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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - - Posts by HyperHacker |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828                    Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by YoronosukuOriginally posted by MathOnNapkins Agreed. It should be his title.  |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| I'm seriously considering moving to Linux as my primary OS, but I have no idea which to choose. The big problem is I don't really like Unix in general. Having to do everything manually, not taking the extra 2 seconds to use such convenient things as file extensions and partition type identifiers, having a different, akward installation method for every distro, not warning me about doing something dangerous or stupid, etc...
People praise Linux because it's not Windows, but Windows is mostly what I want. Easy to use, but lets me do nearly anything, and works well (when it works at all); EG if I add some hardware, I don't have to spend all day recompiling my kernel and basically reinstalling the OS for it only to find out it's not supported; it just looks for drivers online and sets it up for me. In short, I love Windows' design... just not the poor implementation. I mean if XP was far less buggy and bloated, not made by MS, and let me do whatever the hell I wanted even if it's likely to wreck something (eg deleting files that are in use, but still warning me) it'd be damn near perfect. Problem is Windows is expensive, buggy as hell, and made by a company I wouldn't trust with the time of day. XP is already bloated and buggy and from what I've seen of Vista it's just going to be XP with ten times the bloat, twenty times the bugs, and riddled with DRM. No way I'm getting that. So that leaves me with two choices: Use Linux or stick with XP even when it's horribly out of date. (Mac is not an option because I'm not buying a whole new computer, and running Mac OS on a PC is just asking for problems.) I've hardly used Linux at all before. I installed Mandrake but didn't care for it (and it was also pretty buggy) and never really used it. I tried Gentoo and didn't manage to get it to boot.  What I'm really looking for is the open-source equivilant of Windows XP, minus the bugs. (I know of ReactOS but last I checked it's nowhere near complete enough to be useable. I'll probably try it anyway though.)
I intend to keep XP installed as a dual boot but I want to use Linux for the majority of things, ideally only switching to Windows to see how my programs run there or run programs not available in Linux. That means I want to be able to do just about everything I can in Windows, especially developing software that can run in Windows since that's pretty much what I do all day*. Emulation is also important since I do a lot of ROM hacking too, and I hear there's very little available in the field of Linux emulators. Other important things include NTFS access without mucking up my data (as I'd rather not have to convert everything to EXT2 given there's no good EXT3 drivers for Windows), sharing files on the network (prefferably accessible from Windows machines), and supporting two monitors (both on one video card; one on a standard VGA port and one using a DVI-VGA adapter) acting as one large screen. And of course it has to be reliable and fast. (Mandrake was worrysome... only supported 1024x768 and crashed frequently.  ) This doesn't just mean not crashing at random, but also not corrupting my files or having a lot of annoying little bugs like Windows.
I already know of and use many free programs available on Linux such as VLC, Gaim and lololol, so finding software for most tasks shouldn't be a problem. It's those few remaining tasks that worry me. I can compile other peoples' code, but I've never had much luck doing it. I always have to make signifigant changes for one reason or another (in many cases just plain bad code) to get it working, which is difficult. (It doesn't help either that every piece of software I see these days that isn't written with Visual Studio uses a Unix-style makefile, which I have no experience with; I use batch scripts to compile my programs.) I've become quite accustomed to Textpad with its huge list of features and customizeable hotkeys. I'd really like to find something similar for Linux. I don't know how I ever lived without auto-indent, a clipbook, hotkeys to indent/outdent and move quickly between bookmarks and matching brackets in code, and a search/replace function that accepts regular exp Customization in general is pretty important to me.
I've heard good things about Ubuntu but it sounds more like it's designed for people who have no idea how to use a computer than people who know computers but don't know Linux. Does it still offer all the power and flexibility of other distros for those who know how to use it? *This is probably my biggest concern. Most of what I do is design software. If I move to Linux I'll have to learn how to do everything there that I already know how to do in Windows. And since Windows is still dominant, I don't want to drop support for it (I know you'd all hate me if I released a Mario Kart 64 editor for Linux only), especially since I already have a number of Windows apps in development. So I'd have to write programs that run on (or can be compiled for) both Windows and Linux. Realistically this means using some form of wrapper (especially for GUIs) that would let me use the same code for both, like GTK. Problem there is I've never seen one of these in which the Windows version doesn't suck ass. Maybe I could write my own if I really need to, but ehh...
(BTW, if it's possible to somehow run Windows inside Linux, that'd be awesome. Virtual machines are about what I mean, but they tend to use a "fake" filesystem in which the virtual hard disk is really a file, so it'd be like having a whole different disk. I'd want to be able to load Windows in the box from my actual hard disk, do something there, save it, close the box, actually boot into Windows, and see those changes.) |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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I was going to yell at him for not reading the FAQ and seeing the "3 userbars in a sig" rule, but that doesn't seem to actually be in the FAQ.  |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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What's a birthday without a cake? 
Best wishes Acmlm. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| Once when I was on the bus, it ran out of gas halfway up a steep hill. They had to have another bus come pick us up, which took like an hour, so we were all very late. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| Some schools actually have a policy where when there's a bomb threat, they herd everyone into the gym or something. Yeah, great idea. Then if the bomb is on someone, everybody dies!
At mine they'd just lock all the classroom doors and have you sit against the walls. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| omfg.
Well, welcome back Acmlm I guess.
Now don't just spree today and then go back to not posting... (edited by HyperHacker on 08-26-06 02:57 AM) |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| *Throws conspiracy theory #37647 out the window* | |||
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| It would be pretty awesome if he won after starting 26 days late. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| What? Just posting "lol [my level here]" like everyone else... Not my fault you think about something perverted at the sight of an atribitrary number. (edited by HyperHacker on 08-26-06 03:06 AM) |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| I saw him online pretty often. He's been lurking the whole time.
Hm, I was hoping for a spree, but he seems to have stopped at 12. Ah well. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Don't yell at me, the window was already open!  |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| Well I suppose leveling up 6 levels in as many minutes is pretty good. Heck, technically he's made infinite times as many posts in these few hours alone as he has since the last restart. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| And there was much rejoicing. (Yaaaaay.) | |||
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| I actually found it faster than I found 99, since I decided to try 'signifigant' numbers like 255, 128, etc first. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| I fell on the Enter key. And if you're wondering how I'm posting now, it's qu-- | |||
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| Yeah... that'd be pretty weird. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by Riku I posted a cake in the other thread. But you're right, I don't see any presents either. *tries to think of something* Originally posted by Xkeeper LIES |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| Yeah, if I were admin I'd approve him right now. |
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