Random Musings of Brian A. Thomas. Love for Sara and Ari.
Posted in Programming on Sep 23rd, 2005
There is a computer programming board game called, C-jump, and yes, I want it.
Think of it as Chutes and Ladders, but using C code for the chutes and ladders. For example you might land on a spot that says “if(x<4)” at which point if your dice is less then 4 you take one path, [...]
Posted in General on Sep 23rd, 2005
I just had to delete some spam comment that actually was a news clipping about hurricane Rita. Of course the author link and the author’s web page were to some site that sells “OEM Software” at cheap prices. The fact that they do so illegally… hey… It is an interesting take on the way they [...]
Posted in Lost on Sep 23rd, 2005
Jack’s tattoo has been shown on Lost a few times, and they are Matthew Fox’s real tattoos. I found a page translating the tattoo’s Chinese text. It roughly means “Eagles high up, cleaving the space.” I’ll let you explore the page to find the individual meaning of each symbol, and the full text of the [...]
Posted in Lost on Sep 23rd, 2005
More about that i-ching hexegram thingy… Let’s look at the “numbers” and see what they equal in i-ching… at least according to Wikipedia…
Format is as follows:
Hurley’s/Hatche’s number, translation(s). Inner (lower) trigram. Outer (upper) trigram.
4 - Enveloping, Youth, Youthfull Folly, The Young Shoot, Folly. Inner (lower) trigram is ☵ (:|: 坎 kan3) Gorge = (水) water. [...]
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