I have to say, I like this from the wikipedia article on the guinness book of world records, it is "a highly-illustrated, colourful product, targeted at boys in the 9-13 age group" and "The book is usually published just ahead of the Christmas buying season in most markets."
During my youth I was obsessed with weird true story tales and recall checking out a huge tome full of weird stories including that of feral children, like these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amala_and_Kamala
Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
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I like longest continuous somersaulting. Reminds me of <a href="http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail87.html">this</a> strongbad email. Ready and 1 and set and go! |
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You know, most of those records sound kinda lame, but then you see stuff like fastest 10k sack race, and I'm thinking I can barely even run 10k. It must be really really tiring to jump it in a sack! And who would even race against you? Is 10k sack racing a common company picnic activity? What kind of time do you need to get the record? So I tried googling "10 km sack race" and only got 3 hits, and I think they were all for this Furman guy. Apparently his time was 1:25:10. My time RUNNING was like 1:02:00. So that's some pretty awesome sack racing. This one I'm a little confused about -- fastest pogo stick ascent of Canada's CN tower. Apparently they mean up stairs. But why is this a world record? Like, okay, the 10k sack race was kind of weird, but I know people do 10ks and people do sack races. But I never knew people were just itching to pogo stick up the CN tower stairs. Does he just do stuff and then they make records for it? Most milk crates balanced on chin? Like could I get the world record in making the most dots on my knee with a pen? |
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Aprial:
1. The bot limit exists for the same reason as the limit on the size of levels. It's first a technological limitation, because each bot makes moving slower. I also believe levels with lots of bots can be somewhat annoying (like levels that are very large) and are tempting for new level creators. By imposing limitations I'm hoping that level creators discover subtlety earlier on. Bombs are bots, yes, so they count towards the total.
2. You can change the color of text by writing ^0 or ^1 or ^2 (up to 5). To go back to the previous color, use ^<. You can also fade out the text by writing ^$ or ^%. Like with bombs and bots, subtlety is appreciated. =)
PS. I'm glad you like it! And thanks for participating... |
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4511. Aprial (ppp-69-228-149-227.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net) –
07 May 2006 18:38:09
[ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]
Hi Tom.
I would like to ask two things about Escape:
1. How come I can only put 15 bots on a level? (what's more, a bomb isn't a bot, is it?)
2. How is it possible to change color of text on level titles?
-Aprial
P.S. This has got to be the greatest puzzle game I've ever played! |
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4510. PS Newyorker (ool-45707278.dyn.optonline.net) –
07 May 2006 17:54:45
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
Like many others I am little relieved to see that this is a common occurance, as I taught only mildew grew in these places. A couple of days ago I was also surprised to see two mushroom stems sprout out to 1 1/2 inch long out of the ceiling. Then it began dying after 3 to 4 days. Left it so the super can come and look at it to determine if there is a more serious problem with the roof. (It colud be indications of a more serious problem) But after reading these post I'm going to take a picture, pull it down and if it pop up again then it seems I have to insist that the landlord do something. Thank god for the web without it I would have probably spent money on a costly mold inspector to explain what the hell is going on. :) |
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I am a little diffrent form you all. I just moved in to an apartment a month and a half ago, I noticed this morning that I have a mushroom growing in my livingroom floor!!! YUCK! Like a lot of you I have a 3yr old son. A few weeks after we moved in he got real sick and I have not been able to get him better. This may explain it. Wish me luck as I feel I will most likely move again! |
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I haven't given it a good listen yet, actually. It's on the to-do list for sure...
Stephin Merritt is great. I don't think that he's been as good since 69 love songs, but it hardly matters since that album is huge and wonderful. We also hosted MF at CMU touring behind 69LS, which was one of the best shows I've been to. |
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any thoughts on the mountain goats? also was wondering if you're already into Stephin Merritt (&c) or if he's a revolution that will occur later in life for you. |
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4506. Tom 7 (h-67-100-132-250.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
03 May 2006 09:28:13
[ Space Names! ]
Welcome to space, Drashk! |
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4505. Anonymous (proxy.emea.fedex.com) –
03 May 2006 07:25:50
[ Space Names! ]
Drashk
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4503. jcreed (pool-68-162-153-97.pitt.east.verizon.net) –
02 May 2006 07:39:03
[ Random Results ]
next year, the dice mysteriously turn up double-sevens |
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4502. Tom 7 (pool-70-20-111-173.pitt.east.verizon.net) –
01 May 2006 23:09:07
[ Random Results ]
Max: There were like 60 entrants.
c: Yes! The first year I did it I was totally unprepared. It is nice to be competitive now. I don't understand why it gets longer each year, but it can't do that for more than one more!
mike: Phillies? Why, that's poppycock! |
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4501. mike (h-67-100-132-250.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
01 May 2006 21:59:36
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You sure you weren't rooting for the away team? |
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4500. cdinwood (c-67-165-110-176.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) –
01 May 2006 21:52:16
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Also, why is the length of the RDR strictly increasing? |
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4499. cdinwood (c-67-165-110-176.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) –
01 May 2006 21:50:32
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I commend your improvement over the past two years! I remember your 2004 finish of glory, so 8 is certainly a big jump up. |
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4498. jcreed (pool-70-17-163-69.pitt.east.verizon.net) –
01 May 2006 17:49:51
[ Random Results ]
I know there were at least 9. |
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4497. Max (mheath.stu.wesleyan.edu) –
01 May 2006 16:04:06
[ Random Results ]
There were more than 8 runners in the race, right? |
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4496. Anonymous (ppp-70-227-53-216.dsl.dytnoh.ameritech.net) –
29 Apr 2006 18:31:46
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
is a 1540 bad? |
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Moral: decide for yourself what "expressive power" means, by trying to express your favorite programs and invariants in various languages. Exercise: how would you express abstraction invariants in lisp, seeing as how it lacks a static type system? |
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The main point I'm getting out of this is "I should take another look at SML," and I will. Previously, pretty much everything I'd read about the language was bad: Lisp users bashing it for being static and thus lacking expressive power; Haskell users bashing it for being impure and non-strict and thus lacking expressive power; and users of the language who say it's "dead" and they need to make a new dialect of it so they can add much-needed features (thus "Successor ML"). I figured if the language is criticized from all these different angles, it must suck. But now I'll look at it again.
The licensing argument may not be applicable specifically to SML, but it applies to Ocaml, which you also mentioned. I need C either way for my operating system, and, I'd guess, for parts of the language's runtime system, so that's moot. Also, gcc is not the only C compiler out there: there's TenDRA, for example.
Conclusion: We're both right.
Also yes, the wording in the first post from this IP address was ill-chosen. Sorry about that.
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Aww, when I say "you guys" I of course mean "you guys and gals!" Unfortunately there isn't a good plural 'you' in English! |
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