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Of course it is, you need two semicolons inside the parenthesis, Warp is simply declaring an initial value using the loop initialization argument, leaving the test empty so it loops until break, and then leaving the update argument empty as well.
All of the following are legal C (assuming that the variables are defined):
for (;;) {
for (int i=0;;) {
for (;var!=2.3;) {
for (;;i++) {
Not to mention, an empty statement is completely legal which means that the following is valid, but useless code:
void main() {
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;return;
}
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don't know about that.
and I don't think so.
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Nach wrote:
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Dedicated servers from a reputable renter are generally between $100-$200 for a low-mid range unit. per month.
Well, with Nach's ingenuity, trimming some fat, & some deals, we will get something cheaper than this range.
Just to clarify, it's not a "dedicated" server. It's a really powerful server shared between 15 or 20 other users, but guaranteed a nice chunk.
Hopefully, when trimming some fat, we'll get TASVideos working with less. Just hope we have room to grow.
If that's the case then I already have a server rented that you can use. I've already paid for a year and I'm not doing anything with it. :/
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Well, Bisqwit's experience tells him there is a God and as long as he trusts in that I don't see logic changing his opinion. Besides, there are lots of logical arguments for the Bible too.
Omni, I can give you the advise that you should start to pray honestly and faithfully, then you'll know that there is a God. You just have to try it. Logic vs. experiment, lol. What would your counter-argument be? If you say there's no need to try because it's nonsense, then I might think you're a fool or that it's your own choice then. If you say you did, but YHWH didn't reply, I'd encourage you to keep trying and just have faith because I know so many people who got it to work. And none of them regreted it, yet many people who don't believe in YHWH live very unhappy lives.
Indeed a I trust and respect the ability of Bisqwit to come to his own conclusions and be satisfied with where they take him.
You're operating under the assumption that I was never a fervent believer. That I've never experienced the sensation commonly known as "YHWH reply." I was. And I have. The thing is, I learned that you get the same sensation from meditating without prayer, or from praying to a different god, or whatever. It's a neurological phenomenon. Try it out.
While this does not preclude a God at all (I mean, if you are able to fashion out a vial of chemicals that smell like a rose that doesn't prove that roses don't exist.) For me, that realization made me question the basis of many of my assumptions. It is eventually what lead me to looking at the world through a skeptical eye.
Edit to add: Also a blanket statement that people who don't have God in their lives are frequently unhappy, I would counter with even people who do have God in their lives are frequently unhappy, just as people who do not have God in their lives are frequently happy, and people who have God in their lives are frequently happy. All four possibilities exist, and all four are realized.
Also, I find it condescending that you assume that because I don't have a personal relationship with your God I must probably be unhappy.
Edited again to add: I'm not ignoring your post Bisqwit, it just will take me some time to type up a reply.
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If it were the case that he was already uncomfortable, then Bisqwit would have probably already quit religion.
In short, it is my endeavor to make him uncomfortable with the illogical implications of his religion, so that he can also be liberated by discarding it in favor of reality. Which admittedly sounds harsh, but no more harsh than "all atheists are foolish," which is apparently what Bisqwit currently believes.
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I apologize if I cannot relate to the assumption that he would be miserable.
I myself found resigning my faith to be liberating.
I had to answer a few uncomfortable questions to some disappointed people who felt I was making a mistake, but that was just about the only hardship I endured.
But being realistic. I don't expect Bisqwit to resign his faith because of one (very long) post that I made. He seems to be more than capable of defending his faith in a logical way (after a fashion.)
Furthermore, Bisqwit seems like a particularly philosophical character from what I've gathered about him, I'm sure at least, if I don't manage to convince him, I'll manage to entertain him for a while. :)
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I would like to apologize in advance for the length of this post and I would like to encourage you to read and consider it in its entirety.
Bisqwit wrote:
Hmm, I admit the possibility that I did not completely and unambiguously express what was on my mind.
God gave us a mind for understanding, yes.
It is definitely not a sin to study the world around us. That way, we can appreciate YHWH's greatness better :)
The part of Bible that talks about foolishness is about the human working separately from God -- without his lead, without his guiding. And that is a foolishness.
That's when you get something like Nietszche's writings.
So pretty much you're paraphrasing Psalms 14:1
"The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God.' They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good."
Some fools who are vile and do no good:
Isaac Asimov
Noam Chomsky
Francis Crick
Marie Curie
Richard Dawkins
Thomas Edison
Carl Sagan
Alan Turing
Whatever your feelings about people who do not believe in your God, you do yourself and your society a great disservice by writing them off.
I assume that, as most Christians do, you are not viewing my message objectively, but rather as a test of your faith. I am, as they say, a poor, misguided fool, who's actions and deeds are corrupt and vile. And as such my words carry little weight next to the certainty of your God.
I, for one, believe you to be a cornerstone of this community, and it upsets me that you are leaving us to indulge what is, in my view, a game of smoke and mirrors. You have your own thoughts on this matter, and I obviously cannot prevent you from doing solely as you wish. However, I would like to act as the "devil on your shoulder" for a bit. An apt comparison, since surely you believe that I was sent to tempt you.
I would encourage you to look past your prejudices on this subject and question your assumptions.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
You are an intelligent and rational person, I've talked with you, I've read your code, I've played around on your site these past 4 and three quarters years.
As my role as devil's advocate, I'm going to pose some difficult questions, as a test of your faith no doubt, and I would like you to think rationally about them, as with all things, you can choose not to answer, but I'll help you out.
I will confess that I am not the originator of these questions, I grabbed these from a rather popular youtube video that I found intriguing.
So here goes:
Question 1:
As a Christian, I am sure you believe in the power of prayer, to perform miracles, heal the sick and so on. You probably believe that God is curing cancer and nullifying the effects of poison, removing kidney stones, etc.
However, we've never seen God heal an amputee or a disfigured burn victim.
Why won't God heal amputees?
Why is this? I am sure that burn victims and amputees (as well as their families) pray just as fervently for God to regenerate their limbs and set their faces right.
So here we have an interesting dilemma:
You know God performs miracles in answer to prayers and to heal the sick.
But you also know that God ignores the prayers of amputees and victims of disfiguring burns.
So, how do you reconcile this discrepancy. As an intelligent person, you know it makes no sense.
In coming up with your answer, notice that you need to rationalize God's actions to explain this. And then you'll stop thinking about it because it's uncomfortable.
Question #2:
As a Christian, you believe that God cares about you and answers your prayers. And I'm sure that at some point in your life you've asked for God to help you with something and he's given you a path for you to take, a solution to your problem, so my second question is:
Why are there so many starving people in our world?
There are many starving people in our world. While God is answering your prayers, why isn't He answering theirs? Why would he allow it?
In coming up with your answer, notice that you need to rationalize God's actions to explain this. And then you'll stop thinking about it because it doesn't square with your idea of a loving and caring God.
Question #3:
You wrote on your blog that you believe in the Old Testament as the word of God. Why is it in the old Testament, that God demands the death of so many innocent people?
Exodus 35:2 - God demands that we kill everyone who works on the Sabbath day.
Deuteronomy 21:18-21 - God demands that we kill disobedient teenagers.
Leviticus 20:13 - God demands the death of homosexuals.
Deuteronomy 22:13-21 - God demands that we kill girls who are not virgins when they marry.
There are many verses like these.
Why would a loving God want us to murder our fellow human beings over such trivial matters?
I'm sure you've never personally stoned anyone for working on a Sunday (or a Saturday depending on your denomination.) Are you failing to uphold God's law?
Of course you aren't. That's because what God is demanding of you is not acceptable in today's society. When you think about it, demanding that kill homosexuals or a happily married bride who has had sex before is insane.
In coming up with your answer, notice that you need to rationalize God's actions to explain this. And then you'll put it out of your mind.
Question #4:
Now let's talk about science. You and I and everyone that we both know has had the privilege of growing up in a society that has a strong backing in science. Most things we see on a daily basis was designed by an engineer. If you think of God as the One who made the world, then it is easy enough to think of Him as an engineer of sorts, but on a much grander scale. In fact, it would be tempting to think of Him both the original engineer and the greatest engineer.
If we see God as a wonderful engineer and scientist, then:
Why is there so much anti-scientific nonsense in the Bible?
Science is important to our economy and our way of life. If it weren't for the remarkable advances of science in the last 350 or so years I wouldn't be able to talk to you at all. But for the longest time we believed as the Bible said, we believed that:
The world was created in 6 days approximately 6000 years ago
There was a flood that covered the entire world including the top of Mt. Everest.
There was a man who lived in the stomach of a fish for three days.
Man was created when God breathed life into a handful of dust. Woman was created when God took a rib from Man and rubbed it.
If you believe, as many do, that God wrote the Bible through people, then why would He permit nonsense to be written, especially because He is, as we've already established, something of a scientist Himself, having created all of the laws of Science that the world follows.
In coming up with your answer, notice that you need to rationalize God's actions to explain this. No doubt you'll have to create some type of very strange excuse for God to explain this.
Question #5:
Why is God such a proponent of slavery?
See the following:
Exodus 21:20-21
Colossians 3:22-24
Ephesians 6:5
1 Peter 2:18
etc.
How do we square this with the fact that all intelligent people abhor and have abolished slavery?
In coming up with your answer, notice that you need to rationalize God's actions to explain this.
Question #6:
The classic:
Why do bad things happen to good people?
If God loves you, is benevolent, and is all powerful, why would he allow it?
In coming up with your answer, notice that you need to rationalize God's actions to explain this.
Question #7:
Why didn't any of Jesus' miracles in the Bible leave behind any evidence?
You've come up with a rationalization.
Question #8:
How do we explain the fact that Jesus has never appeared to you?
Jesus is all powerful and timeless, but if you pray for Him to appear before you nothing happens.
Question #9:
Why would Jesus want you to eat his body and drink his blood?
It seems strange doesn't it. If we were to talk of this act in any other context it would seem like some sort of weird satanic ritual. An act that cannibals would perform.
Question #10:
Why do Christians get divorced at a higher rate than non-Christians?
Christians get married in front of God and their Christian friends, all of whom (hopefully) are praying to God for the marriage to succeed. And then they say: "What God has put together, let no man put asunder."
God is all-powerful, so if God has put two people together that should settle things, right?
Yet Christians get divorced at the same rate (if not slightly higher) than everyone else. Why?
To explain this you have to come up with some convoluted rationalization.
So, we have looked at ten difficult questions thus far. And, if you've been attempting to answer them, and square them with your faith, rather than simply discarding them as cleverly worded traps of some sort (which, even if they were disingenuous in some way, there is always a to answer the question correctly. For instance the famous question, "Do you still beat your wife?" you can't answer "Yes" and you can't answer "No" but you can answer "But sir, I have never beat my wife.") then you'll notice that you have a series of very strange rationalizations and excuses to make them fit with your preconceived notions of how the world works.
I'm going to assume that this elaborate network of excuses feels uncomfortable to you, how could it not? You've created theories to why the world works the way it does, but wasn't your faith supposed to supply that, how do you know if you are correct, there is no biblical guidance to this. And for the most part, the answers to the questions I have posed don't make any sense whatsoever. I would encourage you to come up with an answer on your own. Perhaps your faith can guide you through these rocky waters as it has to many times before. But before you do, I would like you to entertain a final question.
Question #11:
What happens when we pose each of the questions from before, but assume that God is imaginary?
We find that the answers to these questions, rather than being a convoluted mess of rationalizations and excuses, becomes perfectly clear.
Why won't God heal amputees?
Because God is imaginary, and He doesn't answer any prayers.
Every "answered prayer" is actually a coincidence.
Why are there so many starving people in our world?
Because God is imaginary, and unable to answer prayers, unfortunately, and as a society we haven't been able to feed these people because of a lack of will or resources.
Why does God demand the death of so many people in the Bible?
Because God is imaginary and the Bible was actually written by brutal, ignorant men who live a few thousand years ago.
Why does the Bible contain so much anti-scientific nonsense?
For the same reason, it was written by men far before the dawn of science and reason.
Why is God such a proponent of slavery in the Bible?
Again, the Bible was written by primitive men, and it formed a convenient excuse to subjugate people.
Why do bad things happen to good people?
Because God is imaginary and bad things happen to everyone at the same statistical rate.
Why didn't Jesus' miracles leave behind any evidence?
Because God is imaginary, and Jesus' miracles are myths written into the Bible by men.
How do we explain the fact that Jesus has never appeared to you?
Because God is imaginary.
Why would Jesus want you to eat his body and drink his blood?
Because God is imaginary, and this ritual was actually taken from a pagan religion.
Why do Christians get divorced at a higher rate than non-Christians?
Because God is imaginary and cannot hold a marriage together, the difference in the divorce rate is primarily sociological, because non-Christians are more likely to marry later and live together longer without marrying.
Our world makes sense if we assume that God is imaginary. Interesting?
Not just interesting, it's important. We can only think logically about our world when we understand that God is imaginary. It is the only conclusion that one can arrive at when he or she thinks logically about his or her religion and faith. Otherwise you have to willfully discard rationality and accept hundreds of bizarre excuses and rationalizations to believe in your God.
Using deductive reasoning I challenge you to come to a different conclusion, and if you do, I can show you where your reasoning is flawed.
Now, one last question,
Question #12:
Why should you care? And why do I care?
What difference does it make if people want to believe in a god, even if he is imaginary?
It matters because people who believe in imaginary beings are delusional.
It matters because people who talk to imaginary beings are delusional.
It matters because people who believe in imaginary superstitions like prayer are delusional.
It's that simple.
Your religious beliefs hurt you personally and hurt those around you because they are delusional.
You're a smart person and it pains me when I see smart people buy into a delusion that was originally created to control people by other people several thousand years ago and has no basis on reality as it exists in the modern world.
It pains me to see you throw your job, your accomplishments, and your hardwork away chasing after a personal relationship with God. I understand what it is to feel that way and be in that position. I'm sure you feel a connection with God when you pray. I did too. But that's our brains engaging in what amounts to masturbation, not a supernatural force guiding us.
I sincerely hope that the 3 hours I spent writing this post is not wasted. I'm not expecting a miracle or anything (that would be hypocritical :) But I would like to set your mind thinking about things, even if (or especially if) they are uncomfortable to you.
You can again, choose to think of this as a test of your faith, and if so, I hope your faith happens to take you good places. And if this illusion truly makes you happy, I earnestly hope that the happiness provided satisfies you.
I hold out hope, however, that you will see things as I do, eventually. Because I do not believe that this path is in your (or anyone's) ultimate best interest.
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Bisqwit wrote:
From the biblical perspective, the world is in God's hands, and human deduction of the world is but a waste of time, for humans who lack the guidance of God's spirit, are easily misdirected by devil spirits ― the human being near the bottom of the intelligence meter in the grand scale of things.
I disagree, human deduction of the world is in the nature of human beings. If it were not, why would God have given us curiosity? Why is it against God to examine His creation? Obviously, it's not, the Vatican has scientists on staff.
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What?
This?
That wasn't very difficult to find. :(
That's the one, again, this was a long time ago (right when Redesign first launched) and I haven't been keeping up, so I didn't know if it had been made public, so I'd rather do the honorable thing and defer to my instructions than simply assume that it had been made public.
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So, about that Metroid Redesign 100% route.
DrewSeph asked me to come up with one ages ago, and because I'm lazy at such things I never ever did.
I guess finding the dependencies for the items was a bit of a daunting task, especially considering that I have no hardcore Super Metroid TASing experience, (not to mention no time) (I think he became rather irritated me and I'm pretty sure he hates me now, kekeke)
He was nice enough to provide me with locations of all of the items at the time though, in a lovely, large map.
The rub is, Drew asked me not to release the map, so I will honor that request, I can, however, confirm that it exists and I have a copy at least, so if you can convince Drew that it's AOK to get that information on the easy without having to puzzle out the game for yourself, you might be able to score yourself a copy.
If Drew neglected to make a backup and lost it somehow, just have him contact me and I'll hook you up.
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One thing that you'll also want to do to reduce the level grinding and over time of the run,
Figure out how fast you can collect your 640 exp from the 8 ghosts when optimized, convert that into exp/frame, (including screen transitions and walking back and forth waiting for the ghosts to divide.)
Whenever you can trade off frames for exp at a higher rate than the rate you found for the ghosts, you should kill that monster. Especially considering how slowly the ghosts divide. This has the potential to save minutes and make this run less tedious.
And are you sure that the ghosts are the best place to level? What other places have you tested?
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As in, level doesn't matter when it comes to STR and hence the amount of time it takes to kill Bogarda at level 1 vs level 2 should be nil.
But even if that FAQ is wrong, (which it might be!) I doubt the amount of time required to get the first sword from Vohnkar and collect 150 exp is less than the extra frames required to defeat Bogarda.
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STR - Strength determines how much damage Willow will inflict upon an opponent when attacking. This depends completely on which sword he is using; with no Weapon equipped, Willow's Strength will be reduced to 0. The Ring, which raises Strength by 10, does not apply unless a Weapon is equipped.
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You can pick up the sword in the first cave, it's much closer to path.
I was able to effectively manipulate the luck with no theoretical decrease of speed by walking into the room on a different frame (I had to walk diagonally at some point anyway, so I walked part of the path diagonally before the room to manipulate luck.)
The enemies seem to knock you in the direction of their movement.
Willow would not need to be level two, I don't think, to defeat the first boss.
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http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/875465934/WillowSkipLongSwordProofOfConcept.fm2
Unless I'm missing something, the first sword isn't required.
This is just a proof of concept, it's pretty terribly optimized. In particular the Snake Monster skips can probably be far better optimized, and just about all movement is good enough so it doesn't look completely sloppy, but I cut a lot of corners wrong, and if you walk diagonally into a corner it slows you down.
This movie is approximately 3000 frames faster up to the gold statue.
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I do not feel that this movie should be published for the reasons discussed in mmbossman's post.
Also, 14% is no longer the low percent threshold. For similar reasons there isn't a 16 Star Mario 64 run published.
I have nothing against the technical or entertainment merits of the run. However, I feel that no viewer is going to watch this run and get something out of it that he or she would not get from watching another one of the Super Metroid runs on the site.
There's one or two neat tricks that don't appear, such as the lake missle skip, but those would be better shown off on Saturn's Youtube Channel. I don't feel that it's worth 100MB to download the movie file for just that.
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http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/875465934/WillowSkipLongSwordProofOfConcept.fm2
Unless I'm missing something, the first sword isn't required.
This is just a proof of concept, it's pretty terribly optimized. In particular the Snake Monster skips can probably be far better optimized, and just about all movement is good enough so it doesn't look completely sloppy, but I cut a lot of corners wrong, and if you walk diagonally into a corner it slows you down.
This movie is approximately 3000 frames faster up to the gold statue.
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mega_man_3 wrote:
Aglar wrote:
Thanks, I've done some comparisions to my run, showing whether you gained or lost frames:
Room 1: lost 28 frames - couldn't use magnets
Room 2: gained 1 frame
Room 3: gained 5 - superbly executed:)
Room 4: gained/lost 0 frames
Room 5: lost 2 frames
Room 6: lost 5 frames - I think lag management could've been better here, even though it's very random
Room 7: lost 2 frames
Room 8: lost 2 frames
Room 9: gained/lost 0 frames
Room 10: lost 1 frame - was this necessary?
Room 11: gained 68 frames - no weapon switch
Room 12: gained/lost 0 frames
Room 13 (Boss): lost 597 frames - no magnets on the boss (nice fight nontheless:D)
Total difference: lost 567 frames
I suggest you to continuously compare your progress with my run if you aren't already, though some lag management can be hard, or even impossible, to replicate. I must say I'm a little sceptical about the route choice since it seems much to regain almost 10 seconds later but I take it that you've done quite a bit of research regarding this so feel free to surprise me:)
I lost a lot more frames than I thought!
This just means I'm going to go back and look for more glitches and strategies!
But they only really count toward the theoretical best time being on your route if they are specific to your route, otherwise, it'd be better to use the tricks that you might discover on the existing route.
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