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TaoTao wrote:
For PCE, I remember a wiki page of mednafen-rr said that mednafen-rr runs at (7159090.90909090/455/263*65536*256/2^24) ~ 59.826 FPS. But now the information seems to be deleted from the page for some reason.
PCE on Mednafen is indeed configured as 7159090.90909090 / 455 / 263 FPS, that is about 59.826 FPS.
I suppose I would like those too, if I liked that genre of music. Thanks for the recommendation.
pirate_sephiroth wrote:
EDIT: Bisqwit, do you honestly believe THESE PEOPLE are working for a better world?
Eh. That video seems somehow edited. Some parts have been sped up, there are new voiceovers somewhere, and in general the direction by clipping makes no sense.
I guess this is from one of the so called "laughing revival" sessions that were a hot topic in early 90s. Now I won't discuss the spirituality of those sessions here, especially given that what you linked to is a video edited in order to specifically mock them, but is there not truth in saying that relaxing and laughing can be therapeutic and relieving, helping one to perform better at one's more solemn duties in the times following that?
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pirate_sephiroth wrote:
So, I finally understand Bisqwit.
After you watch this you'll also forget TASes and want to obey and trust Yahweh...
EDIT: or this
I recall watching one of those once but there being something I did not particularly like. *watches more than 3 seconds* Oh, right. It was that music video thing.
For the record, this and this are more like what I like.
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For the record, I use http://tasvideos.org/Search.html for searching the forums, rather than the phpBB feature.
Wrote it myself, but still like it better.
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pirate_sephiroth wrote:
Bisqwit: most awesomest pic eh? Especially if you look at it from a distance.
Meh.
pirate_sephiroth, you are clearly trying very hard to achieve something, looking at your egrecious littering with image posts in so many threads. I am not sure what it is. Are you perhaps undervalued as yourself, and you try to be something else?
ISTP: I=71, S=53, T=67, P=64.
It's a middleground from the "ISTJ" I got from humanmetrics yesterday and the "INTP" I got from it years ago. As usual, the S/N axis differentiation is weak, and the I/E axis differentiation is strong.
ISTP - "Engineer". Values freedom of action and following interests and impulses. Independent, concise in speech, master of tools. 5.4% of total population.
Can't say this doesn't describe me.
And in the same breath, can't say that the ISTJ described at [1] is me.
I'm trying to develop towards the E and F directions a bit.
Reading the Wikipedia article, I think the truth as for my type is INTP.
– I vs E: I clearly plan my actions before acting them out, and acting them out tires me and planning charges me. That makes me pronouncedly I as opposed to E. However, I am very slowly drifting towards the direction of E, as I am gaining confidence with social life and simultaneously losing motivation in deep thinking and finding active things to do that charge me.
– N vs S: I prefer to understand the general principles behind singular occurrences, and to formulate theories in my mind. However, I'm not fond of elaborate rule sets and of intimate study, and prefer to understand as much is required in order to not make mistake, but not more. That makes me a weak N.
– T vs F: My decisions are usually based on logic and reasoning; on understanding the principles, and acting the decision based on that understanding. That makes me clearly a T as opposed to F. Emphatizing on people's feelings is clearly not something I do naturally ― I can understand feelings, but internally I convert them into concepts ―, but I'm trying.
– P vs J: I tend to hold my actions and decisions (T/F) until I can see the cause (N/S). That makes me a stronger P than J; I put more energy in the perception than in the judgment that follows it. However, the ongoing drift out from I also makes me drift out from P.
So perhaps I'm going to be weakly ENTJ or ENFJ some year soon ;) At least ENFJ is a teacher, and I like teaching.
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Good old Picard. An Internet comedian before the Internet. (To me, Internet did not exist before 1994.)
Jung Typology Test by Humanmetrics scores me now as ISTJ. : I=56, S=1, T=12, J=1.
Two years ago I was INTP : I=56, N=12, T=12, P=22.
Interesting how N and P have changed into borderline S and J, while the I and T aspects have remained the same.
So borderline in fact, that just as well this could be INTJ, ISTP, INTP, or even ISFJ, INFJ, ISFT or ISFJ if we consider the T=12 value low enough.
Speaking of which, shouldn't these two threads (this, and the linked one) be merged?
update posts set topic_id=5475 where topic_id=8344 would do it quite nicely.
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ShinyDoofy wrote:
The tracker has been moved as well
There was a 70% decrease in tracker traffic after the tracker was moved ― but for some reason, some 30% still remained using the old tracker.
I have now shut down the old tracker. People who now receive errors are advised to restart their tracker software or flush its cache of DNS entries.
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I do have to say that I'm a little bit sad about him giving up his position, now that everything's transferred. Thanks a lot for building this site and keeping it alive for such a long time, a lot of websites have come and passed since it was born.
Thank you for the kind sentiment. I thank everyone who has made it possible, and wish the best to everyone who continues to do so.
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Nonsense aside, it does not seem like there is a "Life Changing International Ministries" church in the address indicated on that poster. I call it hoax, or a strawman. There is no information about that person either, no hits aside from dozens after dozens of people thinking themselves intelligent laughing at the strawman presented.
They say, the best lie is the one that is plausible. There are examples of all those claims… well, maybe except for the "ex transsexual", but none that I know in a single person.
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http://braid-game.com/
Although this gimmick is already losing its novelty value (Sands of Time, TimeShift et al.), here's another game that employs tool-assistance (time manipulation) as part of its gameplay mechanism.
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Migration of the two major parts of the site to that server has now been accomplished, as indicated by Nach's post here. Überthanks to Nach.
The tracker is still here, and NesVideoAgent too, but that is relatively minor.
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Whoa, he died?
That's... a shame.
Two or three weeks ago, I felt strong need to pray for him... I hope he did manage to make that important personal choice in time.
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Sticky wrote:
I have never heard the name YHWH before
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh
I prefer to use the actual name of God to speak of the God of Israel, and I believe that this is not a violation of second commandment.
Sticky wrote:
It is interesting that everything depends on YHWH, because change also depends on you. You have to make the changes.
What is your opinion Bisqwit?
In a way, it is indeed paradoxical. To be saved from a hole in ice when you have no means to get out from there yourself, you need to let yourself to be pulled out from it, but it is still not you that saves yourself.
YHWH's guidance comes from in many ways ― mostly in the form of changed circumstances. An entire book could be written about the about this, and I believe that there are thousands of christian books that already cover the subject collectively. Because the means are so diverse, the only way to cover it is through countless anecdotes. I doubt it would do much good for me to provide such anecdotes here. To sum it up in an abstract manner, it works like this: you try to see a way, but you find that a wall of endless obstacles has been elected in front of you. You pray, and eventually, you'll discover that obstacles have been dealt with and a clear path has been opened for you. It is still up to you to walk through the path.
And sometimes the way the obstacles have been dealt with is so funny that you can't help but praise YHWH for his taste of humor.
Take David Wilkerson's experiences in his book The Cross and the Switchblade for example. Read it and see how he got to befriend the teen gang members the first time.
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adelikat wrote:
The current users page is broken, and the format is horrid anyway.
Broken..?
Well, except for "<<<List removed, it became a bit too long>>> "
EDIT: Oh, it was a few days ago, before I fixed the problem I noticed yesterday.
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Baxter wrote:
①Will you change your forum rank? If so, what will it be?
②Will Bisqbot stay at the site?
③Does the usage of ROMs to make a TAS go well with the commandment "You shall not steal."?
1) I considered this question earlier today. For now, I'll let it stay, because I can't see any of the other choices being particularly good. Coincidentally, I granted Nach and Adelikat the Site manager rank for obvious reasons.
2) BisqBot is still a valuable tool pack for me, so I'll keep it in IRC. Having it on #nesvideos shouldn't be a problem unless people complain about it.
3) In my opinion, it does. I agree with this picture, though I admit that there are some areas where reasons against piracy are stronger.
As for NesVideoAgent's post announcing features, I am inclined to think that someone should take ownership of that aspect and arrange that themselves. It is difficult to achieve with the site and the bot being on different servers; the site logs messages into a static file and the bot polls that file and just echoes whatever is written to that file. Could Nach possibly do it? It should be done at the same time when the site is moved.
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So, what will you do in particular, since you've made it clear it is religion-driven?
I can't easily think of anything to answer that I did not write in that article. I pretty much described my plans there. Where those plans take me, that depends on YHWH. Let's say I'm coming to take His word at face value, and I am pursuing after events and actions not unlike those described in the book of Acts. But if you'll go and ask me verse by verse whether something in particular is what I mean, all I can say is "possibly". It's not a do-A-B-C-then-D handbook. It all depends on YHWH. I've found that He has humor and imagination beyond our expectations, and that no two fates are the same. Only one thing I think I know: I will be teaching. Where, when, about what exactly, not sure. :P
There is no human who is deciding these things for me. I'm not operating under the discipline of any particular church, nor do I have a particular teacher whose teachings I am following. I am learning things from others, yes, but I teach them as much as they teach me, and I am not depending on anyone's whim. Yeshua is my lord, and only him I am following, as difficult as it is for anyone to believe. How could you, when you don't believe that he even exists. It's a ridiculous thought, you know it, and you reject it. Yet, it is very much true. Not through fandom-like imitation, but through guided relationship.
The mundane life will change a bit too ― maybe towards a bit less nerdy direction. But its aspects are still open, too.
Weird, all this coming from a person whose favourite latin expression, describing his personal attribute, used to be "status quo" ― I resisted change and preferred things to stay just like they are, for I'm financially stable with some backup, I have things I like to do, and I get days after days to pass without boredom, and I had no craving for new experiences, new places to go, new food to taste, better salary or new people to meet. Status quo. Most people in today's world are the polar opposite of that.
And now? Well, I've already known for a long time that "status quo" is utopia. The world changes around us. People we know die. Accidents happen. New companies appear and others go broke. We get older and we aren't always healthy. I'm now more aware than ever, that the current state of world, globally and in my personal sphere of influence, is unsustainable. I must change and adapt to those changes. And as a part of those changes, times will come when there will be a binary threshold that separates true believers from others. Choosing the side will require a change in the way of life, for which one must be ready. I have been a lone person with a few if any friends, and been quite fine with that, but I'm realizing that I do need other people. That includes also a girlfriend, or to-be wife. If I don't need that now, I will, later. So to sum it up, a change is bound to happen. And it is happening now.
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Kuwaga wrote:
On the other hand, you [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gricean_maxims]flouted the maxim of relevance[/URL]. In the first sentence you claim that every nation should bless Israel. The following ones aren't really connected to that claim
Yes, they are. I quoted God's promise to the nation of Israel, and then provided a few examples of the promise possibly being in action. I did not claim that any or all of those are due to the inheritable blessing God gave to Israel, but I do suggest the possibility. There is a difference between a claim and a suggestion. That's how science works too, right? Facts versus theories. Depending on the point of view, you can practically talk about something as a fact, but if the discussion gets too nitpicky, you can always back off to acknowledging that it's actually just a theory. Causation versus correlation.
And if someone thinks that this post is just fancy word play to avoid the accusation of claiming causation... tell me, in general, which words should one use in order to speak of correlation without implying causation? I remind again that I intentionally wrote the article in a straight-to-the-point tone without decorative diplomatic all-ends-covered lawyer language.
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Xkeeper wrote:
it's a lost cause.
I take that as a compliment. ;)
I am curiously interested about the reception my little writing has received. I think it's some stretch to say that this entire site has become a "cult recruitment" place, considering my out-spoken spiritual influence is currently only restricted to the "Ask Bisqwit" thread on the off-topic forum and to my userpage at the site. Neither of which really are places of any weight on the site's official policy and coordination.
I admit I intentionally wrote the article in a bit provocative manner. But we've got enough adaptive, flirtative and tolerance talk in today's world. Bad kind of humanism. The kind of humanism that paralyzes people from making decisions, or rushes them into making bad decisions, prevents from seeing the big picture, and lulls them into false security. I wrote frankly and without sugar coating to make the contrast of spiritual reality and the material world absolutely stark. And I have no intention of compromising that stature. I am not worried about the possible misinterpretation of statistics and other problems pointed by people in this thread. It is hardly relevant. This does not mean ignoring of evidence; it simply means irrelevance. I did not claim causation, only correlation, and whether there is causation, does not change the truth value of the leading theme. The article has an overall message, and some will receive it upon reading it, most will not, regardless how many times and ways it is told to them.
Kuwaga, sorry about the suspense ― it's not anything you can really guess unless by coincidence, but I couldn't keep that inside, so I posted that much. It is something that made reading the recent posts so much more fun.
But yes, speaking of life is an appropriate manner in more ways than one. I'll write more about that once things stabilise a bit.
Re: Brainwashing ― yes, I suppose it's not entirely wrong to say that, considering a change definitely happened. But brainwashing can not make people do or think something that they vehemently object to. These things have always been in concordance with my way of thinking, or I have been indifferent about them; I just got a robust push forwards that I had been waiting for, err, 10 years or so. It did not happen by people tempting or by any of the means indicated in e.g. [1].
Incidentally, it does not seem like I got a chance to refute the claims regarding "critical thinking" in this particular post of mine, but. Maybe next time. Ask better questions. :)
