Well good point, ill miss Sir. Well at least he will come back

Here's hoping developers get an early copy of that >.>

Sept-Oct seems like a good time to release programs indeed. I will always remember this:



Also, according to the bot that notifies of new posts on UTI, TI-Freakware, Omni and Cemetech, the rate at which the post IDs rise on Cemetech gives me an indication that you're getting quite a lot of days in the 100s lately, not to mention a lot of those posts are calc-related.

I know, I'm excited about all the activity we've been getting, and I'm hoping for a continued uphill climb with the contest and the upcoming Doors CS features being implemented. I need to regenerate the activity graph one of these days.

Haha nice Kerm

Anywhoo, Mosaic really looks good, Sir should develop on that.

One problem with the Otpb asmblier was the entire speed issue

Mosaic shall fix that!!

I have a graph somewhere that tracks stats for several English calculator forums that are mostly z80-based. The graph is not accurate, due to stats being based on post IDs, but it should give a small idea of how things evolved since 2005. 2008 was a bottom-low, 2009 saw a small increase, although still far from what the community used to get, but the last time I updated the graph, around June 15th I believe, the total for 2010 was already close to beat 2008 with still 6.5 months to go and on pace to beat 2009 too. If you would like me to post an updated one I'll try soon.

Here's the post graph up to today. As you can see, on Wednesday we hit 202 posts in a day, the highest in a single day since 2007, before Jatol disappeared.

Sir will be thinking WTF when he sees this topic

It only goes to random places!!

Yeah, although we keep hovering nearer or further from the original topic. I agree that SirCmpwn should focus on some of his ASM programs first before KnightOS, and particular on Mosaic. Besides needing him to work on it for the contest, I'm interested in seeing some competition between SirCmpwn and Anakclusmos, and hoping that some nifty features and optimizations could come out of such competition.

Nice, and I see you got quite close to 200 a few other times too. Quite a bunch above 100 lately too.

Indeed. And in case it's not clear, that black line is a moving average of the past 30 days of posts at any particular point in time. You can see that we're climbing at about 75 posts per day currently, and rising.

Aaah I see. I am curious how to generate that in OpenOffice. I'll have to do some research or try other alternatives, I guess. For my site, the only complete daily stats I got are since August 25th 2008. Everything else is monthly. I also got stats for 13 days in particular on the old site, which were grabbed from IRC logs somewhere, but that's about it.

Ah, fair enough. Well, since I have the full database from March 14, 2005 intact (except for the post corruption before a certain date that slips my mind), I can generate stats with any granularity.

My god, half these posts are bashing me!
*For goodness sakes, I'm not pretending to be older or younger. I turn 17 on the 28th.
*I have not made up my problems with my parents.
*Bashing all of my projects is not neccissary. I've put a lot of work into all of them.
*I work for my parent's company. This should explain some things.
*I surfed porn *6 years ago*. They can shove it up their @ss and get over it.

Okay, here is most of the story:
When I was eleven, I looked up porn. My parents found out, and cut off my internet access. From that moment on, most of my punishments became computer-based. For the record, I don't look up porn anymore. The next year or so is when I really started to get into programming. I would start to spend a lot of time on the computer, about 6 or 7 hours a day during the summer, and 3 or 4 during the school year. My parents did not like it, and they cut off the computer for a while. I didn't like not having the computer, something I enjoy quite a bit, and found ways around their restrictions. This is where the "cycle" began to get worse. I would stop using the computer for a while, and start to find ways around their restrictions. When they would find out, they would increase the restrictions. On occasion, I would be relieved of these punishments. Eventually, they would block me from using the computer again (as I said before, computer related punishments became their primary method of punishment), and I would begin to resist when the restrictions wouldn't lift, and it would continue the cycle. It eventually became petty problems that would make them want to block websites or other electronic privledges, and I got sick of it. Now, I am almost constantly blocked from using the computer, and have occasional times where I can use it with their permission.
Built on top of this is the fact that my parents have many small things that make me less likely to agree with their rules. For instance, I do not have a door on my room right now, because I was mouthy. I cannot drive right now, even though I have a permit, because they don't think I apply myself at school enough. This last one sounds reasonable, except that their expectations are fickle. They originally required me to pass (a D in Colorado), then it became a C, then it became a B, for a while it was straight As, then it moved down to B, which is where it is at now (supposedly).
Also, when I approach my parents to have a conversation, I have not once felt that they have had a fair outcome. I would appriciate if they considered my proposals, or anything I say, but they ignore what I say and every conversation turns into a one-way lecture without any of my points being addressed. Every conversation has the same result: no result. They only serve to widen the gap.
I also think that my parents specifically target what I care about. These are what I primarily enjoy in life:
-Band
-Programming
-Games
-Hanging out with friends
The only one of these that has yet to be restricted is the first one. However, they have threatened to. I have seen all of these taken away simultaneously, and several times. They also jeporadize my education, becuase I go to a technology school where internet access and computer access is required, and they usually cut it off cold turkey if they cut it off at all.
Important, you tl;dr-ers:
The reason I fight back is simple: they have no justification. They cannot even justify it to themselves. I have sat down with them in a rational setting, without any tempers flaring, and asked what I can do to lift the restrictions. They have spent those "conversations" darting around the question and elaborating on how much I fight back. I ask also why they block so much in the first place. They have no answer, and simply continue the "conversation" as if I never asked. It is rare that I get computer access back for an extended period of time, and most of the time I feel as if I am constrained into not seeing a tangible end to the restrictions. I eventually tire of having all my privledges revoked with no plan in place to reverse the proccess. To this day, I don't know why they choose such large restrictions as punishment for such small offenses.
An example of the small offenses that I mention is this: we were discussing programming in a setting outside of this "cycle," just a casual conversation. During this time, I was restricted from using the computer, but not from actually using my calculator. I mentioned something about my calculator, and my Mom made a snide comment about how I wasn't supposed to do so. I pointed out that I wasn't restricted from the calculator, only the computer. They took the wrong way, and she simply said: "well, now you are grounded from the calculator, so I'm technically right. Go get me your calculator." They do not do so as much anymore, but they routinely used to reset my entire calculator's memory. This was before I heard about usb8x, and they wouldn't allow me to install TI Connect or TiLP on any computers, so I would loose everything.
Another big problem I have with them is that they threaten everything I care about. I have put myself into my projects. I have poured myself into them, and really applied my entire skill set into them, whether they involve calculators or computers. They do not do so as much now that they know I back things up externally, but they used to completely delete my projects folder on the computer, knowing they were there, and wipe my calculator, having seen the work I put into it firsthand. These events would destroy me, and I would become completely disconnected from the world until I overcame the fact that all of the work, the months of commitment, were gone forever.
Making things worse are the fact that my parents are tech savvy. They are some of the most knowledgable technology people I know. Both of my parents are Microsoft MVPs, and very good at what they do. They installed a competent filter (Norton Safety Minder), and I have yet to find a consistently available proxy that is not blocked. They also had the same software installed on my work computer.

I certainly hope this explains the situation a bit better.

Fair points. It was easy to get carried away with speculation without confirmation or denial from you.

That seems a bit extreme; I don't see the correlation there.

That's not a big deal for a city-dweller like me, but I hear that you rural people practically live in your cars.

This sounds depressingly familiar.

Again, depressingly familiar.

Do we share parents?

What?! How do they have the power to get your employer to install software on your work computer? That's unjustifiable and might be a violation of your contract.

It does, and I'm sorry to hear how depressing and futile the situation seems.

Sir, k


Also, yes this clears A whole motha****ing LOT

Also, Wish my parents would get over it too....

and!! Once you are 18, things I hope get better.

Indeed, going to college generally makes a big difference in such a depressing home life.

Well


plus: you are your own man

minus: they can legally kick you out...

^^^



also, a. At this point, since they won't let you get a word in, you might as well write an email to them saying exactly what you told us, then print a copy and tape it to their door, then print another copy and put it in the mailbox, just to make sure.

hell, if they won't let you get a word in than put it in a convenient little package they're bound to read. if the shit's gonna hit the fan eventually, you might as well throw it and get it over with. if it's really been that bad, just tell people. Not that you want to, but I've discovered that sometimes if you make a really big stink about something, you gain the ability to affluence the status quo.

if you are sre you're gonna be graduating, and you think you can stand a little independence at college, go ahead and throw this out there. mail a little call for help to family member's, co-workers, maybe some friends, etc. The same thing you told us. I can't tell you it'll do any good but at this point it really couldn't be bad.

I got it lucky and only had one oppressive parent, which was the basic reason they got divorced. guess which one I'm staying with? in any case, I might have it as bad as you if I had to stay.

Storm into a the house with a, toy, weapon and scream


IM FRICKEN 17 GIVE ME MY LIFE BACCK!!!


they *might* get the hint