I cannot get to any of the web. It slowly wittled away until there was nothing left. I have now had no internet for two hours which is really putting a cramp on the research I was doing on mobile video formats - argh.
I cannot restart my router because (e:terry) is fucking playing warcraft.
Then I remembered that my fancy phone was also a modem that gets speeds of aroudn 300k/s and decided to use it with my laptop. Thank god for that. I am my own access point now, it is a real sense of frreedom that I can brig broadband with me. I still hate warcraft. It makes every evening sound like "Argh, swish, stab, blech, blech, blech, argh, kling, kilng smash" I would record it on my phone but it is busy being used as my internet connection.
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06/01/2006 01:33 #32633
Slowly the whole internet went awayCategory: web
05/27/2006 16:39 #32632
Inky Caps Eat PlantsCategory: nature
The inkycap mushrooms in our yard are destroying everything near them. I have never seen them be so killer. It kind of looks like a miny gang of zombies. I wonder if the plants have nightmares about them.
There are spreading, where will it stop.
There are spreading, where will it stop.
05/27/2006 16:20 #32631
The Crazy Lady on ElmwoodCategory: elmwood
The crazy lady on elmwood was extremely riled up today. Frankly, she seems like she is starting to be dangerous. She was screaming at people and got in the coop and started freaking out. Then she marched outside and started screaming at the top of her lungs. I recorded a bit but then decided to get the hell away from here. (e:mike), it the one that freaked out that you weren't fighting in Iraq.
Anyways, she seems like she really need help, like maybe she forgot to take her medication but I think everyone is so afraid of her that she will never get help. I can't imagine what she must feel like. Does anyone know her story?
After the recording some guy out front of the laundromat told her to shut up and she freaked out on him too. You can hear him say shut up at the end of the recording. She told him that he doesn't even care that he ripped her off and stole her money because he is just going to get in his starship and fly away. She has seriously lost it.
Coop food is too damn expensive. I think I am done shopping there again. I can't afford a mansion and yuppy food. It's one or the other.
I mean it cost about $30 for some fruit and a couple thai soup packs.
Anyways, she seems like she really need help, like maybe she forgot to take her medication but I think everyone is so afraid of her that she will never get help. I can't imagine what she must feel like. Does anyone know her story?
After the recording some guy out front of the laundromat told her to shut up and she freaked out on him too. You can hear him say shut up at the end of the recording. She told him that he doesn't even care that he ripped her off and stole her money because he is just going to get in his starship and fly away. She has seriously lost it.
Coop food is too damn expensive. I think I am done shopping there again. I can't afford a mansion and yuppy food. It's one or the other.
I mean it cost about $30 for some fruit and a couple thai soup packs.
libertad - 05/27/06 17:04
oh gosh that poor woman. She is completely insane. I saw her the other day at the Co-oP going off. Maybe someday that will be me screaming about government conspiracies and aliens. And yes, they are too expensive. If I were rich, I would buy organic. Why do we have to be rich to care about the environment or in (e:matthew)'s case buy wheat free products?
oh gosh that poor woman. She is completely insane. I saw her the other day at the Co-oP going off. Maybe someday that will be me screaming about government conspiracies and aliens. And yes, they are too expensive. If I were rich, I would buy organic. Why do we have to be rich to care about the environment or in (e:matthew)'s case buy wheat free products?
leetee - 05/27/06 16:30
Go to Guercio's... we rarely spend more than 15 bucks there... and get tons of produce and goodies. :O)
Go to Guercio's... we rarely spend more than 15 bucks there... and get tons of produce and goodies. :O)
05/27/2006 10:37 #32630
Javascript Prototypes Part IICategory: programming
Here is a good example I wrote of javascript prototypes that extend other objects. (e:paul,4369) was part one and both were in reference to (e:zobar,59)
[box]<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
/*create a sound object for making sounds*/
sound = function(noise){
this.setNoise(noise);
}
/*add new prototype to output the noise */
sound.prototype = {
/*set the noise echoed on sound.out)*/
setNoise : function(noise){
this.noise = noise || 'plain sound';
},
/*output the noise*/
out : function(numTimes){
var noise ='"';
for(x=0;x<numTimes;x++){
noise += this.noise;
if(x<numTimes-1){ noise +=', ';}
}
return noise+'!"';
}
}
/*create a animal object for making animals that make sounds*/
animal = function(name, noise){
this.setName(name);
this.vocals = new sound(noise);
}
animal.prototype = {
/*set the name of the animal*/
setName : function(name){
this.name = name || 'another animal';
},
/*prototype to wrap sound.out*/
talk : function(times){
alert(this.name +" said "+this.vocals.out(times));
},
/*prototype to wrap sound.setNoise*/
changeVocals : function(noise){
mySquirrel.vocals.setNoise(noise);
}
}
/*instantiate an animal ( a squirrel that barks) and make it talk */
mySquirrel = new animal('squirrelio', 'bark');
mySquirrel.talk(3);
mySquirrel.changeVocals('ruff');
mySquirrel.talk(4);
</script>
</body>
</html>
[/box]
A lot of people have come up with different methods for dealing with inheritance. Here is one page that explains it
and here is another that abstracts it a bit.
Once you are into the prototyping system you can make your own system to make extending and inheriting easier.
[box]<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
/*create a sound object for making sounds*/
sound = function(noise){
this.setNoise(noise);
}
/*add new prototype to output the noise */
sound.prototype = {
/*set the noise echoed on sound.out)*/
setNoise : function(noise){
this.noise = noise || 'plain sound';
},
/*output the noise*/
out : function(numTimes){
var noise ='"';
for(x=0;x<numTimes;x++){
noise += this.noise;
if(x<numTimes-1){ noise +=', ';}
}
return noise+'!"';
}
}
/*create a animal object for making animals that make sounds*/
animal = function(name, noise){
this.setName(name);
this.vocals = new sound(noise);
}
animal.prototype = {
/*set the name of the animal*/
setName : function(name){
this.name = name || 'another animal';
},
/*prototype to wrap sound.out*/
talk : function(times){
alert(this.name +" said "+this.vocals.out(times));
},
/*prototype to wrap sound.setNoise*/
changeVocals : function(noise){
mySquirrel.vocals.setNoise(noise);
}
}
/*instantiate an animal ( a squirrel that barks) and make it talk */
mySquirrel = new animal('squirrelio', 'bark');
mySquirrel.talk(3);
mySquirrel.changeVocals('ruff');
mySquirrel.talk(4);
</script>
</body>
</html>
[/box]
A lot of people have come up with different methods for dealing with inheritance. Here is one page that explains it
and here is another that abstracts it a bit. Once you are into the prototyping system you can make your own system to make extending and inheriting easier.
05/27/2006 00:11 #32629
Javascript PrototypesCategory: programming
Believe it or not, I love javascript so much.
SIDENOTE ON SUREBERT
If you want to use surebert for any AJAX stuff at artvoice, feel free. It allows you to easily post data to any page. Here is the non-compressed js version so you can see what is going on.
Prototypes
(e:zobar,59) if you already know this then maybe this is a waste because no one else is going to read it besides maybe (e:enknot) who already knows this because we talk shop all day at work, but in case you haven't thought about it, you can write very extensible objects in javascript using protypes.
In fact, I would argue that the prototype if the basis of complicated OOP in javascript. The prototype is applied to every instance of the object without having to copy the function as it is when declared as a function within the constructor.
Here is how I would write it
Greeter = function(yourName){
this.yourName = yourName;
}
Greeter.prototype.getTimeOfDay = function(timeOfDay){
alert('Good ' + timeOfDay + ', ' + this.yourName);
}
greetZ = new Greeter('Zobar');
greetP = new Greeter('Paul');
greetZ.getTimeOfDay('afternoon');//'Good afternoon, Zobar'
greetZ.getTimeOfDay('evening');// 'Good evening, Zobar'
greetZ.getTimeOfDay('evening');// 'Good evening, Paul'
[/box]
Because everything is an object in javascript, if you have mutliple prototypes for an object you can easily write them like below which look very neat and organized when used with large objects.
[box]
Greeter = function(yourName){
this.yourName = yourName;
}
//javascript object notation for attaching multiple protoypes to an object.Although you could write each one as Greeter.prototype.name of function, I think when have lots of protypes this looks neater. You can also add any of properties as a prototype. In this case I am also creating a property called job. that can be referred to as instanceName.job e.g. greetZ.job you can even attach protoype arrays this way
Greeter.prototype = {
'job' : 'programmer',
getTimeOfDay : function(timeOfDay){
alert('Good ' + timeOfDay + ', ' + this.yourName);
},
getRandNumber : function(min,max){
min = min || 0;
max = max || 100;
alert(Math.floor(Math.random()*max+min));
},
sayHello : function(){
alert("Hello, "+this.yourName);
}
}
greetZ = new Greeter('Zobar');
greetP = new Greeter('Paul');
greetZ.getTimeOfDay('afternoon');//'Good afternoon, Zobar'
greetZ.sayHello();// 'Hello, Zobar'
greetZ.getRandNumber(10,30);// 'Good evening, Paul'
SIDENOTE ON SUREBERT
If you want to use surebert
for any AJAX stuff at artvoice, feel free. It allows you to easily post data to any page. Here is the non-compressed js version so you can see what is going on.Prototypes
(e:zobar,59) if you already know this then maybe this is a waste because no one else is going to read it besides maybe (e:enknot) who already knows this because we talk shop all day at work, but in case you haven't thought about it, you can write very extensible objects in javascript using protypes.
In fact, I would argue that the prototype if the basis of complicated OOP in javascript. The prototype is applied to every instance of the object without having to copy the function as it is when declared as a function within the constructor.
Here is how I would write it
Greeter = function(yourName){
this.yourName = yourName;
}
Greeter.prototype.getTimeOfDay = function(timeOfDay){
alert('Good ' + timeOfDay + ', ' + this.yourName);
}
greetZ = new Greeter('Zobar');
greetP = new Greeter('Paul');
greetZ.getTimeOfDay('afternoon');//'Good afternoon, Zobar'
greetZ.getTimeOfDay('evening');// 'Good evening, Zobar'
greetZ.getTimeOfDay('evening');// 'Good evening, Paul'
[/box]
Because everything is an object in javascript, if you have mutliple prototypes for an object you can easily write them like below which look very neat and organized when used with large objects.
[box]
Greeter = function(yourName){
this.yourName = yourName;
}
//javascript object notation for attaching multiple protoypes to an object.Although you could write each one as Greeter.prototype.name of function, I think when have lots of protypes this looks neater. You can also add any of properties as a prototype. In this case I am also creating a property called job. that can be referred to as instanceName.job e.g. greetZ.job you can even attach protoype arrays this way
Greeter.prototype = {
'job' : 'programmer',
getTimeOfDay : function(timeOfDay){
alert('Good ' + timeOfDay + ', ' + this.yourName);
},
getRandNumber : function(min,max){
min = min || 0;
max = max || 100;
alert(Math.floor(Math.random()*max+min));
},
sayHello : function(){
alert("Hello, "+this.yourName);
}
}
greetZ = new Greeter('Zobar');
greetP = new Greeter('Paul');
greetZ.getTimeOfDay('afternoon');//'Good afternoon, Zobar'
greetZ.sayHello();// 'Hello, Zobar'
greetZ.getRandNumber(10,30);// 'Good evening, Paul'
leetee - 05/27/06 10:19
Ah, but i did read it.. i didn't understand it, but i read it.
Ah, but i did read it.. i didn't understand it, but i read it.
zobar - 05/27/06 07:18
I have a newfound respect for Javascript. I did know about prototypes, but since I come from a class-based OOP background I probably don't grok them completely. Is there some way that prototypes can have their own prototypes, ie inheritance? Or am I missing a better way to do the same thing?
[The reason I'm all into this now is that I'm doing the database backend for our calendar in XUL :::link::: , and since XUL does not provide any kind of transactional form processing like X/HTML does, the only way to interact with the server is through XMLHttpRequest and its ilk.]
- Z
I have a newfound respect for Javascript. I did know about prototypes, but since I come from a class-based OOP background I probably don't grok them completely. Is there some way that prototypes can have their own prototypes, ie inheritance? Or am I missing a better way to do the same thing?
[The reason I'm all into this now is that I'm doing the database backend for our calendar in XUL :::link::: , and since XUL does not provide any kind of transactional form processing like X/HTML does, the only way to interact with the server is through XMLHttpRequest and its ilk.]
- Z
paul, can we like dry them and eat them? do you think we'll see pretty colors and shapes on the walls?