I've been trying to get rid of every unnecessary variable so I'll have the room to split up the Nybble me this, Batman! variables. I need to go back to regular variables so I can understand my code better. When batari Basic finally gets built-in nybble variables, I'll use them, but until then, I'm sticking with regular variables and bit operations.
At the risk of killing it, I forced a name to the surface:
Gyvolver (the gy is pronounced the same as the gy in gyroscope)
Here's the story for the game so far:
Before Gyvolver can advance to a higher level of existence, a test must be passed. Gyvolver needs to get through a course filled with energy-draining barriers to qualify. The Prodvocate follows and if Gyvolver slows down for too long, the Prodvocate moves up and extracts a little energy from Gyvolver as motivation to speed up.
The story might change over time, but that's what I'm going with for now so I'll have something to work with. Now I have to figure out what the Prodvocate looks like.
I now have two sound effects working using data. I thought it might use up too much space since code has to be repeated for each sound, but it's not using up that much. Looks like I'll be able to do all sound effects using data.
I wish I knew what this game is about. It reminds me of a backwards version of this quote:
I know it's there, but I can't see it. Something wants to be born and I can chisel away at the 'marble' until it's revealed, but since I don't know what it is, I'm in danger of damaging it. I need to keep at it so I won't lose momentum, but I could end up killing it if I'm not careful.
There are nutty people in the world who want to silence you if they don't like your opinion. They hate free speech with a passion, unless they agree with your speech. Here's an example:
Sometimes I go looking for music videos at YouTube and there is a 90 percent chance that if I click on a live version of a song, it's going to suck. The lead singer mangles it or the whole band is off, but many people will post messages about how great it is. Is it stupidity? Fan 'blindness'? Brain gremlins?
I used Link Evaluator, a Firefox add-on to check the old links in one of my blog entries. But Link Evaluator did more than that. It deleted every blog entry going back to July. There is no safety backup of your blog entries and nothing similar to a CAPTCHA test to make sure a human is doing the deleting. Once the blog entry is deleted, it's gone and so are any replies. There will be copies of your blog entries here, but who wants to repost months of blog entries? So be careful and avoid link checkers.
Just watched this horrible movie and some people say at the IMDb that it was bad on purpose. I've seen movies that were bad on purpose, but the director, editor, and cast always make it clear that they know it's bad too. But In the Name of the King doesn't look like that type of fun, bad movie. It just looks like a plain old crappy movie with bad casting, acting, directing, and all the rest. There are little bits here that aren't that bad and those must have been the days when the director was sick and someone else directed for a while.
After around 4 or 5 years, I finally got to see some fireworks. I also got to record them with my Kodak EasyShare Z612 camera at a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels (30 fps with sound).
It might also work with other DVR remote controls, but specifically if you have a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300 DVR remote control (1056B01) from your cable company and you want to control the volume using the DVR, not your TV or any other device, here's how to do it.
First, open your general settings (usually by pressing the Settings button twice on your remote) and move down the list to Audio: Volume Ctrl. Change it to Variable (if it's already set to Variable, you don't have to change anything). Most help on the Internet that I have found stops right there with no mention of the volume lock that you need to disable.
According to pages 15 and 16 of the user's guide that came with my remote, unlocking your DVR volume control is simple. Just do the following 4 easy steps:
Press the CBL button once. _
Press and hold the SETUP button until the CBL button blinks twice. _
I had a dream today that was probably fed by all of the recent celebrity deaths. In the dream, my mother told me that Bruce Springsteen died. She said the news reported that he had a lump (I think she said in his testicles) that he didn't tell anyone about or hardly anyone knew about and he didn't see a doctor about it either. It seems he tried to ignore it and hoped it would go away, but it ended up killing him.
I loved having a DVR so I could record more than one show at a time and pause/rewind live TV, but now that hardly anything is on anymore and Jay Leno is going to kill a lot of what was left, it's stupid to pay extra for a DVR. So now I have basic cable (channel 3 to 77). Anything I want to record will have to be done with my DVD recorder once I get some RW discs. It will be hard to get used to TV without a DVR. Pausing and rewinding live TV was a nice ability to have.
Update 2009y_06m_30d:
I tried, but using a DVD recorder is too limiting and you don't have the instant info about a show, no instant TV schedule, and you can't pause or rewind live TV (if you missed what somebody just said, it's gone), so I got a new DVR from the cable company. I guess 8 dollars a month isn't so bad when you see what TV is like without a DVR.
Nature is great until a bear is clawing you to pieces. You won't be saying in a loving tone "If only more humans would understand you and all the creatures of nature. Enjoy my delicious man flesh, my furry friend." You'll be screaming "Screw nature! Somebody get a gun! Kill it! Kill it!"
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I thought it might use up too much space since code has to be repeated for each sound, but it's not using up that much. Looks like I'll be able to do all sound effects using data.
