July monthly poll

[BC_Programmer]

making 3D Games with very detailed Graphics on a computer from 2001. this is quite ironic and unusual since im making these games on a slow computer.

hmmm- define "slow".

Honestly I think it is better to write and test code on a slower computer, because the end product almost always ends up much faster. For example, I wrote a expression parsing library on my 350Mhz K6-2 (1999), and it would parse & execute a large stack in less then a second for standard functions. When I ran it on my "new" 1.6Ghz P4(2001) computer, it would perform the same task in less then a quarter of a millisecond. The main reason being I was unhappy with earlier performance with it in the K6-2, and wrote many optimizations to the code that sped it up. Point being, would I have written the optimizating stuff if I had a fast computer to begin with?

[computeruler]

hey macdad wanna give me a couple games you made?

[BC_Programmer]

That reminds me, I'm gonna test my game on this newer comp! haven't played POING! for over a year now, even longer since I viewed the mass of code behind it....

[macdad-]

computerruler i have only been working on one 3D game so far with really good graphics. but if you want my 3D Mine demo that i made with Just BASIC, but its low end graphics, then i would be happy to lend it to you but please dont copyright. 

but i need your email address, the zip file is too large

[scotty doesnt know]

Generally the only time I am off a computer is when I am traveling.  I work daily on computers, and spend my nights playing computer games.  All my friends are geeks as well, and I have computers available anywhere  I tend to go.  I'm a geek to be sure...lol.

[Robinhood]

Since I started is a long time ago. I am on every day for . The last time iwas off for more than one day was a repair. maybe 2 days . then holiday with wifes family in Norway a couple of years ago. for 2 weeks. You can't live with em and you can't live without em. 

[JJ 3000]

Every spring I like to go out hiking on the Appalachian Trail. Some years I will stay gone for a month or more. When you hike long distances it is best to travel with as light a pack as you can get by with.I have been tempted to bring my laptop with me, but haven't done it (yet).

[macdad-]

Have you hiked as far as Clingmens Dome?

[Zylstra]

How did I not notice this post?

Anyways

One week.
Camping trips, what a fun thing.

Even when I was little, I had a computer that I used fairly often.

[macdad-]

camping is really fun. setting up the tent, making the fire, hiking around, etc. 

[Zylstra]

camping is really fun. setting up the tent, making the fire, hiking around, etc. 

Setting up a tent thats definitely older than me, probably older than my dad, even funner!

[macdad-]

im suprised that it still keeps water out. 

[Zylstra]

im suprised that it still keeps water out. 

It doesnt  :
Got to stick a tarp over it. I woke up soaked one day.

[computeruler]

thats why i stopped tent camping it rained everytime we went

[Zylstra]

thats why i stopped tent camping it rained everytime we went

Nothing a good tarp cant fix