Welcome Functions, one and all, to the wonderful world of the CyCon

[Drogue]

Hmmm, the game is password protected, but the password is on the forum (deleted by Googlie). However, if it won't let you DL, I'll email it. Lemme try and DL too, to check.

[Maniac]

I can't download either. I guess the only way to make it downloadable for us, is to upload it and link to it like you did last time.

[Method]

well i've sent mark a message about it, we'll see what he has to say.

[Drogue]

Actually, since it is still passworded, I could upload it on the main forum? Or I link it. Which is easier for the future?

[Drogue]

Have linked in the Turn Report thread. Hope that works.

[Method]

it does. time for a poll, now that i have a screenshot.

[Method]

ok, i think it's time we had some sort of general thread, rec commons-ish. i'd start one, but i think we need a consensus on the name first. Cyber Café, the Rhocreation ComMuns (or Comnicrons) blah, i don't know. i just think we need somewhere to get hammered post general things that don't fit in any particular thread

[Googlie]

Can binary/english translators be different?

For english to binary I'm using:

http://damnit.org/myself/binary/

but it doesn't translate back with:

http://www.plinko.net/binary/toenglish.asp

what gives?

(hence the confusing "googliespeak" in the general thread)

G.

[Corellion]

Hm, that would explain it, let me check them out

As for TKG's suggestion, I whole-heartedly agree. For a name, I think something simple, but computer-related would work... like the Network Uplink, or the Network Node (although Comnicrons has a certain ring to it)

[Corellion]

Hmm, Googlie's translator doesn't work. It outputs the wrong number of characters even. Each character that one can type on a standard character is represented by a series of 8 digits, each either a 1 or a zero (hence the 8 bits in a byte). Thus, each character takes up 1 byte. Thus, the number of digits in a binary message should always be a multiple of 8. http://damnit.org/myself/binary , however, gives a non-multiple-of-8 when translating. Everybody just stick to using these two sites... it'll keep things consistent.

http://plinko.net/binary/toenglish.asp
http://plinko.net/binary/tobinary.asp

[Corellion]

Sorry to drag this up again, but I still believe we need a new system for encrypting our binary messages. We could use a system that's simpler than our current one, even, but we need to do something about the chance someone will continually delete digits from the beginning until they get a coherent message. We could just do something like insert a single random character after the fourth digit of every message. It's simpler and more foolproof!

[Googlie]

Yeah - I've dumped the damnit site and use the plinko's both ways now (hence my edits in the last two or three general thread posts)

As an aside, I'm assuming the end-of-string matching number of #'s isn't happening

G.

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Corellion
We could just do something like insert a single random character after the fourth digit of every message.

How about we insert a number after the fourth digit, but ikf that digit is a 0, we insert another one after it.

Thus Hello which is 0100100001100101011011000110110001101111 uncoded, can be written as either:
01001100001100101011011000110110001101111 (with a 1 inserted after the 4th digit) or
010000100001100101011011000110110001101111 (with a 0, ands thus another character, a 0 in this case) while in code.

[Corellion]

Sounds good

[DeathByTheSword]

we have the coding program of cedayon right? or do we put things infront of that code too?....i have been out of it awhile so give me an update

[Cedayon]

If you use encryptor2, you shouldn't need to put anything special in there, just don't put any line breaks in the input until I fix that part

[Corellion]

To bring up Function TK Gamma's suggestion again, should we establish a new thread for off-topic posts, or should we continue to use this?

BTW, we are now the smallest faction! Even the Drones have us outnumbered!

[Drogue]

We need a drive to recruit. Anyone know of any boards to spam for it?

I say keep this, the name and style (being talk about anything) suits a Rec. Commons already, so I see no reason for a new thread personally. If you wan't I can change the name. WHat would you like it to be called?

[Corellion]

It doesn't really matter... I just wanted clarification on whether this thread was the place to post general comments.

[Googlie]

Originally posted by Drogue
We need a drive to recruit.

If citizens' lists are not public to other factions, and if you want to spread some serious disinformation, I could apply to the CC with my half dozen or so dormant DL's from my Spartan Chronicles days

I am Googlie (obviously), Rynn, Slats, Paula Forbes, Gayle Storm, The_Progenitors, Goog1ie and Googlie:

I think all my e-mails are valid - certainly the Progs and Rynn are still current

G.

[Drogue]

Hehe, see what others think. I am always up for disinformation that is for our gain

What do you guys think?

[Googlie]

'Course I got dispensation from MarkG to use them - part of the fiction sequence - dunno how he'd react (if he remembers - or would even notice) so long as these 'alter egos" didn't post

And we couldn't risk posting under these names in the general threads, 'cos a handful would prolly remember the Chronicles

So they'd be dormant - just to boost numbers in the propaganda war

G.

[Cedayon]

Thanks for the offer, Googlie, but I'm afraid the member lists are public:

Ours:
http://apolyton.net/forums/memberlis...&civgroupid=33

The Hive's:
http://apolyton.net/forums/memberlis...&civgroupid=34

They're all at the top on the main forum page.

[Maniac]

'Course I got dispensation from MarkG to use them - part of the fiction sequence - dunno how he'd react

MarkG is gone for a year.

[Googlie]

Originally posted by Maniac
MarkG is gone for a year

Hmmm - he was in the Apolyton.net chat room earlier today

[Googlie]

Originally posted by Cedayon
Thanks for the offer, Googlie, but I'm afraid the member lists are public:

Hmmm - I could always "test the system" and post (as Rynn) asking which faction I should join - see if anyone recognizes the name (and if they do, then I was just testing the registration/sign-up procedures, as any conscientious CMN should)

Hopefully if they don't I'd be directed to the CC - hence the test, to see if that's what really happens

G.

[Method]

markos is gone for a year, but he can still pop in.

as for my unexplained absence the last few days, i've been having connection problems, and they're still not 100% sorted out. plus i'm leaving thursday morning until late sunday night so i'll be away all the rest of this week pretty much.

[Googlie]

Hmm - the test failed miserably (and I wonder if this is why the supply of "recruits" is dwindling)

It took 33 minutes for Rynn: to be accepted as a member of the ACDG general forums, but upon trying to respond to the "which faction" thread, was repeatedly booted back to log-in.

I didn't try to "join" the CC directly, as the (one of the) objective(s) was to see if others directed me here when I asked which I could join. But I never got that far.

Ah well. Experiment over. Going to settle down and watch the hockey game

G.

[Googlie]

Well, the test is underway - let's see what happens

(I guess at some point the CC should extend an invitation - no?)

G.

[Corellion]

Accursed double-post. Does anybody else have apolyton occasionally take 30 minutes to post!?