hey everyone

[truepolakx4]

i just felt like talking to everyone
so whats up

-- Topic moved by Zylstra555 from "Others" (Computers) to "Others - Off Topic"

[Zylstra]

* Zylstra *looks up*

The celling

Not much, just sitting in my non-static chair using my laptop

[Calum]

Hello.
Wow, the ceiling is up!
LOL.
So you found a non-static chair then Zylstra?

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

i just felt like talking to everyone
so whats up

*looks up at stars*
"Such a nice view............Wait, where the heck is my ceiling???"

[Calum]

i just felt like talking to everyone
so whats up

*looks up at stars*
"Such a nice view............Wait, where the heck is my ceiling???"

COL!
But what you ought to worry about, is where has the floor gone . . .

[Computer Hope Admin]

Hello and welcome.

[Zylstra]

Yup, found a non static chair.
Dragged the old on into the Library
Took a white chair out of it.

Much better

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

i just felt like talking to everyone
so whats up

*looks up at stars*
"Such a nice view............Wait, where the heck is my ceiling???"

COL!
But what you ought to worry about, is where has the floor gone . . .

WHAT?
The floor was here a second ago 

[Saviour]

i just felt like talking to everyone
so whats up

-- Topic moved by Zylstra555 from "Others" (Computers) to "Others - Off Topic"

That's funny...

Thought you wanted to talk to everyone...

Oh well...must've been a black hole...swallowed up the ceiling, the floor and him, too!

I'm baacckk!

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Oh well...must've been a black hole...swallowed up the ceiling, the floor and him, too!

Are you talking about me 

@echo off
if %Saviour% EQU "talking about me" (
     echo. Well that explains the black swirly thingy over at the corner
     pause
) else (
     echo. Oh well, that is a waste of a good joke
     pause
)
exit

[Zylstra]

cls
print "OHHH! Now were speaking in code!"
print "Well this is fun. Do you agree?"
print "Press 1 for yes, 2 for no, and then press ENTER"
input agree$
cls
if agree$ = "1" then
print "Good. I am glad that you agree. Whats up in your life?"
ag$ = "1"
input whatsup$
endif
if agree$ = "2" then
print "BAHH!"
end
end if
if ag$ = "1" then
print "Oh. So " + whatsup$ + " is up, eh?"
print "Thats nice... NOT!"
end if
end


[old attachment deleted by admin]

[Dilbert]

That looks almost like a batch file... what language is that?

[Zylstra]

Not batch
Qbasic 
I learned it from a book 
Its quite easy
(Though, VERY outdated. I downloaded a abandonware version of the compiler from MS since you cant buy it anymore)

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

@echo off
title Re: hey everyone
echo I guess batch is like an evolved version of qbasic
pause
goto :www.computerhope.com/forum

[Zylstra]

Qbasic is a little bit more versatile* than Batch. In fact, Qbasic can incorporate batch**.
If you have the full version*- of Qbasic, then it can be exported to the .exe format, as seen in that attachment, making it usable on most computers. .Bat files are compatible with some computers, but not all. (For example, when MS kicked out some of those old DOS commands that had to do with if/then in Batch, batch wasnt as useful to everyone)

*Not sure if thats quite the word, but I believe it is...

** Qbasic can call external Batch commands

*- Full version... it wasn't called the full version, many MS OS's came with Qbasic on the CD or installed, but they could not compile. They could do basic tasks. The "full version" I speak of is the one that you would purchase to develop programs. It didnt make it very far...

[Saviour]

Now I know I'm old...

I haven't seen Basic since the 80's...brings back memories of hours upon hours of coding.  I miss it...NOT!!!

I remember the days of using a Commodore 64 and typing in pages of code in order to play a game of Chess.  If the program failed initialization, or there were graphic problems...I remember spending hours just to debug it.  You have to realize...I was younger then and easily amused...

Oh, look!  A butterfly....

[Dilbert]

Not batch
Qbasic 
I learned it from a book 
Its quite easy
(Though, VERY outdated. I downloaded a abandonware version of the compiler from MS since you cant buy it anymore)

You don't need an abandonware version...

http://www.freebasic.net/

[Zylstra]

I will check that link out this evening, Dilbert
Thanks
(Applaud)

[Dilbert]

Funny... if you search for "free x alternative" (no quotes) on Google, you'll get all the software you'll ever need. Case in point:

Free Nero alternative:
CDBurnerXP Pro - Free Burning Solution

Free Visual Studio alternative:
SharpDevelop2

Free Microsoft Office alternative:
OpenOffice

Free Photoshop alternative:
Paint.NET
GIMP

Free QuickTime alternative:
QuickTime Alternative

Enjoy the free stuff.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Batch is really easy to learn. I'm going to look at qbasic but i'm learning C++ now.
A lot of free time these few weeks