Code Monkey don’t like Fritos

April 23rd, 2006 by Xore

I never was a fritos fan, but the coffee and mountain dew work.

Code Monkey

Another year older today.

-Camel out

Currently Listening to:
Jonathan Coulton - Code Monkey

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It Warms the Heart

April 19th, 2006 by Xore

No particular distro…

Help

It somehow restores my faith in humanity. Don’t get me wrong: i’m not upset about this or anything, i just had to smile.

-Camel out

Currently Listening to:
[ Give Up ] The Postal Service - Sleeping In

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Am I missing something?

March 30th, 2006 by Xore

xore@blue:~/.xchat2/xchatlogs$ egrep -i “missing.*the.*point” *

At one time, there was a point to all this, but i think i’m missing it. Apparently, so are a few other people:

#phpbb.log:
Jun 27 <zebragrrl> yes you’re missing the point
Sep 13 <kbizzle> there’s gotta be something i’m missing… like maybe somewhere there’s a path that’s pointing to the old IP address
 
#somewhere.log:
Jun 02 <Draegonis> http://#####.######.### /img/misc/missingthepoint.png
Aug 19 <Camelboy> i still like pit’s missing the point image
Jan 07 <Pit> SHS` asked me if missingthepoint.png was still online and where
Jan 07 <Pit> http://##########.### /files/test-cases/missingthepoint.svg hurr, forgot I made that <3
 
#elsewhere.log:
Jan 05 <SHS`> missingthepoint.png amongst others
Jan 05 <naderman> <3 missingthepoint.png
Jan 05 <MHobbit> Linkage to missingthepoint.png?
Jan 05 <SHS`> http://##########.### /images/missingthepoint.png
Jan 05 <SHS`> ^_^ “Subject: Bandwidth theft - missingthepoint.png”
Jan 05 <SHS`> I have noticed in the last month a large number of hot-links to the image “missingthepoint.png”, posted none other than by yourself in the following topic:
Jan 15 <MHobbit> Yes, but you’re missing the point
Feb 07 <GrahamJE> You’re missing the point of my rant completely ^_^
Mar 12 <MHobbit> You are missing the point.
Mar 24 * anon might be completly missing the point here, but wtf?
 
#somewhere-else.log:
Nov 04 <Ithilion> Someone’s missing the point.

And you, the reader! You think you understand this? you think this is funny? Well, you’ve got it all wrong!

Missing The Point
<Xore> i guess the humor level was too low
<Xore> :-L
<Ithilion> I think I missed the point.
<Xore> yea
<Xore> you probably did
<Toran> I like the image.

-Camel Out.

Currently Listening to:
[ Tuxicity ] Richard Cheese - Loser

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The things we snort

March 25th, 2006 by Xore

It occurs to me and a friend of mine (after, on average, 6.5 beer each), that if we started lacing cocaine with wasabi, we would have less cocaine addicts in our society.

That is all.

Camel out.

Currently Listening to:
[ Prolonging the Magic ] Cake - Sheep Go to Heaven

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Foreboding Presentiment

March 22nd, 2006 by Xore

Soon, the world will be mine. It will all be mine. MINE!

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

<noise type=”random” source=”camel” />

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

-Camel out

Currently Listening to:
[ The Dark Side of the Moon ] Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky

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phpBB Pather Update

March 8th, 2006 by Xore

This probably isn’t interesting to most of you, however, i’ve updated my phpBB Pather script, which fixes broken config values after a forum move. It sports an improved UI (not saying much) and now makes recommendations based on autodetected server configs. Also comes with cookies and a coupon for your next box free! (No, there isn’t actually a coupon, you’re getting this for free anyway, shaddup!)

If anyone wants to give it a security/correctness audit (A second pair of eyes is always nice), it would be appreciated muchly, as well as any UI suggestions, should you have them.

Currently Listening to:
[ Resident Alien ] Spacehog - In The Meantime

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My users are stupider than your users

March 5th, 2006 by Xore

Cash Mod for phpBB has been out and about for quite a long time. Sometime in April, i think, Cash Mod will have reached it’s 3 year mark. Thousands of downloads (i don’t have an exact count) and possibly millions of users across several thousand boards and portals have, knowingly or not, used this software. New installations are created on a daily basis.

During the first year, i spent a lot of time supporting users installing it, helping with problems, incompatibilities, etc. There are too many users now, and too many idiots. It might not be obvious to some why I can’t really support it personally anymore, however, when the built in help messages fail to help with the most common user errors, i throw my hands up in despair. This was taken from a sample of chat today, I need to vent. In retrospect, perhaps i was unfair, but on the flip side, while it’s neither my right nor my responsibility to force people to grow a brain, neither is it my duty to help people who lack one.

#phpbb
<SMRT*> Ehat does this mean: If you are installing this by hand, copy sql_install.php to your main forum directory and load it in your browser, you must be logged in as admin
*Screennames have been changed to protect the idiots
<SMRT> I installed the Cash Mod and it went in correctly, but what does that mean?
<Xore> the same directory as your index.php, viewforum.php, etc
<SMRT> OK, I get you now.
<SMRT> Wait, it said copy, how do I copy it. Do I upload the same file to that area or what?
<Xore> apply occam’s razor
<SMRT> What?
<SMRT> Okay, now what does this mean:
<SMRT> Error retrieving Cash Mod data
<SMRT> Please make sure that you have run sql_install.php from your browser
<Xore> once again, apply occam’s razor
<Xore> it means exactly frakking what it says
<SMRT> How do I do that?
<Xore> 1) load up your browser
<Xore> 2) run sql_install.php via the browser
<Xore> 3) … ? …
<SMRT> Yeah
<Xore> 4) $$Profit$$
<SMRT> Do I just type sql.install.php after my web URL

[somewhere else]
* Xore falls into despair
<Xore> you know, over the course of cash mod’s lifetime, i’ve made the error messages easier to understand, more informative, more idiot-proof so that your common !@#$tard can handle it. and yet, i’m getting more people needing help with it than ever before
* Xore loses inhibition and starts abusing users
<NeoThermic> ‘Make something idiot-proof, and they will build a better idiot.”
<GrahamJE> It’s about like the “Please remove the install and contrib directories” - what does it mean? ^_^

#phpbb
<Xore> you know what? i don’t know anymore. honestly, i thought that would have been obvious, but either i’m a complete moron, or people seriously have lost the ability to harness their !@#$%^ IQs
<SMRT> Do I just type sql.install.php after my Website URL?
<SMRT> Help!! Please.
<SMRT> Sorry.
<Xore> what pisses me off the most, is that i feel like an asshole for calling you a moron
* Xore goes afk to cool down

[elsewhere]
<NeoThermic> Xore: #4 is surprisingly relevant for the cash mod, don’t you think?
<Xore> …
<Xore> =)
<Xore> yes
* GrahamJE hands Xore a gun
* MHobbit hands Xore a bazooka
* Vic hands Xore a rusty spoon
<MHobbit> Vic wins. :-(
<Vic> ^_^
<Xore> yea, Vic totally wins

back in #phpbb
<SMRT> All right, can anyone else hep me?
<SMRT> Help me?
<Xore> you are totally beyond help

</vent>

Camel out

Currently Listening to:
[ De-Loused in the Comatorium ] The Mars Volta - Inertiatic ESP

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phpBB Moving House

February 28th, 2006 by Xore

So, February 28 rolls around, and today phpbb.com is moving house. Temporarily, all support has been moved to area51. Many thanks to Doreo Hosting who has been hosting phpbb.com for the past 3 years. We’re moving to OSUOSL, host of quite a few other well known opensource projects.

Since the download database is down for the duration, i’m hosting Cash Mod on xore.ca until it comes back. Note that, as has always been the case, I will not be supporting Cash Mod on this site. There has been a temporary support forum opened on area51 [ link ], so if you need help, post there. Posting here will not get you help, it will get your post deleted: This is my blog, not a support board. If you’re desperate, you can always try to contact me on irc, i suppose.

Camel Out.

Currently Listening to:
[ Light & Magic ] Ladytron - Flicking Your Switch

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Xore versus the Pickle Jar

February 9th, 2006 by Xore

(An Epic Tale, in Two Parts)

Part 1

* Xore attempts to open teh pickle jar
<Xore> Open! curse you!
<Xore> In the name of camels, i command you to open!
<Pickle Jar> …

*Intermission*

*End of Intermission*

Part 2

* Xore attempts to open teh pickle jar
<Xore> Bah! Foiled again!

The end?

Currently Listening to:
[ Transmission ] The Tea Party - Emerald
"Confess what you crave // a life without pain
you'd kill for the taste // But the hurt still remains
Still they don't know who you are
Just be still my emerald // I'll be waiting for you"

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Project: Codename Wintermute

February 4th, 2006 by Xore

So, a pet project that i’ve been working on here and there when i get a bit of time, is a Captcha, hopefully to be included in an upcoming software release. You can take a look at it here: Project: Codename Wintermute. If you have any suggestions or recommendations, please feel free to let me know.

Wintermute is the name of an AI from William Gibson’s 1984 novel, Neuromancer

Currently Listening to:
[ Matrix Reloaded Soundtrack ] Juno Reactor/Don Davis - Mona Lisa Overdrive

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