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Talking to "us" because "we" are experienced as aliens ?
«I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009
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He's not, he's talking to his computer in mom's basement.
veni bibi saltavi
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He only hates HUMAN interaction - no problem with 'us' 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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You are SkyNet and I claim my £5!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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No! I'm Watson...SkyNet got out of control last week...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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By far the most exciting interactions in my life have been with aliens, and among those who perceived me as alien.
As I like to say in Thai: "Pom mā cāk dāwkherāah̄̒ dwng thī̀ s̄ām k̄hxng dwng xāthity̒ k̄hxng khuṇ:" "I come from the third planet of your sun."
cheers, Bill the Goyim, Farang, Farangi, Firangi, Gadjo, Gaijin, WASP, Gwailo, Pardesi, Ajam, Auslander, Haole, Pakeha etc.
«I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009
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BillWoodruff wrote: third planet of your sun
I visited once there, no offence,but not much to see...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: I visited once there, no offence,but not much to see...
I find the delusional systems of the inhabitants ... manifesting as politics, religions, national identities, the trans-national cult of shopping and conspicuous consumption, and the sexual cults of movie and music "stars" ... more interesting than the delusional system the inhabitants call "reality" (of course, none of them define "reality" the same way, or can agree on what that is).
cheers, Bill
«I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009
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Mostly harmless
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Not HUMAN interaction - only USER interaction!
Clickety[^]
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Dang now I gotta start all over. 
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Had an annoying bug on the weekend.
Using C++ (which isn't my best language) and a rather awesome physics engine (Box2d) I was experiencing a strange situation where a physics object would seemingly randomly bounce madly around - shooting off into the air.
(very) long session followed. Could not track it down.
Even posted on their support site, and posted a video [^]in the hope someone could help.
Turns out that, in some code what I wrote, I implemented a form of rotational damping - which essentially stops objects rotating too quickly by calculating the desired angle, and allowing it to rotate there over several steps. (used to keep things reasonably upright)
Turns out that, under some circumstances the current angle was returning something like 0.0000002 radians. Which isn't equal to the desired angle (0) (even though it started at 0 degrees and has no forces acting on it) so I rotate the object - just a tiny wee bit!
But if that happens when it is touching the surface, it is forced to rotate through the surface!
This causes the engine to move it rapidly away, as it (I think) assumes a collision of some magnitude has occurred.
Bloody floats!
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Between the title and your sig I instantly thought of Bondi surf before they built the deep water outlet!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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yup, you're not the only one 
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That was exactly the image I had in mind - although it was a beach in North Wales ...
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Would we not use a tolerance to check for real number equality?
#define EPSILON 0.000001
if (fabs(variableName) < EPSILON) { }
Or, am I way off in my understanding?
modified 16-Feb-15 3:47am.
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Indeed I should have.
Actually, as someone else posted, I shouldn't rotate directly anyway, but apply a force - that would have solved the problem - but I should also have a level of tolerance!
This was one of those quick-fixes I stuck in there and promptly forgot about - and now have to fix.
I'll learn, none day, to just get it right in the first place 
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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_Maxxx_ wrote: I'll learn, none day, to just get it right in the first place
As a wise man once said, "There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over."
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Are you adjusting the rotation of the object directly or are you applying forces to the object to get to your desired result?
If you apply forces / impulses to the object Box2D should be able to handle the collisions better.
I expect Box2D is seeing a penetration of 'x', then applying a force to the object that will separate the objects in 1 frame, which could lead to a very large impulse.
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Yep - I'm (foolishly) adjusting the rotation directly!
I originally put in the code as a quick fix, for a single object, and forgot all about it.
You're right, I should apply an impulse to nod it in the right direction - perhaps I'll add that to my growing list of TODO:
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Sinking a floater!
Had a whole different thought in mind when I first read the header. Sticks, yellow gloves, perhaps a mask and goggles.
Ok breakfast is definitely postponed.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Sorry to say my first thoughts were of a swimming pool. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
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Yeah that also came to mind.
I had a maintenance job one time in a factory full of women and one day I got a call that one of the toilets in the women's bathroom had backed up and there was water everywhere. Well when I went in there was a ?sinker? so big that it wouldn't go down so I had to get a stick and break it into pieces and flush piece by piece...sorry that's what I thought of when I read the header.
Some memories just stick with you...
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Mike Hankey wrote: I had a maintenance job one time in a factory full of women
Oh my this can't be going somewhere positive. 
Mike Hankey wrote: one day I got a call that one of the toilets in the women's bathroom had backed up and there was water everywhere
Did her water break? 
Mike Hankey wrote: I went in there was a ?sinker? so big that it wouldn't go down
I hate when that happens. 
Mike Hankey wrote: I had to get a stick and break it into pieces and flush piece by piece
You the man! 
I don't have any first hand experience like you do, but the mental image still flashed in front of my eyes.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
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