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« on: April 17, 2014, 01:33:47 pm »
Your putting words in my mouth, I wrote the code, I have now worked on this for 18 and I dont think its too much to ask for people to look at a post, see a major flaw (or even a minor one) comment on it and explain.
"if anyone can help make sense of this" is basically asking us to figure out what you wrote. That's kinda like blindly writing a letter in Arabic and asking someone to decipher it... From my experience with coding (and pretty much everyone else's), the person who wrote the code knows it best. If you don't know what you wrote, then who else will? This is my point, I used to scrapes of information I was given and came up with something that works but I don't know how the appvar works, and still do not. I need some more information about why i cant pull the information back out. Was it put in wrong etc.?
I'm trying to say that you didn't put enough effort. Did you read the forums? Did you read the Axe documentation? Did you test it out yourself? I know you definitely didn't do the first two because you really didn't do the last one at all! From some very little experience with Axe, the code looks really wrong to me. Compiling this would not be too pretty. Which leads me to this... No I will not spend five hours of my day questioning what I wrote. Look at the post above yours and you will see that i cleared up the confusion about what it does.
18 hours? More like 18 seconds or something!  Please, please take some time to actually learn Axe. We're not here to teach you Axe. We're here to help you learn Axe. There's a difference: teaching is to actively teach you Axe, while learning is a student and teacher thing. In essence, you must put in effort to learn Axe so that we can help you learn. It's kinda like going to school - the teacher can teach you, but you will only learn if you do your homework! (This is very true, especially in college!) If you learn it, I promise that you will come out knowing Axe much, much better than before!  We want to help you. But you must show us that you at least took some time and effort to make your code good so that we can help you better! 
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« on: April 17, 2014, 09:33:34 am »
I hope this doesn't mean Omninet will close eventually. It started at 4-5 servers and now it's down to 2, right? 
No worries, withgusto.irc.omnimaga.org will be back in no time! (Hopefully!) Have you updated to the latest OpenSSL version by now, though, as there may have been some other bugs?
Wow, this Heartbleed bug is a little too overadvertised...  The only server affected by this was the new withgusto server, via the SSL feature of UnrealIRCd. The server was updated and restarted on the day of the Heartbleed announcement. It doesn't look like anything was compromised, though. Looking at the SSH log is worrisome (since there's that ONE guy who's trying to brute force into root), but the ircd log indicates no one else besides the community has attempted to access IRC on my side of things. (In fact, no one but the community connected to my server!) The old withgusto server is safe and sound. No OpenSSL updates have been offered simply because the old OpenSSL does not have the heartbeat SSL extension at all - it wasn't implemented back then! In fact, the latest update is from last year: openssl (0.9.8o-4squeeze14) squeeze-security; urgency=low
* Fix CVE-2013-0166 and CVE-2013-0169
-- Kurt Roeckx <[email protected]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:41:07 +0100
(Latest changelog is linked from this page - see "Debian Changelog" on the right sidebar.) So yeah, main withg.org is safe and sound. No newer implementations of OpenSSL are at use. Debian archives use 0.9.8. The latest one installed on the server is 1.0. 0... a hair shy from the affected version, 1.0. 1. (And I'm not even sure which apps use the newer library...) The only other places would be applications that statically compile a source version of OpenSSL, which AFAIK does not seem to be the case on the server. (IRCd statically compiles the latest version of cURL, but nothing more.) In retrospect, it may have been sheer luck to not upgrade... TL;dr: Don't worry! Be happy!EDIT: Thinking about it now, it's possible that due to the nature of the bug, an exploit might have happened. This is due to the bug occurring within SSL itself, which means that it won't necessarily be logged by IRCd. However, that could hold true for any affected server out there. If you believe that an exploit did happen, passwords got stolen, etc. you can change your password, just in case! (The only passwords that could've been stolen are oper passwords and server linking password, and of course server keys... all of which can be changed rather easily, if necessary.)
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« on: April 17, 2014, 12:48:47 am »
Just a quick update!- [NEW!] The new server has now been terminated. It will "officially" terminate on April 20, 2014 per VPS support, so if there's anything you may remotely need, let me know ASAP! The IRC server was terminated at 12:08 AM, with the server shutting down around the same time. A full backup has been made and saved until one day we are ready to move.
- [NEW!] Now that we are no longer paying for the new server, the server bill is $16 less, making it $39/month! (And yeah, please donate!)
- ==============================================================================================================================
- Old updates (but still important ones) follow!
- ==============================================================================================================================
- User accounts on main withgusto AND backup2 are now unlocked. You can now use withgusto as usual again!
- We are NOT affected by the OpenSSL heartbeat bug (aka "Heartbleed"), since we use an older version of OpenSSL. Seems like older is better... who knew? (All our servers except the new one use OpenSSL 0.9.8. The new server that no one has started using yet has the affected OpenSSL version.)
- Please donate! Every donation helps!
- New account requests are re-opened! Actually, if you're reading this, and don't have an account, go make a request right now! (See first post for more info!) This also applies for ZNC as well - let me know in the proper thread, and then go here.
- Installation/Configuration/Web Setup requests are re-opened! See this form to make a request! (*cough* Deep Thought *cough*)
Other than that, that's it for now! Stay tuned...
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« on: April 16, 2014, 10:24:39 pm »
Ok so if anyone can help make sense of this that would be great!
Woah, you wrote this code and don't know what it does? And you want us to figure it out? Yikes! It's great to have people collaborating on code, but we really can't write or debug code for you. Maybe snippets of code (3-6 lines), sure. But we can't do your whole project! (In fact, if your "snippets of code" compounds to your entire project, that's bad too!) You have to understand that everyone is busy - we'd love to help with programming questions, but you can't just dump code here and expect us to critique it. Before asking any questions, we want to see that you've done a bare minimum research into the questions you'd like to ask, and the APIs you're asking about. If you have looked everywhere - Google, Omnimaga forums, Axe documentation, etc. - then we are more receptive to helping you out! So my challenge to you: what's wrong with your code? How can it be made better? What don't you understand about it, and how can you fix that? Spend at least 5 hours pondering on that, without any distractions, interruptions, or delays. If within that time, you've consulted every resource available, and you've put forth your best, good faith effort into solving this, and are sweating/head-desking over the issues with your code after 5 hours of heavy research and problem solving, come back to us for questions! If you still have questions then, I promise you that the stuff you'll be asking us will be great!
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« on: April 08, 2014, 04:40:55 pm »
Just a quick update!- User accounts on main withgusto AND backup2 are now unlocked. You can now use withgusto as usual again!
- We are NOT affected by the OpenSSL heartbeat bug (aka "Heartbleed"), since we use an older version of OpenSSL. Seems like older is better... who knew? (All our servers except the new one use OpenSSL 0.9.8. The new server that no one has started using yet has the affected OpenSSL version.)
- Please donate! Every donation helps!
- New account requests are re-opened! Actually, if you're reading this, and don't have an account, go make a request right now! (See first post for more info!) This also applies for ZNC as well - let me know in the proper thread, and then go here.
- Installation/Configuration/Web Setup requests are re-opened! See this form to make a request! (*cough* Deep Thought *cough*)
From last time, effective soon (TM), the following will occur:- The new server will be terminated. A full backup will be made and frozen in time until one day we are ready to move.
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« on: April 02, 2014, 01:51:51 am »
"Hey! So now withgusto has officially closed, I would like to say a sincere thank you to anybody (heck, everybody) for helping withgusto become what it had become. It's gone now, but I hope that its legacy will live on, maybe in another hosting community..." ...is what I hope I will NEVER have to say! Our closing is an April Fool's joke! Some people did seem very concerned, so it looked like it worked pretty well... though honestly, I must apologize for that! The April Fool's joke was a little too dark, and I think I might have caused some people to have heart attacks when they saw this! (I couldn't reveal the joke to you guys (except for admins) because I couldn't tell whether you guys were genuinely concerned or just trying to get me to spill the beans!) Rest assured - withgusto is NOT going anywhere anytime soon. I will do the best of my ability to ensure that it lives on forever.I did try to give some hints though! For instance, in the HTML source of withg.org, there's a small HTML comment that looks like this: <!-- Cool hash: 7468697320697320746f74616c6c79206e6f7420616e20617072696c20666f6f6c2773206a6f6b65 -->I'll admit, I was being a tad bit deceptive. It's NOT a hash. It's just a hex encoded string. Going to a website like this will give you this: this is totally not an april fool's joke...which, if you found this, should hopefully keep your mind at ease. The other more subtle (but ridiculous and slightly NSFW/NSFL) hint is found on the donation page: http://withg.org/donate/This is what it showed: Albert Donations
Support Albert by donating today!
Hello there!
Do you use Albert every day? Do you depend on it? Or do you just love the services he offers, for free? Support him with a donation!
His services may be free, but he isn't. He is losing money every day, and the person paying for it isn't going to last long!
His monthly goal? $24 each month! (This month, he has raised $0!)
Show your appreciation - donate every month!
His Goal: 0% done
The Donor List - Folks Who Showed Their Support
Albert is pretty cool. You should throw all your money at him.
-Juju http://juju2143.ca 2014-01-15 15:41:06
I seem to be paying more than everybody else... Come on guys, catch up!
-Nathaniel van Diepen http://eeems.ca 2014-01-15 11:41:16
I love Albert more then that other Nathaniel guy.
-Nathaniel van Diepen http://eeems.ca 2013-11-21 18:17:52
Thanks for the great services
-Parker http://withg.org/parkerlreed/ 2013-10-30 00:37:45
I love Albert!
-Nathaniel van Diepen http://eeems.ca 2013-09-21 15:13:49
The sheer weirdness and craziness of the donation page should hopefully tip people off. However, people fell for it, and there is a little scary truth in it that probably convinced people instantly. What is it? It's true - I am footing the bill pretty much for the server costs, and am losing a lot of money for it. As a college student, this only makes matters worse.(My estimate: $15/mo [withg.org], $7/mo [backup2.withg.org], $12/mo [backup service for withg.org], $16/mo [new server to migrate to], $25/yr -> $2.10/mo [backup.withg.org] = $52.10/mo) As a result, I usually have to keep transferring from my savings account to support withgusto. I had initially thought that paying for this would motivate me to work on this faster, but I've come to realize that college is a full-time occupation. (There's a reason why "Student" is considered a job!) So no matter how long time goes by or how much money gets sucked out of me, I won't work any faster. I really, really hate to ask for money, especially when I haven't offered you guys anything. Your accounts are still locked, and it's not the most productive server out there. Nevertheless, I don't foresee myself getting this done soon, and I don't want to continue hemorrhaging money, so let's do something about it! Effective soon (TM), the following will occur:- User accounts on main withgusto will be unlocked. backup2 will also be unlocked.
- The new server will be terminated. A full backup will be made and frozen in time until one day we are ready to move.
- New account requests will be re-opened. Actually, if you're reading this, go make a request right now! This also applies for ZNC as well - let me know in the proper thread, and then go here.
- Get-This-Installed-Get-This-Configured requests will be re-opened. If you want to install something, go ahead! If you wanted me to setup some entries for a website for you, go ahead and ask away! (*cough* Deep Thought *cough*)
- Anything else that was closed or modified to do the migration will be reversed.
- Community contributed donations will continue as usual.
That's it! Hopefully this will tide you over from the pretty horrible April Fool's prank! (Next time I'll announce a merger with Google or something...)
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« on: April 01, 2014, 06:15:16 pm »
Still seems fake. TI buying Omnimaga = community content controlled by lucrative corporation = interests everwhere = no right to disagree = no going against them. Just imagine how happy they would be with Ndless that gives nearly full control on Nspire OSes as they desperately try to block it, or the hacked signature keys for apps and 3rd-party OSes (KnightOS for example). I'm also sure they would be happy with the disassembled TIOS source floating around here. So unless TI really changed its mentality in a very significant (and sudden) way, I'm hoping this is a classic April fool.
This is just like Facebook buying Oculus. Seemed like a joke at the time (and even horrifying), before people accepted it as reality. And for Oculus, it's a good thing - they get a LOT more resources to further VR! (This came out of a recent interview with one of the Oculus' founders.)
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« on: April 01, 2014, 05:50:48 pm »
I just got off IRC with Eeems, and looks like it's legit: 
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« on: April 01, 2014, 02:12:39 pm »
TI Planet is the "behind-the-scenes" community. They are not ready to announce their integration yet, unfortunately. In the meantime, you can check out their newest software here!
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« on: April 01, 2014, 01:18:35 pm »
withgusto has closed!
Due to the owner having no more time to work on the website, and loss of funds from paying off bills, withgusto has now shut down and will no longer operate from 4/1/2014 onwards. All shell accounts have been closed. Donations at withg.org/donate are no longer funding the website and will only fund the owner's debt.
Our website has been updated to reflect this unfortunate news. If you log in now, you will see this message instead:
Due to the owner having no more time to work on the website, and loss of funds
from paying off bills, withgusto has now shut down and will no longer operate
from 4/1/2014 onwards. All shell accounts have been closed. Donations at
withg.org/donate are no longer funding the website and will only fund the
owner's debt. We are deeply sorry for this inconvenience.
2014-04-01 13:15:10 | Uptime: CLOSED | Last update: April 1st, 2014 EDT 00:00:00
We are deeply sorry for this inconvenience.
EDIT: I am still accepting donations! http://withg.org/donate/EDIT 2: April Fools! No worries, we're not ready to shut our doors that fast! (Actually, not even close!) withgusto will live on for as long as it can, so no worries! Post-4/1 post to follow soon.
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« on: April 01, 2014, 02:31:09 am »
I'm in full support of this partnership! They have committed to grow the TI community, and will be providing us graphing calculators as prizes for our future contests. Go TI!
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« on: March 26, 2014, 05:21:49 pm »
Using a strong coil (is that the right term?), you can do wireless power pretty easily. He probably has one that he's not showing.
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« on: March 26, 2014, 10:28:56 am »
Err, Github isnt really a good way for what is needed unless axe parser became open source for everyone to see. However the site is a really organized way to see code. What if we just had a select group of Axe users to provide documentation and information. A group of 10 would be the max and 5 minimum.
Just because it isn't open source (which is not necessarily true) doesn't mean you can't create open documentation on a website like GitHub. Like I mentioned before, you can generate Sphinx documentation, put it on GitHub, and have a site like readthedocs.org generate and host it. As for the wiki, if someone can support it, why not? Are we going to stick with MediaWiki though, or use another wiki engine?
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« on: March 25, 2014, 08:55:48 pm »
I don't mind integrating this into Croquette, but I do need some help in fixing it up so it's a bit more useful. (There are some slight bugs with tokenizing...) 
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« on: March 20, 2014, 02:13:51 pm »
Nothing wrong with mediawiki, you just have to secure it properly. It's what the largest wiki in the world uses after all (Wikipedia).
Of course Wikipedia uses it - but they monitor their site 24/7 and patch things up quickly. If we install MediaWiki, someone needs to make sure that it's secure, and that updates are installed ASAP. Last time that didn't really happen... Personally, I'm more of a "set-and-forget" kind of person. Mediawiki is more of a "set-and-maintain" software.
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