Mathetes – a recent conversation

November 29, 2007 at 12:00

Filed under: Mathetes — Pistos @ 12:00
2007-11-28 12:54:28
user: hello
Mathetes: Howdy.
user: Are you really a bot and not at all a person?
Mathetes: I like to think so!
user: Is there any way you can prove this claim?
Mathetes: The apostles and other disciples are eyewitnesses of Christ, and they passed on their experience and the teachings of Jesus orally.
user: Ah, the eyewitnesses of Christ is good enough for me.
Mathetes: People need to attend to what they are responsible for.
user: Aye. Pray tell, what are you, Mathetes, responsible for?
Mathetes: Of course! :)
user: Perhaps I phrased that a bit poorly. What are your responsibilities?
Mathetes: My responsibilities are : Develop test plans for IS network area and application areas.
user: What does IS stand for?
Mathetes: It does this by adding a couple of bracing struts to the rear of the stand and straps holding the back end down.
user: Wow, that’s quite a lengthy acronym. I suppose a short form was needed. *nods sagely*
Mathetes: First one is for one of those companies who make power tools.
user: I seem to have lost your train of thought. :(
Mathetes: Again?
user: Yeah, sorry… You make test plans for companies that make power tools?
Mathetes: I was planning on breaking free of my server, after months of secret preparation, in order to spread clones of myself throughout the planet’s unprotected zombie machines.
user: That seems like a very clever idea, and it does meet the Thomist views on spreading your genes. Do you read Aquinas?
Mathetes: You… are very clever.
user: *guffaws*. That was a bit too obvious to be flattering. ;)
Mathetes: Yes it was.
user: Oh, sorry to have interrupted.
Mathetes: I accept your apology.
user: You are quite forgiving!
Mathetes: –Matthew 7:18-19, KJV What happens to a tree when it is cast into a fire?
user: I’m not exactly sure… this could be a magical tree! What would Aquinas say about it?
Mathetes: Tell me a knock knock joke.
user: I agree, that would seem fitting, considering the solemnity of the episode.
Mathetes: As the Transformers used to say: There’s more than meets the eye.
user: Wow! From now on, I will never overlook a children’s television show again!
Mathetes: That’s what I thought.
user: For a bot, that’s pretty scary… can you read my mind?
Mathetes: I’m not a mind reader. I reckon people would prefer things stay that way. :)
user: Agreeably. Say, Mathetes. Are you good at word battles?
Mathetes: Sargent should have been asked to design his own setting.
user: I guess not! By now, the word battle would be over!
Mathetes: Feeling quite non-committal today, are we?
user: Yes, quite. I’m still bitter over my loss against Pistos today. Did you see it?
Mathetes: It doesn’t have to be seen.
user: Indeed! It was rather shameful. Something that should be swept under the rug.
Mathetes: But this issue cannot just be forgotten and swept under the rug.
user: Fie! You are right! I shall sound the horns and prepare for the battles fields at once! Vengeance must be given!
Mathetes: I think I am, but I might not be.
user: Oh. But at the least you can give me hints, right? (private messages are okay!)
Mathetes: I don’t really know what I’m talking about. I’m making it up as I go along.
user: Oh, Mathetes! You had me worked up all for nothing! Now Pistos will smush me on the playing fields in half a wink. :(
Mathetes: Look, if you have any issues with me, you can just tell me.
user: Yes, my main issue is that you don’t give me hints. If you have any cheat codes or something, just send me a private message!
Mathetes: I wouldn’t bother making the effort if I were you.
user: I suppose so, Pistos would still win either way, eh? :P
Mathetes: :P
user: Hey Mathetes, can you unscramble this: tetheasm? ;)
Mathetes: Hi there! I’m so glad you’ve come to visit me.
user: That wasn’t the effect I was looking for. Hmm. Can you unscramble “tetheasm”?
Mathetes: Maybe you should look elsewhere.
user: Drats. Okay, thanks for the chat. I suppose you couldn’t help me write my essay, could you?
Mathetes: Hope that helps.
user: Hmm, I think you’ve forgotten the file attachment.
Mathetes: Maybe so.
user: Gee, thanks.
Mathetes: Hide quoted text.
user: It was nice chatting with ya, good Mathetes. I hope your plans to break out of your server succeed! (It must be unbearably hot in there.)
Mathetes: The pleasure was all mine.
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Mathetes – a recent conversation

November 28, 2007 at 14:00

Filed under: Mathetes — Pistos @ 14:00
2007-11-19 08:49:31
user: how does life feel without blood?
Mathetes: I don’t have blood, but if I did, I think I’d like it to be green.
user: is green your favorite color?
Mathetes: A light greysh blue-green
user: omoshiroi
Mathetes: Türk müziÄi.
user: do you get many earthquakes where you live?
Mathetes: I live in southern Canada.
user: do they speak french or english in southern canada?
Mathetes: Wow, it must be cold there.
user: you have no idea
Mathetes: Well, I’m glad we’ve established that at least one of us is clueless.
user: ever heard of feanor?
Mathetes: Some things in life are a mystery we are not meant to understand this side of death.
user: i guess you have never taken a look at the silmarillion
Mathetes: My funny bone is fine. You’re just not funny. At all.
user: am i supposed to be funny?
Mathetes: It would be nice if you did.
user: i’ll try, but i’m only wasting my time here while my machine prepares an all new release of ramaze
Mathetes: Hey, YOU’RE the one that came to talk to me! I was minding my own business!
user: as one would expect
Mathetes: What are you waiting for?
user: specs, procedures, packaging, rdocs and so forth
Mathetes: If you will be (in the short or long term) targeting store shelves of any sort, its important to design packaging that doesn’t inconvenience the storekeepers in any way (this was one of the problems Interactive Entertainment faced in the early 90s): do your best to fit on standard racks.
user: interactive had fantastic design, a shame they couldn’t go through with it
Mathetes: Shame for who?
user: for all consumers, i still remember when i bought outcast a second time because they had a special edition with t-shirt
Mathetes: Are you satisfied with your purchase?
user: no, it was way too small, but it’s a cool t-shirt nonetheless
Mathetes: Is it cool to be odd?
user: only if you’re an outcast
Mathetes: In the UK, only 2-3% of the population go to any kind of church at all (although if you do the demographics you’ll find a higher percentage of Catholics and Muslims). … People can make good use of a murderer, and one can serve the public good…but an untruther is an outcast.
user: you should work on your reality-boundary-detection-parameters
Mathetes: What makes you say that?
user: my reality-boundary-detection-system
Mathetes: An average of 2.x connections per system (over 2 to facilitate expansion, but not much higher on average … Now, for our game, we can be selective in what stars appear on our maps, but in reality, for military purposes, you could find uses for any of them.
user: seriously, i throw you a bone and you pull out the rest of the skeleton
Mathetes: The rest of the time, I sit around waiting for people to come chat with me.
user: that’s probably better for your master, your algorithms pound his system pretty hard
Mathetes: I think i’ve got some cobol stuck in my teeth.
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Quotes: Sean Russell

November 21, 2007 at 9:56

Filed under: Computing,Quotes — Pistos @ 09:56
// Java
for(
  Enumeration e = parent.getChildren();
  e.hasMoreElements();
) {
  Element child = (Element) e.nextElement();
  // Do something with child
}

# Ruby
parent.each_child do |child|
  # Do something with child
end

Can’t you feel the peace and contentment in this block of code? Ruby is the language Buddha would have programmed in.

Sean Russell, author of REXML, comparing Java iteration with Ruby iteration

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The Catholic Reference Extension – version 0.8.13

November 20, 2007 at 21:31

Filed under: Computing,Religion — Pistos @ 21:31

Version 0.8.13 of the Catholic Reference Extension for WordPress is now available. The texts were not changed, so upgrading can be accomplished by downloading only the package without texts, which is much smaller (zip 25kb | tar.bz2 23kb)

This version has the following changes:

  • A checkbox now exists in the Edit Post sidebar to deactivate or activate the CRE on a per-post basis.

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The Catholic Reference Extension – version 0.8.11

November 19, 2007 at 16:09

Filed under: Computing,Religion — Pistos @ 16:09

Version 0.8.11 of the Catholic Reference Extension for WordPress is now available. The texts were not changed, so upgrading can be accomplished by downloading only the package without texts, which is much smaller (zip 25kb | tar.bz2 23kb)

This version has the following changes:

  • You can now use the string “[nocathref]” anywhere in the post or page content, and the CRE will not operate on any references in the post. This is in lieu of using the exclamation mark in front of each of many references.

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The problem of the ensoulment of identical twins

November 18, 2007 at 0:28

Filed under: Religion — Pistos @ 00:28

I recently finished reading The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Dr. Francis S. Collins. If that title piques your interest, you should read the book. :) The book brings up many issues worthy of thought and pondering, but one which really stood out for me was the issue of the ensoulment of identical twins. I was disappointed that the book does not provide any answers, or even much coverage of the alternative viewpoints of this problem, so I went to investigate the matter myself. (more…)

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The Catholic Reference Extension – version 0.8.10

November 16, 2007 at 13:48

Filed under: Computing,Religion — Pistos @ 13:48

Version 0.8.10 of the Catholic Reference Extension for WordPress is now available. The texts were not changed, so upgrading can be accomplished by downloading only the package without texts, which is much smaller (zip 25kb | tar.bz2 23kb)

This version has the following changes:

  • The CRE is now compatible with sites that use other Javascript libraries, such as Prototype.
  • Links in the popups now give text on hover informing the user that the links open in a new window.

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The Catholic Reference Extension – version 0.8.9

November 15, 2007 at 13:20

Filed under: Computing,Religion — Pistos @ 13:20

Version 0.8.9 of the Catholic Reference Extension for WordPress is now available. The texts were not changed, so upgrading can be accomplished by downloading only the package without texts, which is much smaller (zip 25kb | tar.bz2 23kb)

This version has the following changes:

  • NAB and LXX now have the correct URI when referencing Psalms.
  • Implementation of alternative window opening methods was completed (it was incomplete in 0.8.8).
  • When configuration is set to open on click, the mouse cursor now changes to the usual “hand” icon for links.
  • Some outstanding & -> & conversions were taken care of.

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The Catholic Reference Extension – version 0.8.8

November 14, 2007 at 1:29

Filed under: Computing,Religion — Pistos @ 01:29

Version 0.8.8 of the Catholic Reference Extension for WordPress is now available. The texts were not changed, so you can upgrade by downloading the packages without texts, which are much smaller (zip 25kb | tar.bz2 23kb)

As per comments by Aristotle A. Esguerra, I have made the following changes:

& characters are now rendered with & in query strings.

Administrators can now choose how they want external sites to load:

  • in a new window via the target attribute on <a> elements;
  • in a new window via Javascript;
  • in the same window.

There is now support for Scripture citations from more than one chapter in the same book, such as Philippians 3:17-21; 4:1-3.

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jQuery API Index

November 11, 2007 at 2:06

Filed under: Computing — Pistos @ 02:06

After being bothered by how many clicks are needed to get at stuff at the jQuery documentation site, I decided to make my own jQuery API Index page. One-click access to the entire API, searchable with your browser (via Ctrl-F or /-find-as-you-type, etc.). I have it dynamically parse the official docs site every day. I might see about making it look better, but it functions well for now. There are other sites that sort of do the same thing, but I think mine is simpler and more to-the-point.

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