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Post by Doan the Nado on Dec 7, 2004 17:03:56 GMT -5
If you would like to make a note about a profile you saw or an update that you made to your own profile, you can do it here. That way, we can keep that thread free of unnecessary posts so that it is easy to find the profile of who you're looking for. So yeah, I pasted my previous profile and made a few changes, including posting a picture that a few of you may have seen before. In case you're wondering, my girlfriend is a member here (Hayhole), but she only really visits our private board. Sorry guys, no amount of stars will get you into that one. Not even ves is allowed in  . |
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Post by Doan the Nado on Dec 9, 2004 6:33:30 GMT -5
Hey, Nash: what's neo-math? I'm just a little curious...
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Post by NASH7777 on Dec 9, 2004 7:15:21 GMT -5
neo means "new". Anything that is currently being worked on/discovered. etc..
And since Math it seems like just about everything is discovered for you. It's fun experimenting with some of the things we don't know much about or work with. Like I created a whole field of math just based on serial terms. And you can take anything in math and give it a variabled base and it's so much harder and fun to solve. And believe me, putting serial terms and variabled bases together is a challenge. Also I like trying to solve for things we don't really have standard methods to solve for, like variabled exponents. I mean it's hard to come up with the a root of b! ;D
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Post by vespuleth on Dec 9, 2004 13:41:44 GMT -5
thats called exponentials. and their is a way to calculate it. its called alogrithms. most of what you are talking about isnt new math, its just stuff you probably havent learned about yet.
the only 'new math' i know of is 'nonlinear dynamics', and 'math theory' (kind of what you were talking about w/ variables and such). and both of them have been around for a while. i took a class once in math theory, where we had to find a way to calculate most mathmatic functions using the three math bases (addition, subtraction, and division). and nonlinear dynamics are fun, but youd better know your calculus before getting into them.
if you want to know more about math, just let me know. after my math theories class, and the work i did w/ nonlinear dynamics when i was programming, ive got some useless knowledge just begging to be given away.
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Post by NASH7777 on Dec 9, 2004 16:11:52 GMT -5
No it's not that these categories are "neo" it's what I'm doing and discovering with them that is neo/new. Like working on other weird ways in solving them or making a formula for something etc...
I'll give ya a cool example of my serial terms discovery. Basically we should all be familiar with problems like. "There are 3 consecutive integers that add up to equal 12. What are the terms?". So we go n+(n+1)+(n+2)=12
3n+3=12
3n=9
n=3
so 3,4,5 [3+4+5=12]
Now I asked the question, "what if we don't know how many terms there are?". Could it still be solved? Well so I took the time and developed an equation for it. Here's an example. "There are "n" consecutive intergers starting at 4 that add up0 to total 6n." At first it seems impossible as we can't write an equation because we don't know how many terms to put down. n terms [4+(4+1)+....?]=6n
But I experimanted and made a few charts and cam up with an equation
(a^2-a+2ab)/2=d
a:# of terms b:first term d: total of terms
so lets try it, we know b and d so let's solve for a
(a^2-a+8a)/2=6n
a^2+7a=12n
a^2-5a=0
a(a-5)=0
so a can be 0 or 5, and we know that 0 is irrational so a=5 Now let's check.
4+5+6+7+8=6*5
30=30 so it works. If your wondering why I skipped "c" it's because I use it when your not adding consecutive intergers, but adding maybe consecutive even numbers or everyu third #.
(a^2c-ac+2ab)/2=d
a:# of terms b:first term c:interval of terms d: total of terms
Another "neo" thing I have and I know this one hasn't been in any books or things is "denominations", I've came up with. Can basically give me a 5 digit # times a 5 digit # and tell me the answer and I can instantly tell you if you gave me the right one just be knowing denominations.
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Post by The Final Rune on Dec 9, 2004 16:15:41 GMT -5
you lost me somewhere, what does the ^symbol represent in your equation?
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Post by NASH7777 on Dec 9, 2004 16:18:12 GMT -5
the ^ represents an exponent. so 10^2 is ten squared |
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Post by vespuleth on Dec 29, 2004 23:09:51 GMT -5
bump and:
guys, remember not to proliferate the 'who we are' topic w/ posts that are not profiles. thats what this topic is for. sorry to be the stickler.
i deleted two posts:
jimmy:
dungeonwarden:
welcome, tina. and dw, i think shes older then you. and on that note, im not sure your older then me.
anyways, welcome.
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Post by qachyk on Dec 30, 2004 7:10:27 GMT -5
I wouldn't be surprised to not be the oldest, but I would be surprised if I weren't one of the oldest. Not that it really matters, except for that moment of surreality when you realize that there are people who share a hobby with you that weren't yet born when you first got into that hobby... who are better than you at the hobby.  |
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Post by NASH7777 on Dec 30, 2004 10:14:10 GMT -5
We can settle this easy. How old is everyone?
~16
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Post by Dungeon Warden on Dec 30, 2004 13:27:50 GMT -5
I think if people wanted to give their ages, they would have done so already. I'll just say the first computer I used was a TSR 80 when I was 10 years old. You do the calulations.
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Post by qachyk on Dec 30, 2004 14:44:19 GMT -5
I'll just say the first computer I used was a TSR 80 when I was 10 years old. You do the calulations. We are probably the same age, +/- a year. |
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Post by vespuleth on Dec 30, 2004 17:30:17 GMT -5
i dont remember how old i was when i got my trash 80. i think i was somewhere between ten and twelve. id have to ask my dad...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2004 18:30:17 GMT -5
Most people have their age in their profiles. If it's not there you can assume they don't want to give it.
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Post by Dungeon Warden on Dec 31, 2004 18:37:37 GMT -5
Looks like the three of us ( tls aka 'qachyk', vespuleth, and myself) are all about the same age.  We were born before anyone had heard of the word video game, and the current generation can't imagine life without them. Games have come a long way since the text graphics of the first games to the hyper-real games of today. In another 40-50 years, people will look at the our current level of technology as primitive in comparison to their own. The older games knew how to pack a lot of game play into a small amount of memory, so those of use that have played those games will have a bit of an edge when working with RPG Maker 2 as far as getting the most out of the limitations. Let the games begin! |
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Post by christi on Jan 2, 2005 21:54:40 GMT -5
Dragaron:
In regard to your post in the "Who We Are" thread... that's cool that your wife is the main character in your game. My husband, Jared, has a pretty important role in my game, as well, and I even managed to find a character model that looks like him. He gets to write a lot of his own lines... I'm always asking him how he'd react to in-game situations in order to keep him "in character."
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Post by Doan the Nado on Jan 3, 2005 2:53:39 GMT -5
Thank you to everyone for sharing your bios. It's definitely nice to know something about the people I'm sharing my game experiences with. I'm still trying to catch up on all the old posts, but there may be some individual comments here once I do.
On another note, should I sticky this post? Or is the link from the other one enough?
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Post by vespuleth on Jan 3, 2005 13:26:12 GMT -5
the link SHOULD be enough. and on another note, one of these days, i will post my... thing.
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Post by Jugem on Jan 3, 2005 16:19:32 GMT -5
The older games knew how to pack a lot of game play into a small amount of memory, so those of use that have played those games will have a bit of an edge when working with RPG Maker 2 as far as getting the most out of the limitations. Reminds me of the time I spent back in high school programming games on my TI-85 calculator. Tiny amount of memory and text-based graphics. And yet, I still managed to create some pretty fun games on that thing. |
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Post by vespuleth on Jan 3, 2005 17:34:54 GMT -5
i never programmed games for my ti. but it did have some amazing capabilities. i programmed the majority of my chemistry equations into it, so all i had to do was identify the variables. simple stuff like that...
what is the primary calculator these days? i think it was the 83 for me.
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Post by Doan the Nado on Jan 4, 2005 7:56:53 GMT -5
I just use a classic TI30XII-S. It has a double line display, with input on top and answers on the bottom, but other than that, it's just a normal scientific calculator. I pretty much stay away from graphing calculators unless I absolutely need them.
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Post by vespuleth on Jan 4, 2005 14:27:17 GMT -5
YOUR NO NERD!!
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Post by Jugem on Jan 5, 2005 15:50:24 GMT -5
what is the primary calculator these days? i think it was the 83 for me. No idea what the primary calculator is right now. And I probably don't want to know how much more advanced they are now. I remember the 85 being cutting edge back then...I think. Some students had the 83 while others had the newest multi-colour Casio calculator (I remember being in awe of the multiple colour display). |
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Post by Doan the Nado on Jan 18, 2005 22:51:21 GMT -5
Tinbok: So it's pronounced [WEV er]? I'm guessing that's the way it would be, but I'm sure there are other possibilities.
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Post by Tinbok on Jan 19, 2005 16:38:52 GMT -5
Yeah, it's Wev-er. You hear so much and you just kind of tune it out. My whole life I've been called Weaver, so you just go with it after a while. I never really correct people anymore. But it is really rare when someone pronounces it right the first time. |
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We were born before anyone had heard of the word video game, and the current generation can't imagine life without them. Games have come a long way since the text graphics of the first games to the hyper-real games of today. In another 40-50 years, people will look at the our current level of technology as primitive in comparison to their own.