Maldoror calls out Ahayes

[Calandale]

Oh right I assume you studied the theoretical side rather than the applied side of CS then, or at least largely that way. That explains how you get quirks like that...

Of course. I can barely operate a computer. 
Hence the theoretical math, as well.
Though language theory really threw
me for a loop - but I think that was
the professor, more than anything.

[Christopher McCandless]

Oh right I assume you studied the theoretical side rather than the applied side of CS then, or at least largely that way. That explains how you get quirks like that...

Of course. I can barely operate a computer. 
Hence the theoretical math, as well.
Though language theory really threw
me for a loop - but I think that was
the professor, more than anything.

Hmm, the maths side is really intresting, ive studied a little bit of it at A-level. I actually (strangly for a mathematician) want to learn to program a computer properly as a first priority. I so want to be able to hack for some reason...

[Calandale]

I actually (strangly for a mathematician) want to learn to program a computer properly as a first priority. I so want to be able to hack for some reason...

Not all that strange. When I first
got into it, many schools didn't have
CS departments, and programming,
where taught, was often through the
Math departments.

Given that the fundamentals of programming
were developed by logicians, and real ones
tended to be mathematicians first, it makes
sense.

Not sure about the hacking though. Always
struck me as the sys ad types who liked that.

[Callaway]

Oh right I assume you studied the theoretical side rather than the applied side of CS then, or at least largely that way. That explains how you get quirks like that...

Of course. I can barely operate a computer. 
Hence the theoretical math, as well.
Though language theory really threw
me for a loop - but I think that was
the professor, more than anything.

Hmm, the maths side is really intresting, ive studied a little bit of it at A-level. I actually (strangly for a mathematician) want to learn to program a computer properly as a first priority. I so want to be able to hack for some reason...

My husband has similar interests.  He has a math Ph.D. and he taught himself to program computers when he was twelve years old.

[Christopher McCandless]

I actually (strangly for a mathematician) want to learn to program a computer properly as a first priority. I so want to be able to hack for some reason...

Not all that strange. When I first
got into it, many schools didn't have
CS departments, and programming,
where taught, was often through the
Math departments.

Given that the fundamentals of programming
were developed by logicians, and real ones
tended to be mathematicians first, it makes
sense.

Not sure about the hacking though. Always
struck me as the sys ad types who liked that.

I know the maths story, they still have modules you can take in it i believe under maths departments when i looked, and i did Discrete maths as a maths applied at A-level. As far as hacking goes, it would be nice to be able to do it, i assume programming ability is needed to do it...

[Calandale]

As far as hacking goes, it would be nice to be able to do it, i assume programming ability is needed to do it...

Depends on what you mean by hacking.
It's original use meant quick fixes. Usually
by real programmers, and usually pretty
damned ugly. Now though, people seem
to have taken it up to mean what was once
more known as 'cracking'. I suspect that one
doesn't need a lot of coding skills to really manage
that - more recognizing some low level patterns.
Though, apparently there's software out which
helps with this, even.

[Christopher McCandless]

As far as hacking goes, it would be nice to be able to do it, i assume programming ability is needed to do it...

Depends on what you mean by hacking.
It's original use meant quick fixes. Usually
by real programmers, and usually pretty
damned ugly. Now though, people seem
to have taken it up to mean what was once
more known as 'cracking'. I suspect that one
doesn't need a lot of coding skills to really manage
that - more recognizing some low level patterns.
Though, apparently there's software out which
helps with this, even.

I like both, more the Hacking, but there is some people I would like to apply the Cracking to 

[Rabbit From Hell]

I don't dislike you on a personal level and you might have potential to be a worthwhile person if you can get over being reactionary. That being said, I would like to ask that a) please stop flogging the karma system. Not only does your blissfully collected cache of negative points pretty much ruin the system for all of us by making any two people with positive karma seem like they're on the same level because neither of them is you, but you've been consistently gheying me over posts I made weeks ago (apparantly) and it's annoying, and b) Don't do assheaded things like fucking accuse the admin of having "room temperature IQ" for trying to keep minors away from chicks with dicks porn. That's lame, man.

This isn't an argument, this is a list of stupid demands.

[Christopher McCandless]

I don't dislike you on a personal level and you might have potential to be a worthwhile person if you can get over being reactionary. That being said, I would like to ask that a) please stop flogging the karma system. Not only does your blissfully collected cache of negative points pretty much ruin the system for all of us by making any two people with positive karma seem like they're on the same level because neither of them is you, but you've been consistently gheying me over posts I made weeks ago (apparantly) and it's annoying, and b) Don't do assheaded things like fucking accuse the admin of having "room temperature IQ" for trying to keep minors away from chicks with dicks porn. That's lame, man.

This isn't an argument, this is a list of stupid demands.

Oh right you are the newly renamed Ahayes... 
Go and face him, coward.

[Calandale]

He can't. He might have to deal with
some ugly cat pics.

[Christopher McCandless]

He can't. He might have to deal with
some ugly cat pics.

Lol. There isnt a way that an admin can transfer some karma from him on to me... I want to see him type in caps again...

[Calandale]

He can't. He might have to deal with
some ugly cat pics.

Lol. There isnt a way that an admin can transfer some karma from him on to me... I want to see him type in caps again...

All he has is NEGATIVE karma.
And that would be unfair, he's
proving himself even better than
you.

[Callaway]

He can't. He might have to deal with
some ugly cat pics.

Lol. There isnt a way that an admin can transfer some karma from him on to me... I want to see him type in caps again...

 

Post some ugly cat pics and s/he probably will type in all caps and go on another karma blitz.  I think s/he's a cat person.

 

[Christopher McCandless]

He can't. He might have to deal with
some ugly cat pics.

Lol. There isnt a way that an admin can transfer some karma from him on to me... I want to see him type in caps again...

All he has is NEGATIVE karma.
And that would be unfair, he's
proving himself even better than
you.

Well knock him more into the negative, i want to see him weep. I think he is past -100 now...
Callaway, i will see what I can find...

[Callaway]

He can't. He might have to deal with
some ugly cat pics.

Lol. There isnt a way that an admin can transfer some karma from him on to me... I want to see him type in caps again...

All he has is NEGATIVE karma.
And that would be unfair, he's
proving himself even better than
you.

Well knock him more into the negative, i want to see him weep. I think he is past -100 now...
Callaway, i will see what I can find...

I found an Octo-Pussy: