2 weeks later...

[Biggles]

Yes that's right, I'm back, and very glad that all my projects are finished! Of course, I still have one to do over the holidays... anyone here know anything about lexical analysis?
Anyway... I did keep in touch with this place and one thing I noticed was a lot of off-topic posts. Since there is only one remaining active and it has evolved into a discussion about Space: Above and Beyond, I will leave it. But any more off-topic posts will be moved to the place where they are meant to be: the Zocalo.

Now back to business. http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif

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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

"Nonono...Is not Great Machine. Is...Not-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras

[MageWolf]

Welcome back, Biggles. And thanks for another off-topic post!!! Heheh, just kidding. Glad your projects are sorted. Now we can gladly look forward to a Biggles post every other message!

[MageWolf]

Originally posted by Biggles:
Since there is only one remaining active and it has evolved into a discussion about Space: Above and Beyond, I will leave it.


Erm, I don't wanna sound picky with you, but why have you said this? How is SAAB anymore relevent than other off-topic threads to a forum for only B5:ITF? I hope it's not just because you *like* SAAB yourself.

Personally, I don't mind, not much is being posted right now, so if it's off-topic, yippie. At least it's something!!! http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif We're in a kinda quiet phase. *sniff*


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[Biggles]

Actually it's more an excuse because I'm too lazy, plus the topic seems to be quite popular with the developers and anything that gets them posting is good...

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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

"Nonono...Is not Great Machine. Is...Not-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras

[This message has been edited by Biggles (edited 05-31-2001).]

[WORF]

The man without a face has returned!!

Welcome back.

Worf

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[Messiah]

Welcome back Biggles!

Stay a while, stay forever, mwahahahahaha!

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Vir - Are you saying you don't trust me anymore? I made your favourite, Spoo.

Londo - I'll order in.

[Chicky]

Welcome back http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif

[Data Crystal]

Yep, I was right, the man's back. Home sweet home, eh?

[Shuup Nick]

Bigs: it's nice to have you back, but what's your problem with off-topic posts?!
The other moderators don't feel that they have to remove them, so why do you? http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/shad.gif

P.S. sorry if this sours the atmosphere a little, but it just gets me a little angry.

Cherio.

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Mater tva criceta fvit, et pater tvo redolvit bacarvm sambvcvs.

[This message has been edited by Shuup Nick (edited 05-31-2001).]

[A2597]

Heh, if I had the authority to move them to the Zocolo, I would to. http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif
I may not be a strict as Virtigo1 is...but then again, neither is biggles! http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif

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Sanfam: "And Drazi didn't like it one bit.-
Mr.Bungle: "So that's where the forum went..."-
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ahhh, the good old days of HTML.

[Canuck]

He said off-topic posts aren't removed... they're moved to the Zocalo... so there's really nothing to be upset about http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif

[Venom06]

Lexical analysis.....I think I'm going to be sick now.

[Talon Mistsong]

Welcome back Biggles.

Lexical analysis? Anything to do with Sheridan's starship during the Minbari war? http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif

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[JackN]

As long as it isn't LEXX-ical analysis...

I don't think I could stomach that OFF-TOPIC thread...

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[Biggles]

Originally posted by Messiah:
Stay a while, stay forever, mwahahahahaha!


Mission Impossible. http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif Ah the good old days of my C64, where I could load up that game and here that wonderful voice...

Shuup Nick: Forum rules say they go in the Zocalo.

Lexical Analysis is a way of analysing and breaking down an input stream. It is used in making compilers.

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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

"Nonono...Is not Great Machine. Is...Not-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras

[TheKnave]

Lexxical analysis is the study of a giant bug or a large phallic symbol, depending on your point of view...

[JackN]

So then I take it that Data segments are broken up by LEXX-ICONs ?

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[whitestar90]

Welcome back Biggles..
LOL the lexx, ZEV one foxy lady phwoarrrr,oops sorry mind started to wonder then http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif

[Biggles]

Well actually, they are broken down into tokens. http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif

And Sanfam has asked me to inform you that he will not be around at all for the next two weeks due to SATs and exams or some such nonsense. This means I'm in charge... *evil laugh*

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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

"Nonono...Is not Great Machine. Is...Not-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras

[TheKnave]

Evil laugh?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm shakin' in my boots.

[Schmacker]

Hey welcome back Biggles... http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif

Just a q 4 u: What Uni do you go to???

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Idiocy is not a learnt thing, but neither is it a genetic thing. It is simply something that jumps from genration to generation as it chooses and latches itself onto certain individuals.

Aint life great :) :) :)

[Biggles]

University of Auckland. I'm in the School of Engineering, Department of Computer Systems Engineering.

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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

"Nonono...Is not Great Machine. Is...Not-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras

[David of Mac]

Do ah expect you to leave zee main fourms? No-o-o-o, Agent Biggles, I expect you to DIE! http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif

[Biggles]

Not much chance of that happening I'm afraid!

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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

"Nonono...Is not Great Machine. Is...Not-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras

[Sanfam]

Yes,, it will happen http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif
Biggles the peaceful tyrant will try to rule the world, but will be removed from office by a horde of angry mosquito-bees. These are not your ordinary mosquito-bees, thoough, they also inject a raspberry based toxin into the bloodstream. Yes. Very dangerous.

[Biggles]

They'll never get near me! And you! You're supposed to be away for 2 weeks!
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

"Nonono...Is not Great Machine. Is...Not-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras

[Schmacker]

cheers for the answer Biggles... just checking... Im down at Otago... Got an exam tommorow on computer architechture and operating systems... grr I dont like them http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/frown.gif

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Idiocy is not a learnt thing, but neither is it a genetic thing. It is simply something that jumps from genration to generation as it chooses and latches itself onto certain individuals.

Aint life great :) :) :)

[Biggles]

Are you doing engineering or computer science?

I chose computer systems engineering over computer science because it gives me not just training in programming, but training in hardware design, low level programming, and absolutely heaps of training in problem solving, much more than computer science would, and I consider problem solving to be essential to programming.

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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

"Nonono...Is not Great Machine. Is...Not-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras

[Schmacker]

Comp Sci... though they give us a bit of everything... I just sat a exam on comp arch and op systems... and had atotally internal programming and problem solveing course this simester as well... hopefully everything goes well for the rest of the year cos the first simester was a huge work load.... oh well I passed so I cant really complain http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif

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Idiocy is not a learnt thing, but neither is it a genetic thing. It is simply something that jumps from genration to generation as it chooses and latches itself onto certain individuals.

Aint life great :) :) :)

[Bekenn]

Another Comp Sci major here....

I rather enjoyed Operating Systems and Architecture; same with Assembly. I like seeing what's going on at the lower levels.

'Course, for the Assembly course, we did half of it in Z80 assembly -- we made GameBoy games.

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[Biggles]

What year are you in?

We get to do a lot of more realistic, engineering problem solving stuff. Things like programming a DC motor controller in assembler, stuff like that. While I would like to make games and do the sort of problem solving the people across the road in the comp sci department do, this sort of problem solving is very useful for teaching about how systems work and stuff like that, which helps programming a great deal.
Besides, I learn all the comp sci type stuff at home in my spare time anyway. http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif

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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

"Nonono...Is not Great Machine. Is...Not-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras

[Schmacker]

Im second year... got some call stuff coming along next semester.. but the good stuf is in third year, AI!!!!!

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Idiocy is not a learnt thing, but neither is it a genetic thing. It is simply something that jumps from genration to generation as it chooses and latches itself onto certain individuals.

Aint life great :) :) :)

[Biggles]

It certainly is for us. One of our projects next semester is programming a walking robot! http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif

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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

"Nonono...Is not Great Machine. Is...Not-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras

[JohnD]

Originally posted by Biggles:
It certainly is for us. One of our projects next semester is programming a walking robot! http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif

That sounds familiar...one of my college projects was designing a wing, programming the CNC machine to form it from an aluminum block, then test it in a wind tunnel to optimize the design and placement of wing and slat. Of all that, programming the CNC machine was the least fun http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif

[Biggles]

What language? Some kind of assembler?
Our last project was a DC Motor controller in assembler, and that wasn't very fun. Useful to know how to do though. The current one is writing a compiler. It's going to be very very interesting I think.

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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

"Nonono...Is not Great Machine. Is...Not-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras