Peter Pan Stopped Time
If time was stopped, then you wouldn't cast a shadow. Normally, a shadow appears when you block the path of light so it can't reach a spot. But if time was stopped, light wouldn't move, and therefore it wouldn't matter if you blocked its path. Your shadow would actually stay …
D >----> VS
Pardon the crude ASCII bow 'n' arrow.
I finally got my graphics project working, no thanks at all to my teacher. He recommends Visual Studio. After this, I recommend taking VS behind the barn and shooting it in the head like a rabid warty dog. When I figure out how …European Dinner
I have a Czech friend named Jan. Jan invited me to a European-themed dinner. I'm not normally up for foreign foods – someday I'll tell you the story of my sister and the wasabi – but I really like central Europe, so I went.
First thing I find out is …The Immense Structure of Programming Languages
It was a long while ago, I think in a Blitz Basic book (How to Make Games!), that I first read about compilers. Probably most of you know, but a compiler takes a programming language and converts it (typically) to machine language, so that the computer can run it.
The …Why did I do this to myself?
It's a new quarter, and I have just realized what I've signed up for. Four classes, ten weeks: one assembly language, lots of projects; one advanced programming, five projects in five new and unfamiliar languages; one graphics, (algorithms, not artsy); and Physics w/ Calculus 2. Plus extracurricular, like finding a …
Heylo!
Thanks to Desertfox, I now have an account! Apparently the registration system was changed, or meant to be, and its current form is nonfunctional. I can't figure out how to get an avatar up – the way I believe it should work, through the File Manager, is broken – so …
