8906. Tom 7 (h-67-100-132-50.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
04 Jul 2009 21:44:43
[ New! Escape 200704130 ]
The intrinsic limits are very high (usually 2^32) for most things. But like level size I like to enforce limits because it is my opinion that more constraints usually lead to better puzzles. (I did change my mind and increase the total number of bots a few years ago, maybe at the same time I added bombs?) Here though the main issue is just that the code gets pretty complicated. Really it's more because of my choice to make sleepingness and bomb-timer value indicated with new bots than to have some kind of orthogonal properties for bots, which would have been smarter. Anyway, it would be totally doable, I don't know why I'm complaining about it... |
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How much design space is there for sleeping bombs on numbers other than 0? Certainly I'd imagine there would be some levels that put them to some use, just as I can imagine level concepts involving bombs that start ticking at 99. I doubt that justifies the extra space for them.
The most apparent use of sleeping bombs is to have the heart act as a C4 detonator that sets them all off immediately, and even just that one version of the element would go a long way. |
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8904. Tom 7 (h-67-100-132-50.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
04 Jul 2009 08:52:44
[ New! Escape 200704130 ]
What would that be... they wake up when the last heart is taken (and start counting down)? And wouldn't start burning from being pushed, right. Not a bad idea but the way bombs are implemented I'd need a lot of new sleeping bots (one for each timer value). Also the "sleeping" doesn't make much sense for bombs, but that's not really a good reason.
I put it in the list but like so many things, don't hold your breath. :) |
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Sleeping bombs.
Just an idea. |
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You will find it is more generous with its character limit. |
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@Tom7 i hope you don't mind me pretending your comments page is twitter #buttslol |
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@Austin it might be because you already have a major city named after you STOP BEING GREEDY |
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8899. Anonymous (pool-71-114-69-160.washdc.dsl-w.verizon.net) –
02 Jul 2009 09:15:47
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
Hello -- so glad to know that we aren't the only ones with this -- found a mushroom w/black spore dust on our bathroom wall beside the glass enclosed shower. It grew overnight. I check everyday to see if there are more -- last night found some reddish-spongy stuff that may have been the beginning of another mushroom. This is gross. Going to call a mold expert to see what needs to be done. Pbviously some kind of water in the wall/floor |
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What? You should have one like every year! |
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I don't, oddly (have a hurricane named after me). |
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8896. Anonymous (ool-457d9e3d.dyn.optonline.net) –
30 Jun 2009 23:32:17
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
Here comes another one joining the crowd! My daughter came screaming from the bathroom that there's some kind of animal in our bathroom that looks like a mushroom! I ran upstairs and it really was a mushroom! My husband took a picture and pulled it out (didn't know that we were supposed to pour white vinegar on it first). I'm kinda worried now because I have several leaks in the house: kitchen sink, 2 bathrooms so I think this could now be growing throughout the house. Who do you call? A plumber or a cleaning company? Does homeowners insurance cover these major costs? How do you know whether its a mold issue?
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Sure did. I'll write a report soon. |
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Did you do ICFP this year? |
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Well, we dated for many years but split up when she moved away. Still good friends. I am 100% single so send all intriguing ladies my way! |
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8892. Anonymous (host-253.198.by.nwlgcore.org) –
29 Jun 2009 04:51:42
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8891. beans (host-253.198.by.nwlgcore.org) –
29 Jun 2009 04:48:44
[ FLAMING TEXT ]
hey peeps
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8890. Anonymous (host-253.198.by.nwlgcore.org) –
29 Jun 2009 04:48:08
[ FLAMING TEXT ]
hello peeps
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Hey Tom, I've always assumed Cortney was your girlfriend, but is it so? You see, I have a friend who, like you, grew up in Connecticut and is a vegetarian, obsessed with Guided by Voices, and into running. And she wants to know if you're single. I said I didn't think so based on the aforementioned assumption. |
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8888. Anonymous (adsl-70-232-68-200.dsl.ltrkar.sbcglobal.net) –
27 Jun 2009 22:39:55
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
If you own the house that has the mushrooms growing between the toilet and the floor/tile and you have a crawl space under your house you can also sprinkle pelletized lime. check the bisqueen (plastic wrap) that is usually placed on the ground for any tears. with a flashlight try to locate to source of the moisture and sprinkle the lime there as well. |
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8887. Anonymous (cpe-98-14-67-234.nyc.res.rr.com) –
25 Jun 2009 18:05:35
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
is a 1266 a bad score?? |
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8886. The Principle of Howard University (aol-68-172-37-155.aol.twcny.res.rr.com) –
25 Jun 2009 14:05:48
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
sorry, but no |
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8885. Anonymous (aol-68-172-37-155.aol.twcny.res.rr.com) –
25 Jun 2009 10:43:01
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
no |
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I knew you'd be using drums eventually, and the result is awesome as expected. This is only like 3/4 and 4/4 though, I'm sure you'll be making phat beats in 39/16 soon enough.
Also, hate to be a nag, but what's the progress on making T7ESH available? I'd love to contribute but I have neither the Standard ML experience nor free time necessary. |
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Suzanne: Thx. Well, there was once allegedly a mention of my Album-a-Day project in an NPR segment about NaNoWriMo, if that gets me any points.
cdinwood: Our official time was 13h25m44s. Like I said though, there was no sense of trying to finish fast, except in the sense of trying to get it over with as quickly as possible. Maybe some year I will try to run it.
msiegler: I only have a shitty iPhone pic. I heard today that this was actually "planned maintenance" to make the shaft shine like never before. Fishy.
chris'phone: William is always wussing out, like to go to Disney World or something. I think if you can walk to WV you can handle the RCT no problem.
KKKKK: You are not the only one to think I was serious, but for the record, I do know who Rachel Carson and Mandelbrot are. :)
It occurs to me that my notion that I could just add the 4 vertical miles to the 37 mile total is clearly false; of course we were traveling along diagonals so the distance would be more Pythagorean than Manhattan. Also I realized that there's a natural way to measure the elevation change, which is that each foot makes a step, of course, so if you were to just perfectly measure the elevation of each foot as it hits the ground you'd have an accurate and justifiable discretization of the terrain, which is easy to measure the total elevation change of. (Though, it would be different for each person.) |
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rachel carson crusaded against ddt! She was the lady who was telling everyone about how it thinned the condor's egg shells.
congrats! |
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