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12:13.46Chris10184Any of you here?
12:14.55Chris10184xpert.game-server.cc  5154 has cheaters on it
12:15.22Chris10184If any of you are admins there.
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12:27.25bz00you will have to ban me!
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12:27.29*** kick/#bzflag-chat [bz00!n=blast007@bzflag/developer/Blast] by blast007 (blast007)
12:27.32blast007ok
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12:29.56*** mode/#bzflag-chat [-b *!n=4478*@bz.bzflag.bz] by blast007
12:30.17blast007Chris10184: that server lacks active admins, so, good luck
12:30.34blast007apparently it's been abused for a while, as it's configured in a way that is a perfect setup for a cheater
12:31.02blast007(older version that is vulnerable to the /me exploit, has local authentication, and has /poll set)
13:10.38Chris10184oh
13:10.39Chris10184ok
13:11.03Chris10184cheeers for the help :)
13:11.09blast007sure :)
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17:13.28buggalugshi any admins here?
17:13.48JefferyMadmins for what?
17:14.20buggalugsfox burrow, there is a player with name F**** ...
17:14.38spldartmeh... /me goes to look
17:14.47buggalugsokay
17:14.53JefferyMahh, it helps if you say what server, not evry admin runs every server ;)
17:20.24spldartI should ban more often... I forgot the syntax ;-p
17:21.41buggalugsthx
17:22.19spldartI tried.. another admin got it before me.
17:22.21spldartooops
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19:06.27spldartHoly crap.. I didn't know there were malicious sites that could take over your browser in linux AND are advertising officially with yahoo.
19:07.47spldartBEWARE just below your 'check mail' and 'compose' buttons and just above your folders box there can be these tiny little adds. Some are malicious websites 8-0
19:07.53spldartThanks alot yahoo
19:09.20temp_workthe java updates want to install the yahoo toolbar into FF
19:09.59blast007temp_work: yeah.. and flash wants to install something else, as does Adobe Reader
19:32.17Winnyspldart: of course, they can take over your browser in any OS
19:32.20Winnyit's just javascript
19:32.41Winnythey can't do anything to you except be annoying unless you run windows, usually, though.
19:33.01Winnymore importantly, though, is why are you using yahoo mail?
19:33.19spldartBut really?!?! You can't access your own browser's toolbars or even close it?
19:33.34Winnywelcome to javascript
19:33.36spldartI had to find the pid and 'kill' it
19:33.39spldartsuxors
19:33.54spldartI use java... for work even.. I can't turn it off
19:33.56Winnythat's why I use noscript, and really cut down what JS can do in firefox's settings
19:34.03spldartI guess I'll just have to no click anything yahoo ever again
19:34.03Winnyjavascript != java
19:34.41spldartI guess I could move my work over to gmail
19:35.12spldartyahoo is what I started with 12 years ago. I'm just stuck in my ways I guess
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19:50.43JefferyMok, who wants to rip my website design a new one?
20:10.55WinnyJefferyM: me
20:11.32JefferyMhttp://mhm.awesomelaser.com/
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20:12.24Winnyneeds more padding between elements, feels really cramped... and not sure forcing the user's eye from left, to right, to left is a great idea
20:14.20JefferyMk
20:14.24JefferyMthat's just a bool :)
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22:29.03spldartPossible silly question. Do cpu's in modern cpu's do math in base 10... even though they understand machine language programing that's hexadecimal. Because of binary word width. I was never good at math :(
22:29.33spldartcpu's in moder pc's
22:29.37spldartmy bad
22:29.41spldartmodern
22:29.53spldartcan't type to save my life can I :(
22:30.52JefferyMhuh?
22:31.00JefferyMwhat exactly are you asking?
22:31.17spldartDo computers do their math base 10 like we do...
22:31.19JefferyMno
22:31.22JefferyMbase 2
22:31.31spldartAh
22:31.41JefferyMat it's core, that's all a computer can do, bas 2
22:32.26JefferyMeverthing is stored in binary
22:32.38JefferyMso I'm not sure what you mean by "binary word width"
22:33.11spldartis trying to think of wording to express his query beter
22:34.26spldartWhen I did Z80 programing in hex word width was, what, 4 or 8 bit? But if all math in a cpu is done base 2 even simple math is broken into numerous steps for completion.
22:34.45JefferyMif you add 3 + 1 in a compiler in C it'll get converted to 00000011 and 00000001 and be added, the result will be 00000100 and be converted to 4 on output
22:34.47spldartsteps = clocks for the cpu
22:35.06spldarthrm
22:35.16JefferyMmost CPUs can add 64bytes in one operation these days, if it's pipelined
22:35.21JefferyMbut it's still done binary
22:35.50JefferyMget add store is a common op that it's been streamlined
22:36.53JefferyMand CPUs are not limited to a single word per op these days
22:37.11JefferyMmaking the bus wider has been the big speedup these days
22:37.20JefferyMyou were limtied before becaus the bus to ram was only 8 bytes
22:39.34spldartThat being said. All math, whatever the base, can represent any problem that needs to be solved? Computers can do it base 2. We do it base 10. Martians of old could do it base 16. (yes. just being silly) And we could all solve Newtonian physics to quantum mechanics?
22:40.03JefferyMthere are practical limits
22:40.23JefferyMfloating point values do not store well in fixed bit systems
22:40.33JefferyMhow do you represent 1/3 in binary? ;)
22:40.59spldartHeh... I guess the bigger the binary word the closer... Like Pi
22:41.03spldartBut ne3ver exact
22:41.32JefferyMnot really
22:41.37JefferyMfloating points use a floating point
22:41.45JefferyMso they have issues storing lots of values
22:41.54JefferyM.1 can't actualy be stored in a float
22:42.03JefferyMit ends up being 0.09999999999999999999999999999343 something
22:42.11JefferyMand everyone just rounds on output
22:44.04spldartOk. I C I need to do some more googling. But you have pointed me in a direction on that front. Thanks :)
22:47.10JefferyMyou plan on writing in assembly?
22:50.24spldartNo. Been to long to even consider it. hehe But I'm trying to figure something out in general. Math related. Hope bzchat isn't to inappropriate.
22:50.42JefferyMit's fine
22:51.21JefferyMwhat are you trying to figure out?
22:51.32spldartis wikipedia.org brusing up
22:53.11spldartI guess at the core I'm trying to figure out if there are limits to what various 'base' math can accomplish.
22:54.26spldartWould we be where we are if we were base 8, 12 or 16. What if our computers could operate outside their limits.
22:54.32spldartrather OT
22:55.31spldartHeh.. it would be fun to tinker with assembly again :-p
22:59.49spldartWoah... now I remember. it was 2 digits of hex at a time iirc... The moldy oldy processors
23:00.04spldartgoes back to google.. sry again ;)
23:14.51JefferyMwhen you talk about base anything, generaly you are talking about integer systems
23:14.55JefferyMnot everything in math is counting
23:15.12JefferyMat some point you have to be able to work with fractionals, since the match best with real world units
23:16.14JefferyMno integer system can fully express real numbers
23:16.25JefferyMthe universe is base N :)
23:24.52spldartVery true.

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