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Hi guys. I'm ba-- hey, wait... o_O
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http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 22-3-2009 20:56, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Hi guys. I'm ba-- hey, wait... o_O
>
I'd be surprised if you were even back *from* the USSR. I assumed you
were skiing. Anyway, welcome back, we missed you. E.g. yesterday we had
only 26 messages. That is not good for our reading skills. Luckily we
did not have an occasion where the presence of our mascot was legally
required. But it might be wise to consider appointing a stand in, in
case you more frequently go away.
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Hi guys. I'm ba-- hey, wait... o_O
You know, just yesterday I thought "I haven't heard from Andrew in a while."
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
My fortune cookie said, "You will soon be
unable to read this, even at arm's length."
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On 3/22/2009 12:56 PM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Hi guys. I'm ba-- hey, wait... o_O
>
I was wondering why there weren't more posts to read :)
--
...Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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USSR? It seems he has been traveling in time as well.
--
H²
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Halbert wrote:
> USSR? It seems he has been traveling in time as well.
No. Merely listening to old music...
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andrel wrote:
> I assumed you were skiing.
Heh. I'm so predictable...
> Anyway, welcome back, we missed you.
Missed me? Or didn't even notice I was gone? :-P
> E.g. yesterday we had
> only 26 messages. That is not good for our reading skills. Luckily we
> did not have an occasion where the presence of our mascot was legally
> required. But it might be wise to consider appointing a stand in, in
> case you more frequently go away.
Heh. I'm having one train wreck of a morning at work, so don't expect a
high post volume. :-P
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You sure it wasn't Sirius? ;P
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On 23-3-2009 10:35, Invisible wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>
>> I assumed you were skiing.
>
> Heh. I'm so predictable...
>
>> Anyway, welcome back, we missed you.
>
> Missed me? Or didn't even notice I was gone? :-P
Two days without an invisible post, that is all it takes.
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In case anybody's interested:
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/archives/348
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Invisible wrote:
> In case anybody's interested:
You really do write very well. :-)
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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Darren New wrote:
> You really do write very well. :-)
Why thank you. :-)
I'm also awesome at a number of other things. I don't know what things,
but there must be something! :-}
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On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:34:34 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> In case anybody's interested:
>
> You really do write very well. :-)
Yes, I was thinking the same thing as I read his blog entry on it. Very
well written indeed.
Jim
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On 27-3-2009 17:48, Invisible wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>
>> You really do write very well. :-)
>
> Why thank you. :-)
>
> I'm also awesome at a number of other things. I don't know what things,
> but there must be something! :-}
self pity?
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>> I'm also awesome at a number of other things. I don't know what
>> things, but there must be something! :-}
>
> self pity?
Possibly...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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>> You really do write very well. :-)
>
> Yes, I was thinking the same thing as I read his blog entry on it. Very
> well written indeed.
Out of curiosity... what exactly is it that I wrote which impressed you
guys so much?
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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:26:22 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>>> You really do write very well. :-)
>>
>> Yes, I was thinking the same thing as I read his blog entry on it. Very
>> well written indeed.
>
>Out of curiosity... what exactly is it that I wrote which impressed you
>guys so much?
For me it was an article you wrote to a Haskell board that Darren posted a link
to. I was about making a raytracer in Haskell. I thought that it was very well
written. Not like the "stream of conscience" stuff you write here ;-)
--
Regards
Stephen
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>> Out of curiosity... what exactly is it that I wrote which impressed you
>> guys so much?
>
> For me it was an article you wrote to a Haskell board that Darren posted a link
> to. I was about making a raytracer in Haskell. I thought that it was very well
> written. Not like the "stream of conscience" stuff you write here ;-)
Now I'm puzzled... I don't recollect writing any such thing.
Maybe I'm going senile in my old age? o_O
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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:48:12 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> Out of curiosity... what exactly is it that I wrote which impressed you
>>> guys so much?
>>
>> For me it was an article you wrote to a Haskell board that Darren posted a link
>> to. I was about making a raytracer in Haskell. I thought that it was very well
>> written. Not like the "stream of conscience" stuff you write here ;-)
>
>Now I'm puzzled... I don't recollect writing any such thing.
>
>Maybe I'm going senile in my old age? o_O
Does this ring a bell?
http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/POV-Ray_SDL_project
--
Regards
Stephen
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>>> For me it was an article you wrote to a Haskell board that Darren posted a link
>>> to. I was about making a raytracer in Haskell. I thought that it was very well
>>> written. Not like the "stream of conscience" stuff you write here ;-)
>> Now I'm puzzled... I don't recollect writing any such thing.
>>
>> Maybe I'm going senile in my old age? o_O
>
> Does this ring a bell?
>
> http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/POV-Ray_SDL_project
Ah... the long lost SDL project... heh. I never did get anywhere with
that one! Maybe I should revisit it?
Interesting thing: That page contains a silly half-arsed setup for
implementing get and set functions. Well you know what? There's now a
library on Hackage which works almost exactly the same way. Apparently
I'm not the first person to have thought of this!
I still think making a scene description language in Haskell would be
quite interesting. Of course, given the size of my "unfinished projects"
collection, it's unlikely to go anywhere soon. ;-)
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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:26:22 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>>> You really do write very well. :-)
>>
>> Yes, I was thinking the same thing as I read his blog entry on it.
>> Very well written indeed.
>
> Out of curiosity... what exactly is it that I wrote which impressed you
> guys so much?
For me it was the post you wrote about the mountains.
Jim
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>> Out of curiosity... what exactly is it that I wrote which impressed you
>> guys so much?
>
> For me it was the post you wrote about the mountains.
What, they're really big?
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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:06:28 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>>> Out of curiosity... what exactly is it that I wrote which impressed
>>> you guys so much?
>>
>> For me it was the post you wrote about the mountains.
>
> What, they're really big?
The entire post, not just that bit.
Do I need to quote it to you? You wrote it, it was a very nice piece of
writing.
Jim
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>>>> Out of curiosity... what exactly is it that I wrote which impressed
>>>> you guys so much?
>>> For me it was the post you wrote about the mountains.
>> What, they're really big?
>
> The entire post, not just that bit.
>
> Do I need to quote it to you? You wrote it, it was a very nice piece of
> writing.
It just puzzles me that what I wrote was apparently fairly lame, as far
as I can tell, and yet several people seemed to really like it.
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Invisible wrote:
> It just puzzles me that what I wrote was apparently fairly lame, as far
> as I can tell, and yet several people seemed to really like it.
You don't know your own strength. That's what we're telling you.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:31:52 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>>>>> Out of curiosity... what exactly is it that I wrote which impressed
>>>>> you guys so much?
>>>> For me it was the post you wrote about the mountains.
>>> What, they're really big?
>>
>> The entire post, not just that bit.
>>
>> Do I need to quote it to you? You wrote it, it was a very nice piece
>> of writing.
>
> It just puzzles me that what I wrote was apparently fairly lame, as far
> as I can tell, and yet several people seemed to really like it.
What Darren said. It's an exceptionally good piece of writing. Does a
very good job of helping the reader visualize where you were.
Jim
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>> It just puzzles me that what I wrote was apparently fairly lame, as far
>> as I can tell, and yet several people seemed to really like it.
>
> What Darren said. It's an exceptionally good piece of writing. Does a
> very good job of helping the reader visualize where you were.
Heh. Can you find me on Google Earth? ;-)
(Actually... it makes for some interesting flying. Even on a computer
screen, the simulated mountains seem insanely big. IIRC, Google's images
are from summer though, so not much snow where I was.)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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>> It just puzzles me that what I wrote was apparently fairly lame, as
>> far as I can tell, and yet several people seemed to really like it.
>
> You don't know your own strength. That's what we're telling you.
Heh. OK. It would just be nice to know what I'm actually getting right.
(And what I'm getting not-so-right.)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Heh. OK. It would just be nice to know what I'm actually getting right.
> (And what I'm getting not-so-right.)
Your writing is clear, well organized, evocative, and literate. You also
pick subjects interesting to your readers.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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>> Heh. OK. It would just be nice to know what I'm actually getting
>> right. (And what I'm getting not-so-right.)
>
> Your writing is clear, well organized, evocative, and literate.
Mmm, really?
(Just the other day Benny was telling me I need to broaden my vocabulary...)
> You also pick subjects interesting to your readers.
Heh. Except when I write about Haskell. :-P
(It's so popular that they created two special newsgrounds so I could go
talking about Haskell to myself.)
Oh, and messages about my life. (I get yelled at to blog so nobody else
has to read through it...)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:20:49 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> It just puzzles me that what I wrote was apparently fairly lame, as
>>> far as I can tell, and yet several people seemed to really like it.
>>
>> What Darren said. It's an exceptionally good piece of writing. Does a
>> very good job of helping the reader visualize where you were.
>
> Heh. Can you find me on Google Earth? ;-)
Probably not, but that's not really the point. Many people struggle at
descriptive text, but for you it seems to flow naturally. :-)
> (Actually... it makes for some interesting flying. Even on a computer
> screen, the simulated mountains seem insanely big. IIRC, Google's images
> are from summer though, so not much snow where I was.)
Yeah, I get that when I'm flying in x-plane as well. But the mountains
here near where I live (2-5 miles away) are recognisable, too.
Jim
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