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Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 25 May 2009, 20:03
Replies: 32
Views: 12,478
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Improved Ingame Alliance Tools

I second that suggestion. There is an awful lot of fun stuff you can do with the data that is available in the ingame ally pages, if only you had a decent way of getting it out. Also, being able to...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 25 Dec 2007, 21:10
Replies: 261
Views: 252,899
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Old timers... (R1-R10)

Ok, so I'm a bit late to the party, but I'm still here... still playing... still not reading forums that much :P
Forum: Programming and Discussion 2 Apr 2007, 21:22
Replies: 19
Views: 5,102
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Are you Agile?

One could argue that we've had problems with scaling up aswell, but I think we are better off than we would have been with a different model...

The programmer team is split in tools, rendering and...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 1 Apr 2007, 23:17
Replies: 19
Views: 5,102
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Are you Agile?

Where I work, we're around 30 programmers, plus another 100 or so doing gfx, sound and other stuff.

We're using a semi-agile model for our development. Plans have been drawn up ahead of time, but...
Forum: Alliance Recruitment 5 Apr 2006, 14:31
Replies: 17
Views: 4,445
Posted By Epcylon
Forum: Programming and Discussion 29 Sep 2005, 20:40
Replies: 37
Views: 5,049
Posted By Epcylon
Re: What Language is the "best" to learn?

Python is my language of choice both professionally, and as a beginners language.

Let me explain my background, which implies my reasoning. I first started programming in C, but it was only after...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 7 Jun 2005, 21:01
Replies: 81
Views: 11,758
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Amusing Fleet names

Mine have been Nussi, Fussi and Tussi this round.. :)
Forum: Programming and Discussion 23 May 2005, 21:19
Replies: 15
Views: 2,727
Posted By Epcylon
Re: VB 6 -Skipping lines of code...

Sounds like a sensible sysadmin tbh.. ;)
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 May 2005, 23:04
Replies: 28
Views: 3,604
Posted By Epcylon
Re: F-Crews Secret Weapon: Wakeys Feet

/me puts SethMace out of his misery by hiding him behind the Drapes...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 15 Apr 2005, 18:17
Replies: 13
Views: 2,827
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Blocking MSN

Just for clarity...

Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger are two different things...

One is the built in and completely useless messenger thingy that all windows versions since 95 has had,...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 13 Jan 2005, 18:10
Replies: 2
Views: 2,404
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Delphi paradox database

Without knowing either paradox or delphi, I'd say it depends on the integers.. ;)

4 integers of a limited range can (almost) always be encoded in 1 integer of a larger range.. just a matter of...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 23 Dec 2004, 02:47
Replies: 32
Views: 4,354
Posted By Epcylon
Forum: Programming and Discussion 17 Nov 2004, 13:23
Replies: 8
Views: 1,852
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Regular Expressions and asterixs

Assuming you mean the actual string "*****SPAM*****", then a regex isn't what you want, because it's quicker and easier to just do string comparison (except if you're working in Perl, but who does...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 2 Nov 2004, 21:26
Replies: 6
Views: 2,551
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Web developement with Python or PHP?

Hard to pin-point exactly, but I think it's the rather unstructured approach to developing the language. OO is implemented in an ad-hoc kind of way, various parts of the language just doesn't "flow"...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 20 Oct 2004, 21:56
Replies: 6
Views: 2,551
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Web developement with Python or PHP?

I've done a bit of PHP coding, used if for a few medium-sized projects, and tbh... never again.

I haven't actually used Python for a web-project yet, but it's my language of choice for most other...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 15 Sep 2004, 15:19
Replies: 22
Views: 3,038
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Linux flavour advice

Since nobody has mentioned it yet... gentoo! (http://www.gentoo.org) \o/

Portage is (in my experience) the only package system that rivals apt-get, and in some cases I'd say it's better. Typically...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 26 Aug 2004, 22:34
Replies: 17
Views: 3,184
Posted By Epcylon
Re: PA dumpfile analysis code (alliance techies?)

Jester! My good friend! Pal! :D

Python and pgsql is perfect... let the n00bs meddle with their inferiour tools... :)

So.. would you release it? I might not actually use it, but I'd like to have...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 26 Aug 2004, 22:27
Replies: 56
Views: 11,637
Posted By Epcylon
Re: [ #PA ] Banner galaxies competition vote final - vote now!

Is this it?

Of all of these, #7, #6 and #8 are the only ones that would even have a shot against the banners of the early rounds. Even my own alliance banner is pretty bismal... too much of a lego...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 10 Jun 2004, 00:35
Replies: 15
Views: 2,726
Posted By Epcylon
Re: This week I have discovered that the following things are shit

I was going to say it..

Most sensible distros these days have some sort of package system (and we're not talking about rpm here, as that blatantly sucks) which takes care of all the dependencies...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 18 May 2004, 16:14
Replies: 109
Views: 8,642
Posted By Epcylon
Re: question to 1up

They have the same right to threaten as anyone have of forming a block. Free will... ever heard of it?

You seem to think you somehow have to be Someone in order to make a promise...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 16 May 2004, 12:04
Replies: 139
Views: 8,865
Posted By Epcylon
Re: 75 members restriction

With a low limit, the talent is indeed spread thinner, but I think that's a good thing, as it will give a broader contactarea between skilled and unskilled players. I belive that the players turned...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 15 May 2004, 12:38
Replies: 19
Views: 2,742
Posted By Epcylon
Re: bad colours for incomings

Implementing this should be as easy as making a copy of a stylesheet, changing some colours, and presenting it as an option in preferences, along with all the other skins. Grand total of 2 minutes...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 15 Apr 2004, 21:31
Replies: 100
Views: 7,782
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Shish Annoucment

Effective immediatly I'm stepping down as KeBab HC, in protest against the lack of activity by our CEO... I mean... taking a shower, when there's alliances to be made?!?

[22:18:08] ---...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 15 Apr 2004, 20:15
Replies: 100
Views: 7,782
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Shish Annoucment

Erm... Is it me, or is it just 3..?

ACID, Entity and Eclipse disbanded...

IPC, HR and Fang is still around...

:rolleyes:

Epcylon
KeBab HC
Forum: Alliance Discussions 13 Apr 2004, 06:40
Replies: 74
Views: 16,254
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Fytfo?

Now THAT is bullshit, and you know it Nadar.

The two alliances involved here haven't gained score they didn't earn, they have simply combined the score they both have fought to obtain. You can...
Forum: Alliance Recruitment 2 Apr 2004, 14:41
Replies: 18
Views: 3,699
Posted By Epcylon
Re: F-Crew and friends seek defensive allies and recruits

lol

Nice one.. good to see there still is some life in the PA fun-based alliances... Good luck to you, after being there at the end of ICD, I know how hard it can be to try keeping things...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 15 Feb 2004, 21:38
Replies: 32
Views: 3,341
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Somebody do me a HUGE favour?

I see you have sorted it out (or close to it anyway), but I whipped this up in 5 mins, so figured I might as well post it.. :)

No testing what-so-ever, so could break horribly, but I think it...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 4 Feb 2004, 14:34
Replies: 23
Views: 3,087
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Do you smoke?

Never smoked, pizza every now and then, and usually 2l of coke per day, but trying to cut back... If only someone would stop stocking our fridge with coke all the time... :rolleyes:
Forum: Programming and Discussion 4 Feb 2004, 14:26
Replies: 16
Views: 3,401
Posted By Epcylon
Re: bittorent and linux

btdownloadheadless is mostly designed to be used as a backend thing I think. btdownloadcurses is more suited for commandline usage... or btlaunchmanycurses if you have a load of torrents you want to...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 4 Feb 2004, 13:26
Replies: 10
Views: 3,223
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Old members

We're still out there... us old fools who have nothing better to do than play PA...

Hmm... I should get a nice siggy like Misty has... just c&p hers, remove all mention of command positions, and...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 14 Dec 2003, 00:53
Replies: 204
Views: 36,760
Posted By Epcylon
Talking Re: Planetarion Ticker: what happens next

Is it just me who thinks that with the amount of rollbacks this game has had, someone should have taken notes on how to avoid the bugs by now...? :p
Forum: Alliance Discussions 9 Dec 2003, 01:54
Replies: 410
Views: 45,262
Posted By Epcylon
Re: who's gonna be blamed this time

My point wasn't that you should have plans for this situation, but you should have plans for how to deal with unknown situations.. Fudge is on the payroll afaik, and should be contactable in these...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 9 Dec 2003, 01:20
Replies: 410
Views: 45,262
Posted By Epcylon
Re: who's gonna be blamed this time

I'll throw in a comment here, because it seems nobody has bothered to do more than just mention it without much thought on the matter...

I understand that this was a new and unexpected situation,...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 28 Oct 2003, 19:52
Replies: 67
Views: 11,273
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Community Event: [HR] Woofage

Nooooo! Don't take that away... that's part of being team captain, poking fun at the other captains/teams, complaining to the ref, etc.

Just like the couple days of constant calling Sethy and his...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 27 Oct 2003, 01:51
Replies: 67
Views: 11,273
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Community Event: [HR] Woofage

Green clearly won! Pink got 5 points for a pic not in accordance with the rules (was a gif when the ref specifically asked for jpg) :p


A big :up: to everyone involved in organizing this...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 17 Sep 2003, 00:31
Replies: 3
Views: 3,064
Posted By Epcylon
Anyone know if it's possible to set up some of...

Anyone know if it's possible to set up some of this on a per-application basis...? I'd like to limit DC to a certain uploadspeed.. ;)
Forum: Programming and Discussion 28 Aug 2003, 00:50
Replies: 5
Views: 3,000
Posted By Epcylon
I'm sorry, but I have to say this... ...

I'm sorry, but I have to say this...

Eeeeeuuuuwwwww :p
Forum: Programming and Discussion 21 Aug 2003, 20:54
Replies: 41
Views: 4,666
Posted By Epcylon
Just thought I'd share some thoughts about the...

Just thought I'd share some thoughts about the topic of beginner languages, since we seem to be drifting that way... :)

Please remember that all this is IMHO... :)

First a bit about how I...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 19 Aug 2003, 12:39
Replies: 41
Views: 4,666
Posted By Epcylon
Was about to say the same. /me dons asbestos...

Was about to say the same.

/me dons asbestos suit

Python is (imho) cleaner and more stuctured than Perl and PHP, generally easier to use, less strange (apart from the indent thingy, which...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 Jul 2003, 19:32
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
He logged everything and then used tools to...

He logged everything and then used tools to search for specific phrases in the text, which makes it marginally better. Still, this is only one case. Given how this community works, the next guy who...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 Jul 2003, 19:10
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
I'm selfish because I speak up to protect the...

I'm selfish because I speak up to protect the privacy of others? I know english isn't my first language, but that just doesn't make sense...



Again. This doesn't affect me personally, because I...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 Jul 2003, 18:42
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
Just to clear this one up. I've never been...

Just to clear this one up.

I've never been on OuZo-net, and the conversations I have had in PMs that I'd rather not have someone else read was done on NetGamers, and were a lot more serious than...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 Jul 2003, 18:28
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
Something which they are catching a lot of flak...

Something which they are catching a lot of flak for doing. There are a lot of people who disagree with them doing it, and btw... siting the practices of the United States of America as a basis for...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 Jul 2003, 17:39
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
I fail to see how this relates to the moralities...

I fail to see how this relates to the moralities of his actions.

How can the fact that he might not have caught any cheaters at all defend his actions? I would think that was an argument against...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 Jul 2003, 17:37
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: A little story

It is true that the internet is a very open and unsafe environment, but that is just the current state of affairs. That does not mean it's meant to be like that. What I am trying to express here is...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 Jul 2003, 17:26
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
Nice analogy, but it doesn't fit. For it to fit,...

Nice analogy, but it doesn't fit. For it to fit, he would have to have had to tape all conversations at the party and listened to them afterwards to find the drug dealers.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 Jul 2003, 16:37
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
There are a lot of people here who seems to have...

There are a lot of people here who seems to have completely lost the plot.

Yes, legally he had the right to do whatever he wants with his ircnet. Yes, unless encrypted, all information on the...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 Jul 2003, 00:26
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
Oh right.. forgot to comment about that. By...

Oh right.. forgot to comment about that.

By saying that those who wanted privacy should have used DCC chat (or a mobile phone in the case of a wire-tap) you are in effect saying that only those...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 Jul 2003, 23:40
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
True, it is rather disturbing that cheating is so...

True, it is rather disturbing that cheating is so widespread, but surely that is no surprise? And there has been rumours of things like this happening before, just not used for catching cheaters, but...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 Jul 2003, 23:33
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
I respectfully disagree... The current situation...

I respectfully disagree... The current situation certainly isn't good enough, but I think there are better ways than this.



Likewise.. good night. :)
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 Jul 2003, 23:25
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
You're right, it isn't. I'm trying to explain...

You're right, it isn't. I'm trying to explain that there are more options than those two.

The option I would chose is to try and make people understand that the only way this game will survive is...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 Jul 2003, 23:21
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
If we are only looking at this case, it is blown...

If we are only looking at this case, it is blown out of proportion, but there is a principle here that needs to be addressed.



And just how is he supposed to know which PMs contain logins...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 Jul 2003, 23:15
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
Legally, you have every right. Morally, I don't...

Legally, you have every right. Morally, I don't agree. Say you did go to your friends house, and while you were there your girlfriend called you, you ask him to leave the room to get some privacy,...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 Jul 2003, 23:06
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
You're missing the point. If we accept that...

You're missing the point.

If we accept that he uses the means available to him to read personal conversations in order to find cheaters, you will also accept that the sysadmins on the server where...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 Jul 2003, 23:00
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
There is a difference between sharing information...

There is a difference between sharing information that was given to you as part of a conversation you were involved in, and sharing information you got by listening in on someone elses conversation....
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 Jul 2003, 22:38
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
It makes it soo much better to know that after he...

It makes it soo much better to know that after he has read about my secrets he will be nice enough to let me remove it... he has still read something that was not his to read in the first place.

...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 Jul 2003, 22:06
Replies: 295
Views: 37,894
Posted By Epcylon
Well done on catching the cheaters. We need more...

Well done on catching the cheaters. We need more people to stand up and sound the alarm when people they know are cheating.

But this isn't the way.

I'm not going to use the law to back my...
Forum: General Discussions 26 Jun 2003, 21:16
Replies: 114
Views: 11,552
Posted By Epcylon
:eek: How can I be on a list like that? And...

:eek:

How can I be on a list like that? And so close to the top? You must have messed up... :p
Forum: Programming and Discussion 18 Jun 2003, 13:34
Replies: 8
Views: 2,659
Posted By Epcylon
Don't know Outlook enough to comment on how to...

Don't know Outlook enough to comment on how to get it to use your own timezone, but I thought I'd just mention one thing...

E-mail is NOT instant. In many cases, heavy load or other problems on a...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 10 Apr 2003, 14:09
Replies: 18
Views: 3,916
Posted By Epcylon
Gentoo... and tbh... if I can run Gentoo on a...

Gentoo... and tbh... if I can run Gentoo on a P166, compiling everything, you sure can do it on a PIII-450 :p

Besides... what would be better for learning python than a distro based on tools...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 7 Mar 2003, 00:23
Replies: 3
Views: 2,829
Posted By Epcylon
A lowly 486 66Mhz with 64MB ram... It can perhaps...

A lowly 486 66Mhz with 64MB ram... It can perhaps be outfitted with a few upgrades, but not much...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 6 Mar 2003, 21:38
Replies: 3
Views: 2,829
Posted By Epcylon
Zope

I was wondering... anyone here used Zope (http://www.zope.org)?

I'm thinking of using it for a project, but I'm not sure our rather underpowered server will be able to handle it...

Anyone have...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 21 Feb 2003, 16:01
Replies: 49
Views: 4,585
Posted By Epcylon
So you propose that we design a system that is...

So you propose that we design a system that is non-scalable and requires a complete rewrite for R10...?
Forum: Programming and Discussion 19 Feb 2003, 01:03
Replies: 27
Views: 5,665
Posted By Epcylon
Tbh... if you allow free access to boot from...

Tbh... if you allow free access to boot from CD/floppy on a comp that sits in a public place... you're asking for trouble anyway...

99% of all comps can set bootorder to something like "HD only".
Forum: Programming and Discussion 5 Feb 2003, 21:47
Replies: 25
Views: 3,980
Posted By Epcylon
Hmm... can't decide if you're agreeing with my...

Hmm... can't decide if you're agreeing with my suggestion, or claiming Python isn't a programming language.. :)

If you're agreeing... good... :D

If not... how do you define "Programming...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 5 Feb 2003, 00:25
Replies: 25
Views: 3,980
Posted By Epcylon
I suggest Python. Easy to learn the basics, and...

I suggest Python. Easy to learn the basics, and you're forced to learn some proper coding techniques as well... ;)

Don't have that many books to recommend tbh, because most of the language is...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 29 Jan 2003, 21:21
Replies: 18
Views: 5,356
Posted By Epcylon
Wow... Around here every new user is given a...

Wow...

Around here every new user is given a default desktop, and if your own customizations gets messed up you just run a script to reset to default. But only when the user asks for it......
Forum: Programming and Discussion 28 Jan 2003, 15:54
Replies: 18
Views: 5,356
Posted By Epcylon
Complaining about linux having big buttons is...

Complaining about linux having big buttons is like complaining that winXP has fluffy colors... it's configurable, and if your uni has any idea about running a *nix system, there are configfiles on...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 6 Jan 2003, 16:46
Replies: 20
Views: 2,769
Posted By Epcylon
Personally I use pine... on the uni-linuxes... :p...

Personally I use pine... on the uni-linuxes... :p

I'm currently looking for an Outlook-beater myself, to get my parents on to something that doesn't involve me having to keep their computer...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 4 Jan 2003, 02:15
Replies: 9
Views: 2,466
Posted By Epcylon
Hmmm... now that you're all done and all... wanna...

Hmmm... now that you're all done and all... wanna tell us what it's for... :)

Sounds like an interesting mailinglist... ;)
Forum: Programming and Discussion 26 Dec 2002, 19:39
Replies: 18
Views: 3,809
Posted By Epcylon
Depending on how well you know linux (and how...

Depending on how well you know linux (and how much you are willing to put into getting to know it) I would suggest you take a look at gentoo.

It does lack a lot of the stuff other distros has...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 23 Dec 2002, 01:26
Replies: 45
Views: 3,997
Posted By Epcylon
def function(something, somewhat): if...

def function(something, somewhat):
if something == somewhat:
print "Weee!"
print "humf"
else:
print "Booo!"
print "humf"


When I do code in an...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 28 Nov 2002, 19:14
Replies: 21
Views: 3,472
Posted By Epcylon
Urke! Timing is everything, even for side...

Urke! Timing is everything, even for side comments like this... ;)

My brand spanking new gentoo install is botched somewhere... so I can't experience the ease I was hoping for... The comp just...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 28 Nov 2002, 19:11
Replies: 21
Views: 3,472
Posted By Epcylon
XChat is in some ways exactly what you want, and...

XChat is in some ways exactly what you want, and in others not really up for it...

You can do anything with xchat... but unless someone else has done it before you, chances are you'll have to...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 23 Nov 2002, 01:15
Replies: 8
Views: 2,981
Posted By Epcylon
Been a while since I did any c programming (why...

Been a while since I did any c programming (why bother with low-level stuff when you can achive better results with python or java ;)) but iirc there is a significant difference between using defines...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 21 Nov 2002, 00:49
Replies: 0
Views: 2,787
Posted By Epcylon
Importing a textfile schedule into a Palm

I have a bunch of events (Basketball matches to be precise) in a comma-seperated textfile (csv).

I want to import them to my palm.

The Palm Desktop software will only import Date Book Archive...
Forum: Programming and Discussion 1 Sep 2002, 12:12
Replies: 59
Views: 7,869
Posted By Epcylon
Binary saves space. That's all the advantages it...

Binary saves space. That's all the advantages it has over XML really, and space isn't such a valued commodity anymore.

On the other hand... binary presents you with a few problems on it's own...
...
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