "Ha!"' < 1193043781 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :IRP: Missing -S option. < 1193043794 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :IRP: Missing -C option < 1193043800 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :IRP: Missing -P option < 1193043813 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :IRP: missing -E option < 1193043816 0 :immibis!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Hi, I'm a quit message virus. Please replace your old line with this line and help me take over the world of IRC. Now if you < 1193044030 0 :puzzlet_!n=puzzlet@147.46.241.168 JOIN :#esoteric < 1193044735 0 :puzzlet!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 110 (Connection timed out) < 1193047433 0 :Fa1r!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :@wwwwwwww$ ... <- what would you do? < 1193053584 0 :ttm!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Does anyone have a good use for 16 megs of Rule 30 automaton output? < 1193053593 0 :ttm!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Took three weeks to compute. < 1193053596 0 :ttm!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :And now I don't know what to do with it. < 1193053638 0 :ttm!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I suppose I should put it through empirical tests for randomness. But I keep putting it off. < 1193053835 0 :oerjan!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Lunch" < 1193055658 0 :Tritonio!n=Tritonio@ppp089210059072.dsl.hol.gr JOIN :#esoteric < 1193059047 0 :bartw!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer) < 1193063765 0 :Tritonio!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Success < 1193064352 0 :puzzlet_!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer) < 1193064369 0 :puzzlet!n=puzzlet@147.46.241.168 JOIN :#esoteric < 1193064712 0 :Tritonio!n=Tritonio@ppp089210059072.dsl.hol.gr JOIN :#esoteric < 1193064971 0 :puzzlet_!n=puzzlet@147.46.241.168 JOIN :#esoteric < 1193064992 0 :puzzlet!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Remote closed the connection < 1193067468 0 :ehird`!n=test@user-544158a3.l5.c5.dsl.pol.co.uk JOIN :#esoteric < 1193070144 0 :bsmntbom1dood!i=gavin@rrcs-67-52-47-67.west.biz.rr.com JOIN :#esoteric < 1193070493 0 :RodgerTheGreat!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT : < 1193070660 0 :sebbu!n=sebbu@ADijon-152-1-50-194.w83-194.abo.wanadoo.fr JOIN :#esoteric < 1193070780 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 110 (Connection timed out) < 1193076238 0 :jix!n=jix@dyndsl-080-228-179-139.ewe-ip-backbone.de JOIN :#esoteric < 1193076648 0 :Sgeo!n=Anonymou@ool-18bf68ca.dyn.optonline.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1193077624 0 :bsmntbom1dood!unknown@unknown.invalid NICK :bsmntbombdood < 1193077894 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :esoteric idea: write C, using qwerty, but with your keyboard layout on dvorak < 1193077896 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric ::P < 1193078336 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :huh? < 1193078376 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :a C coder who uses qwerty, sets the layout as dvorak in their os < 1193078381 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :then codes C in their editor as usual < 1193078388 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :result = obfuscated garbage, to most people < 1193078477 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :so... < 1193078492 0 :bartw!n=bwerf@bwerf.xs4all.nl JOIN :#esoteric < 1193078497 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i don't know < 1193078499 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :it's an esoteric idea < 1193078656 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :not really < 1193078661 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :it's just simple substition < 1193079221 0 :Tritonio!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 110 (Connection timed out) < 1193079388 0 :GregorR!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Permutation = bad cipher :P < 1193079411 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :sure, sure :P < 1193079417 0 :ehird`!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :but still < 1193083357 0 :RedDak!n=dak@host179-91-dynamic.55-82-r.retail.telecomitalia.it JOIN :#esoteric < 1193083557 0 :oerjan!n=oerjan@hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no JOIN :#esoteric < 1193085935 0 :RodgerTheGreat!n=Rodger@wads-5-232-170.resnet.mtu.edu JOIN :#esoteric < 1193086583 0 :oerjan!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 110 (Connection timed out) < 1193087585 0 :SEO_DUDE38!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer) < 1193087790 0 :SEO_DUDE38!i=Deee@gateway/tor/x-ac40bd581ba3d998 JOIN :#esoteric < 1193088681 0 :Sgeo!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer) < 1193089759 0 :jix!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"CommandQ" < 1193093625 0 :RedDak!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Remote closed the connection < 1193094860 0 :sebbu!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)