When you're done with all of these updates, do you think you might start on the reviewer section? :-)

you really want those don't you? you should make it a crusade to get reviewers, make a petition, I will sign!

Nah, I don't want to be a pain in the butt or anything, then I wouldn't get the job ;-)

We just might... :-)

Yay! :) Don't feel like I'm rushing you or anything, I'm just excited about it :)

Yeah, the newest review is from July 2001, and the newest TI-89 review is from July of 2000 (!).

Yeah, it's been a while ;) And it would be good for me... it would improve my writing skills.

no_one_2000: This is a good game. I like the controls and they is good. They work well. Download this game now! It is fun! The graphics are bad though :(

Sorry, just couldn't resist :)
w00t!

Ah... p00p to j00! That was mean... no, my sample review is much more detailed than that. It's like... five paragraphs on diff. topics of the program.

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

Ok, Im done now :)

Has anybody else noticed the recent addition to the author profile pages. It has the orange button that links to the author account near te top of the page by the author's name and e-mail. I think this is a great addition.

Really? That's great! I'm going to check that out! Thanks for noticing it... I probably never would have :)

Hey, I just saw it. It's a great feature, I like it :)

That's awesome! No more searching endlessly through accounts in the "Accounts Directory" section.

No, if the archives could only get updated...
I have about 16 items pending and am about to upload about 70 more (been busy over the break :) )

I have about 8 in the pending, and I got about 20 more to upload. lol, I was busy too!

I have 1 in pending! wOOt!

you w00ted wrong...

dangit.. I mean, "I have 1 file in pending... w00t!"

What a horrible sin! You w00t!ed wrong!

As penance for tampering with the almighty w00t, silent_fury must make this into a TI-83+ HEX program

:AsmPrgm
:EFCG53C9

and compile it and execute it on his calculator (or someone else's).



Don't anyone else try this. It is penance for silent_fury.

What does it do? (I don't read hex, lol)

Very, very, very, very, very bad things.

>It turns the calc off and prevents the user from turning it back on unless they remove all of the batteries for a while
>It temporarily deletes the entire memory (actually, all the programs show back up in a week or so)
>It damages the OS (at least, I think it does. When the user tries to turn the calc back on, you see a white, dotted screen (dotted with random pixles) and it turns back off. That is not a good omen)

This is not my virus. I got it from a friend. The only reason I know what happens is because he infected his own calc thinking that he backed up his files (which he really didn't). DON'T FOOL AROUND WITH THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE EVERYTHING WELL BACKED UP (AND HAVE A NEW OS READY TO BE TRANSMITTED).

KEWL! I gotta remember that one!

Yeah. See if you can send it to _no_one_2000_', "ac", PoIarDPres, and the rest of the fakies.

That wouldn't quite work so well ;)

But I could do it do someone REALLY annoying to me... someone who just p15535 me off... who could that be.... *light bulb* *evil grin* *sadistic laugh* *cough* *choke* *gag* *falls to floor* *struggles for air* *hacks* *realizes he's h4xx0ring* *gets back up* *hears siren* *thinks police are coming* *runs* *finds out that it was the ambulance coming for my hacking problem* *gets surgery* *guy with electric thingers electricutes me* *dies*

No, seriously. E-mail it to them and say that it is from ticalc.org in the Subject. Then make up a lie about the e-mail attachment (the HEX program) being a new program that needs testing, and explain that the fakie is one of the select few in the world that has the honor of playing it first. You may need to also include a detailed description of the game (that is the hard part). The last thing to do is hope that they are f00lish enought to run the program on their calc :)

MUAHAHAHAHAHAH-(breathe)-AHAHAHAHA!
DOOM TO THE FR00DS AND THEIR CALCULATORS!

Um, that would be tricky, I'm probably not manipulative enough in my speaking to do it. Besides, they all know I want them dead, and what if they're reading this now?

We could ask Magnus or lord_nightrose to do it (since Magnus is an actual ticalc.org member and since lord_nightrose has such good lingual skills) ;-)

Lol, you know what would be better?
Get Magnus to delete their accounts! *there's a thought!* ;)

That too. >8-)

That would be much more effective.

...except that they could come back under a different handle name 8-(

Eventually, they'd give up

They haven't given up their quest for annoyance yet...

you w00t!ed wrong too.

i'm sorry for flooding.

but not as wrong...

Actually, I think he might have been right... the exclamation mark isn't necessary (in the old days, that's the way it was...)

YES! I am not alone!

Yes! The OLD days!

until i came along =D

Ahh, I just added that. Forgot to put it in the changelog :-)

Only shows for those authors that actually have a user account connected, of course.

Hey, Magnus is posting, I don't recall ever seeing you actually post in these before... Well, thats cool.

he has be4! ive found a bug with this forum watch:

Really? Looks like you just put a bunch of enters after your post. Anyone (even no_one) can do that.

Yes, I've noticed that before, but as long as people don't abuse it, I don't mind.

It's not really a bug...

He does post, but he tends to avoid the flame wars and pyramid contests of late.

* puh *
Can you blame him?

LOL!
Hey, don't blame me for that... I haven't done that in about 4 months!

I didn't say I was blaming you!

Huh? Oh. Oops. What? Um, ignore that post... I never say what I mean to, and I never mean what I say to.

I just noticed a few more additions to the Upload File page:

1. A counter that shows the number of files in pending.
2. An improved discription box, that scrolls down and not to the side.

I like both additions, well done Magnus.

Yeah, now it seems like ticalc is alive again!
And that up/down scrolling for the long description is a good idea! I like it a lot better than the old one! :-)

Yes! I like all of those suggestions!

They Aren't suggestions, they have already been changed.

Really? That's even better! :)

Except that it encourages l-o-n-g descriptions which are annoying (especially when badly written).
Example: TICTEX. It has a description a mile and a half long, and is repeated for all five versions. The filearchiver should have the power to trim overly long descriptions.

As an aside, how are files tested for "appropriateness"?

I think when they're in the pending queue, before they're uploaded, the archivers test them on VTI or a calc or something. That's my guess... either that or they look at the source code. Either that, or they have a computer program that tests them for bad words and stuff. I dunno. I figured it was one of the first two ideas, since they have the pending queue at all.

I believe that they go through some kind of computer check, needless to say it is efficiant enough. I hardly doubt that the archivers test each and every file. They don't even have enough time to keep pending down, I just can't see how they could possibly have the time.

I think they should look into hiring some more archivers, I am sure that there are at least a good 50 people that visit this site that wouldn't mind putting in a half hour to an hour a day. I have offered to help but they don't seem interested.

I understand that they have to choose somebody that won't screw up their system, but they need to understand that there are a lot of people out there that aren't just hackers, and actually have a good moral character.

I'm safe, because I can't hack! lol


I can do lotsa mean and interesting stuff to computers, but I can't get private info from other sites. Besides, I would never do anything to hurt my favorite site :)

I know this is an odd question, but what is your (anyone's, actually) definition of "hacking" and "hacker"?

Hacking is getting into a system or resource that you are not supposed or authorized to with the intentions of getting what you want in a not-so-peaceful way. A hacker is one who does this.

Oh, that's it? Then, maybe I am! <scary music> nah, never mind :)

</scary music> :p

Good thing you closed the tag, or scary music would be playing for all the posts! lol :)

How well do you program in HTML, no_one?

Hehe! As well as he "rights" Hehe!
That was random.

Hey, now! I'm the the one with the bad spelling. Unless you think that *your* better at spelling than me. ;-)

*your was purposely spelled wrong... ;)

I know almost every HTML tag (all the important ones), but it's not like that's a big accomplishment or something. HTML is so simple, a five year old could learn it within a few days (I mean that seriously).

Yes, but could the 5-year-old type well enough to make a web page?

If I remember correcly, I typed 10wpm when I was 5.

















Just kidding ;-) I typed horrendously slow then... but at least I did know where all the letters where. That brings back some memories... old IBM computer with no hard drive... had to use DOS... Donald Duck... huh? oh... hehe :)

back then you prolly couldn't type faster than that anyways, it'd probably be faster than the CPU could handle :p

LOL! The old computers at our local library were SOOOOOOOOOOOO slow... if you typed at about 5wpm, they'd have to catch up with you. I can't remember what type they were and all of that. It was too long ago

Then why don't I know it very well?

Because you never cared to learn it well, probably. HTML is one of those things that is impossible not to understand. I'm sure if you set your mind to it, you could be quite good with it. (I learned when I was eleven, so I've had plenty of time to work with it, which is an advantage)

No, just this thread.

Hacking doesn't necessarily involve computers either--the best "hack" of all time would have to be at the 1961 Rose Bowl: google for '"1961 rose bowl" caltech'

sweet!

a hacker is a casual/amateur (but nevertheless good) programmer, while what you are talking about is a CRACKER.

by amateur i mean "someone who does not get paid for it", i.e. does it for the love of it. that is what amateur comes from: amat = 'he/she/it loves' in Latin.

Oh, so I am a hacker! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That means those kids in my class AREN'T hackers, because they can "crack", but they can't program worth p00p! HAHAHAHA! They'll love to hear that. hehehehe >:)

I AM A L33T H4XX0R!

LOL!!~!

yes, those weirdos are crackers. BTW, "cracker" is a southern term for "poor white trash", if that helps any.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!! This is great....

It's also a crunchy snack food item

...even so, being a cracker would have benefits, at lesast in high school...

All programs are not tested as it is now, no.

There is an automatic program that will analyze the uploaded file and declare it as "probably ok" or "possibly not ok". In the "possibly not ok" case the files are manually checked. "probably ok" files are passed into the archives (unless they're obviously wrong - we do a casual inspection always, but don't run through the programs). Which is one of the reasons we sometimes misfile programs as assembly instead of basic.

Oh, okay. That seems efficient. :)

As an another aside: Am I the only ticalc.org member person who doesn't have a dotTK website?

I do, but it's identical to my .net site (bugstew.tk, bugstew.net). So I never really use it for anything, since it's just an alternate URL.

I don't!

On my TK site, www.cemetech.tk, which is currently undergoing a complete makeover (switching from homestead to geocities hosting)... ;)

Oh, and I've been working on some new programs over the holidays. Since they probably won't be added to the archives for quite a while :), here they are, each for 83 and 83+:

ACLOCK: Analog Clock
BIKE3D: Bicycle 3D
BOUNCE: Screensaver 4: Bounce
BOWLING: Bowling v3.0
CHAT: Chat v1.0
(yes, this is the first time I've made
a chat program)
CLEANUP: Cleanup v1.0
COOLFX1: Cool RPG Effects 1
COOLFX2: ditto 2
COOLFX3: ditto 3
COOLFX4: ditto 4
DESIGN 3D: Design 3D CAD
DOORSXP1: Intro to Doors XP
(Explaination, overview, etc.)
ENLARGE: Enlarge v1.0
(will make any Pic var 200% size)
FLIGHT3D: 3D Flight Simulator
FLYER: Flyer
LEARNTIB: Learn TI BASIC
MAGIC8: Magic 8 Ball
MUSICVWR: Music Viewer v1.0
(Sheet music creator/viewer)
QUADMSR: Quadrilateral Measure
RACE3D: Race 3D
RACECAR: Racecar
REDUCE: Reduce v1.0
(will make any Pic var 200% size)
SAMPLE: TIML Sample Program
SCPCAT: ScreenPals: Cat
SCPSEAL: ScreenPals: Seal
STFIGHTR: Stick Fighter
TICI: Introduction to TICI 1.0
TIMLCRE8: TIML File Creator
TIMLVIEW: TIML (TI Markup Language) File Viewer

BTW-That new upload file page is cool!

Wow! You were busy!

...

LOL! Intro to doorsXP! hehe... ? I thought it already had an intro...

How many of those are asm?

Unfortunately,

.org $9327h
START:
call _ClrLCDFull
ld hl,TEXT
ld a,4
ld (CURROW),a
ld a,8
ld (CURCOL),a
call _puts
ret
TEXT:
.db "0",0

Then, they're all in BASIC? I'm assuming when you put "0" on the screen, you're saying none of them were ASM.