The Nineteenth Byte

12:09 AM

Hey! I got a static windows build of golflua, see here meta.codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/1216/7162

12:21 AM

@PeterTaylor Agree they are both weak. I just thought the one submitted for closure was less weak than the other, so in a just world they both have to go. :)

hosch250

Does this deserve the tag quines?

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Q: Programs that move around in memory

It's time for some quines! Well, sort of. This challenge is to create the smallest program that could move around in memory, i.e. if a program is resident in 2000:0100, the program should move to say, memory address be7a:3470. Rules The memory address to move in should be pseudorandom. It's ...

Jonathan Van Matre

I wouldn't tag it with that, but it seems fine to mention it in the text as a point of comparison.

hosch250

I thought so.

hosch250

12:52 AM

For those people who like to ignore questions, there is a setting you can change to actually hide them instead of graying them out.

hosch250

2:45 AM

New Challenge:

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A: Proposed questions sandbox - Mark X

Generate a Koch Snowflake A Koch snowflake is a triangle that for each n, another equilateral point is added in the middle of each side: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_snowflake#Properties We already had a kolmogrov-complexity Koch Snowflake challenge for n=4. The new challenge is to outpu...

luser droog

4:00 AM

Wow. Couldn't find this book anywhere, and then there it was, apparently distributed with the source: sblom.github.io/openj-core/ioj.htm

hosch250

Don't you hate it when that kind of stuff happens?

luser droog

Hmm. Actually, no. I'd hate it if the book never turned up (or my eternal spirit would, at least). But suddenly finding it was a joyous experience. :)

hosch250

4:15 AM

I enjoy the finding part, but don't you hate it when you misplace things, I meant?

@luserdroog I saw your comment on my post.

I don't know if that eliminates C++, my pet language.

luser droog

Yes. But I loose things so often, that I've had to take steps to prevent constant self-loathing.

Question to self: "What use is this hate?"

hosch250

True.

luser droog

I don't see how it would eliminate C++.

hosch250

Would the putPixel() function just figure out where to put the character?

Or would it eliminate ASCII characters?

luser droog

It would, the way I imagine it, take just the x and y coordinates of where the dot should be drawn.

That could be a bit in a bitmap or a cell in an ascii grid.

hosch250

4:19 AM

OK, I get it now.

luser droog

It means graphical languages couldn't use the built-in drawline.

Every program would have to implement line-drawing.

hosch250

Oh, I see.

@luserdroog This better?

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A: Proposed questions sandbox - Mark X

Generate a Koch Snowflake A Koch snowflake is a triangle that for each n, another equilateral point is added in the middle of each side: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_snowflake#Properties We already had a kolmogrov-complexity Koch Snowflake challenge for n=4. The new challenge is to outpu...

luser droog

Back to "not finding things", I've had an Alibris book search going for over 10 years now. If it ever finds one, I'll be exstatic.

hosch250

What do you want?

I have access to several databases that I could search.

luser droog

An English translation of Boethius' 3 books on Music.

written ca. 300 aD

hosch250

4:26 AM

OK, doesn't seem like anything I could find, but I'll try.

luser droog

Alibris once offered me a facsimile in greek for several thousand dollars.

hosch250

I assume you didn't take it.

luser droog

But of course, that's way out of my price-range. And I don't really read greek.

hosch250

Is this one of the titles?

boethius consolation of philosophy

luser droog

Sadly, no.

That's the book of his that's been reprinted a gazillion times.

hosch250

4:28 AM

OK, can you give me the titles?

I just did a search on Boethius' name.

This?

luser droog

As far as I know it's just called "3 Books on Music".

hosch250

the principles of music book

luser droog

yes, that could be it. or an excerpt.

hosch250

I found this: amazon.com/Fundamentals-Music-Severinus-Boethius-Translation/dp/…

luser droog

I can't remember my source for this, but I think the three books are about: Instrumental Music, The Music of the Spheres, The Music of the Human Body.

hosch250

4:31 AM

Ahh, I found the second, maybe.

Do you know Latin?

I found Harvard's copy free in Latin.

Or German?

luser droog

Hm, I might know enough to try.

That amazon link might be it. Still more than I want to pay, but better than thousands.

hosch250

I don't know enough to even tell of they are what you want, but here: archive.org/stream/aniciimanliitor02friegoog#page/n2/mode/2up

luser droog

The only book I've paid >$100 for is the OED.

(except texts in college, of course, sigh.)

hosch250

This may be no. 1: archive.org/stream/boetiusunddiegr00paulgoog#page/n9/mode/2up

Here is another go: archive.org/stream/aniciimanliitor01friegoog#page/n8/mode/2up

luser droog

Wow. Libri Quinque. That's more than 3. :)

hosch250

4:37 AM

Try Open Library: openlibrary.org

I think Quinque is 5.

Yup, just looked it up.

I have a great responsibility on my shoulders now.

I hit 1000 rep.

I can now review bad posts, suggested edits, can edit on meta, and can review on meta.

I also added download links to several tags, increasing my rep by 22 points.

Someone kindly accepted them (they should be helpful).

luser droog

Good work!

Bummer, the open-library text only has every-other page.

Wait, other parts of the book have both sides... I'm confused.

hosch250

4:53 AM

You know, I had this problem once.

The other pages were in a different section of the book.

luser droog

ok. It's still more than I had yesterday!

hosch250

This one has all the pages: archive.org/stream/boetiusunddiegr00paulgoog#page/n0/mode/2up

Check it.

This Latin one does too: archive.org/stream/aniciimanliitor01friegoog#page/n0/mode/2up

Wow, is this cool: math.stackexchange.com/questions/706282/…

luser droog

This bookreader is fighting my Netflix for bandwidth.

mniip

Does your book happen to be an MPEG-4?

hosch250

Try reading online.

I've got to go now. Bye.

luser droog

5:12 AM

see ya. thanks!

Gareth

9:26 AM

@PeterTaylor Yeah the copycats would be inevitable. Perhaps if the meta question was 'What makes a good question?' and the answers contained links to questions that people think are good examples along with their reasons for thinking of them as good examples?

mniip

4:32 PM

I might be out of context here... Does Ray Charles have any special meaning? codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/23649/7162

The user did that special fast kind of editing where no revision is created

hosch250

@mniip I flagged it.

By the way, he is some sort of American composer, so I gathered.

mniip

Well yes, Raymond Charles is some person. I was thinking there might be a secondary meaning

hosch250

I did a web search and couldn't find one.

Geobits

5:34 PM

@mniip The only reason you'd pick Ray Charles over other musicians seems to be that he's blind. Not sure what that has to do with the post, but it could be the OP saying, "Oh, missed that rule, I'm blind." A bit of a stretch, but...

mniip

5:53 PM

Eh. For some questions I really wish they were sandpapered in the sandbox first.

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Peter Taylor

7:15 PM

Might interest the golfers, at least: the Java4k game contest 2013/2014 is in the community judging phase.

luser droog

10:29 PM

I've opened-up the teapot challenge to allow alternate formulations of the patch data.

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Q: Draw the Utah Teapot

The Utah teapot, originally created by Martin Newell, is a convenient object for testing 3D graphics programs. The task is to create a wireframe image of the teapot in perspective projection. To encourage the idea of a source-code application, the viewing and camera control may be isolated and e...

code-golf rosetta-stone

hosch250

11:09 PM

Unfortunately, the harder challenges only get a few answers.

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