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News / Re: Omnimaga 2011 Programming Contest, Part #1: Axe Parser
« on: May 16, 2011, 02:15:31 pm »
You, and TsuzakaZX (Idk if the name is spelled right)

It's Prizm C I'm talking about -- and there's more of them than that :P
I can do prizm C and will use it if I have to do, but I normally prefer asm as I know practically every optimization possible on the Super H

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News / Re: Omnimaga 2011 Programming Contest, Part #1: Axe Parser
« on: May 16, 2011, 03:01:58 am »
Where's the rule where BuilderBoy can't participate? He'll make my entry look like  a quadratic solver.
No don't worry BuilderBoy is making a quadratic solver. A quadratic solver platformer using grayscale and cellular automata ;)

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Miscellaneous / Re: what would you do with a hundred?
« on: May 15, 2011, 11:26:08 pm »
Computer gadgets this is where I come in  8)

If you want a mouse then my tested suggestion would be the Microsoft Sidewinder X8. I love this mouse because it is very easy to recharge and has many great features.

Other gadgets I would recommend is a power squid as those will come in handy if you have many peripherals on your computer.

The last thing I can think of is that yo should get a blu ray as not only do they allow you to play blu ray movies but also use blu ray discs as storage.

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Site Feedback and Questions / Re: Random Topic Button
« on: May 15, 2011, 07:44:54 pm »
It should also check to see if a topic is locked or not too. But I would think that it should allow different sections to be randomized in because I might not want to see a random topic in the pixel art sub forum for example

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TI Z80 / Re: Emerald Programming Language / VixenVM
« on: May 15, 2011, 02:09:36 pm »
I can handle computer stuff pretty well. I'm experienced with C/C++ and can also write in x86 for faster routines. If you need any help later then just ask me.

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OmnomIRC Development / Re: Post requirement missing?
« on: May 14, 2011, 10:55:04 pm »
Well if you were someone like Mkrakoplaz who had 40+ ratings before he reached 40 posts then that should be allowed for IRC. But I didn't reach 40 respect until I was around 600 or so posts. But actually if someone already has maybe 5 or so respect then omnom permissions seem like they should be granted. The only exception would be if a bot posted another blue lobster recipe causing it to go on Omnom.

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Miscellaneous / Re: Pizza Chains
« on: May 14, 2011, 10:34:02 pm »
My School Pizza is a personal deep dish.  It's great.  Too bad we have it like once a month.  (Contrary to most schools, my school serves good food.  :D)
My school serves the greasiest pizza ever and it it just disgusting. You literally need a paper towel to soak off the grease before eating.

[offtopic] my school realized it could save money by making cheaper food this year. We used to have these amazing chocolate chip cookies baked fresh and were hot and gooey when you got them. 1 cookie was 50 cents and 3 were $1 (the best deal ever ;D) last year they raised the price for three cookies up to $1.25 and then this year they got cheaper cookies served cold in a plastic bag at 2 for $1 :P

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OmnomIRC Development / Re: OmnomIRC logo inconsistent
« on: May 14, 2011, 10:16:33 pm »
Yes everything else on Omnimaga changes size based off window dimensions so it is important that omnomIRC takes that into account. And I don't mind really if the picture is centered or on the left. Both look as if they could be correct. And with IE, I kinda saw it coming :P

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Khavi / Re: Khavi: Java on the Prizm
« on: May 14, 2011, 10:08:08 pm »
interesting ;) seems as if you're got more of the specifics down already, nice job! :D

just wondering, how many bytes would you estimate be open for developers to use?  How many does the VM take up?
I believe Qwerty planned 128 kb of data with code size limited at the size of your flash chip being limited to 16 Mb + any compression techniques used. I do have several ideas though for acquiring more space in ram to possibly as high as 1 MB. The VM size I'd have no idea and we won't know till it is finished.

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Khavi / Re: Khavi: Java on the Prizm
« on: May 14, 2011, 08:44:34 pm »
Will this provide options for compressing code?  Java code can be extremely large, and the amount of memory a JVM takes up to implement all features is enormous and time consuming.  How does multithreading work with Khavi?  Up to what Java version will it support?  Will it support Java-based things such as Jruby, Groovy and *groan* Jython?  Will it only be an interpreter, or will it also have some sort of an IDE built in so you can write code on calc (because I personally dislike using a computer to code calculator stuff).  Will it have a terminal similar to one in something like Netbeans and Eclipse with full interaction, or just bare bones?  What's the time table for release, and what's the current progress?  What languages will be supported out of the box without further configurations?  How will the speed compare with Prizm C, or on-comp Java?  How will GC be administered, if it will be administered?  How will objects be treated in memory, and how will memory be allocated for them?  Will Java programs be able to access low-level things such as individual bytes in memory, or just the higher level stuff?  How many libraries will work for this -- most (if not all) graphics libraries for Java are platform-dependent.

Just a few things I thought of asking :P
Okay I'll take as many questions as I can
1. I've been wanting to implement zip, tar.gz, and tar.qz file systems on my shell system so that when Khavi is launched the code is temporarily extracted to be ran.
2. The amount of memory taken is based off the size of java code ran and however well the JVM is coded. Because this is low level coded the size will be much smaller then on your comp
3. Multi threading is handled using the WDT which is a countdown timer and generates an interrupt when it reaches 0. Upon reaching an interrupt the code jumps to an interrupt handler where a new thread is ran.
4. I doubt it will be any particular version as features from 6 may be included while features from 2 may still be missing.
5. Size is a little big for those programs, but it might be small enough to fit one of them. The only issue is that some of the libs are in native machine code so an SH3 port would be required.
6. Yes an editor could be made as a separate program, but you would still have to transfer the source to your computer for compilation.
7. It will probably just use my shell's default terminal, but that could be expanded for more features.
8. Time table, I wouldn't be the one to ask, but I'd say that it would never be done as more features could be added, optimizations to be made, and newer versions of java to support.
9. The progress so far is that the class loader Khavi is made so that now all the core Java features can now be made. This being the routines for the bytecode interpreter.
10. As in languages if you mean spoken languages then that would be English for now or if you mean prog languages then that would be Java, but Lua for Khavi is also in the works.
11. Well on comp Java is probably faster than Prizm C :P but because Java is the fastest interpreted language imho it should be up there. I would mention that floating point math will cause slowdowns as there is no fpu, but everything else will be fast because the Super H is well optimized for stack oriented languages such as Java. It will become even faster once JIT is supported.
12. I believe Qwerty is writing some fast routines to handle GC the same way any other JVM would, but the coder still shouldn't abuse that feature as the Prizm is still a low power device
13. Well in java bytecode objects don't exist. It's just standard data types. The objects are all handled by the java compiler which already exists.
14. Memory will be allocated by a new set of advanced malloc calls that would allow significantly more memory to be allocated than the default Casio one.
15. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by accessing individual bytes. If you mean being able to read any location in memory via a pointer then this would be allowed contrary to the on comp JVM as there are no security checks other than array bounds.
16. Any library that runs off pure bytecode can be ran while everything that uses native code will have to be ported. And I was planning an OpenGL port as I've been reading the book Real Time Rendering which discusses how to make a port.

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TI Z80 / Re: Crabcake
« on: May 14, 2011, 04:11:52 am »
It's really amazing at how fast you made progress on this. I don't know what I'll do with all that ram now.


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Graviter / Re: Graviter - Axe
« on: May 14, 2011, 02:20:17 am »
I guess I'll just have to wait for the final release, but this is looking awesome. It really is the graphical touches that make any game much more amazing.

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Miscellaneous / Re: Pizza Chains
« on: May 14, 2011, 02:15:18 am »
My favorite for a chain is probably CiCis a chain restaurant(buffet $5) that is very popular around here at least.They have lots of variety and all you can eat for $5. no deep dish though :(
I've heard of them, but they don't have any locations within 15 minutes of my house so I've never been there. I also forgot to mention New York style pizza. And I mean real authentic New York City pizza. It is really good. New York pizza if you didn't know is baked in a coal fire oven giving it a unique taste. Proper eating procedures call for you to fold the slice in half that way the cheese won't fall off.

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Casio Calculators / Re: Casio Prizm documentation
« on: May 14, 2011, 02:11:06 am »
I did get a response and Renesas asked me to contact a sales rep for more information. I wonder what would happen if I asked to purchase a 7305. I also found this other file that listed about a hundred semiconductor, networking, ram, flash, etc... businesses including Renesas. I can't help but suspect that these businesses contributed in some way to the Prizm hardware. I'll get more info on that later

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Miscellaneous / Re: Pizza Chains
« on: May 14, 2011, 01:54:06 am »
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Papa John's: Okay, so this pizza is quite delicious.  When they say quality, they mean it.  But over the years, the prices have become completely overcharged.  Gone was the day when there was a "buy one, get one free" coupon.  I enjoyed the pizza while it lasted, but now I just can't afford it.
I gotta agree with you on that one. They got great pizza, but lately they've been turning into the premium brand. I only get their pizza now for special occasions.

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Pizza Hut: I enjoy the personal pizzas, which you can't get anywhere else.  Sometimes I want a pizza but there's only one night I can eat it since there's no refrigerator, and the personal pizza does the trick.  However, the pizza itself is nothing out of the ordinary in my opinion, and I don't like stuffed crust pizza.
Problem with me is that I need more than a personal pizza to keep me going :P But anyways it's been awhile since I went to pizza hut because their farther away then dominoes, but I actually enjoyed their stuffed crust imo


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Domino's: My favorite pizza crust, because it has its own buttery-flavor in it.  But although the prices are reasonable, the pizza is like pizza hut--nothing out of the ordinary in my opinion.
Ever since they've had the recipe change I've loved Dominoes even more. They're only 2 minutes away from my house so it's very convenient. Now for all those people who say that Dominoes uses ketchup and cardboard, when is the last time you had their pizza? It's not that bad as people say.

I hear the pizza in chicago is the best for deep dish. My dad is always disappointed because he compares the ones we get with his favorite in chicago. chicago aways wins.
There is this Chicago style pizza place near my home and I love it. The pizza is well over 2 inches tall when you have all of your toppings on there. When you take a bite the inside is like warm dough and is just delicious. :angel: Unfortunately my dad does not like deep dish and prefers thin crust :P

Round Table: Don't go here, the prices are outrageous. It is $14 for a small pizza that really isn't all that great. Even the personal pizza is $8 and is the size of a CD.  <_<

Ballpark Pizza: My all time favorite. It is a local pizza restaurant that is extremely popular among sports teams. From 5 year old soccer players to high school teams this place is the best. The staff is great and almost everyone knows the owner. The prices are great especially on Thursday for the Thursday special: Two large cheese pizzas for $22 plus $1.50 per topping. Which is perfect because I have my track meets on Thursday afternoons so afterwards my entire team heads down there.

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