http://www.advogato.org/person/nate/ Advogato blog for nate en-us mod_virgule Mon, 20 May 2013 07:38:16 GMT Wed, 7 Jun 2000 13:36:32 GMT http://www.advogato.org/person/nate/diary.html?start=2 http://www.advogato.org/person/nate/diary.html?start=2 Exams avoidance is a wonderful thing. I've always been curious about <a href="http://www.usgo.org/" >Go</a>, and whilst reading <a href="http://slashdot.org/" >slashdot</a> the other day, Jean-Loup Gailly (the gzip and now Mandrake dude) mentioned on his <a href="http://gailly.net/" >home page</a> that he was an avid go player (and also that he helped spec the ada programming language!) <p> So I downloaded a couple of packages he recommended (igowin for a good tutor, and xgospel for a good IGO client) and now I'm learning how to play go. To me, go is the most sophisticated game, others are mere variants of it -- eg. chess is not nearly as complex as go. <p> I wonder if an analysis of the games hackers like would produce trends, the same as for other hacker hobbies? Do we all like strategy games, endeavouring to rule the world/board? Tue, 6 Jun 2000 09:29:59 GMT http://www.advogato.org/person/nate/diary.html?start=1 http://www.advogato.org/person/nate/diary.html?start=1 Well, my diplomacy addiction is being somewhat mitigated by the <a href="http://www.monashmteliza.edu.au/monash_mba/current_students/">exams</a> I have to do in just six days time... <p> I've really enjoyed recomencing studies -- great atmosphere, lots of new and interesting information, interesting people, interesting projects. But the assessment side of things is still a pain! I surely learn more for having to do it (ie. I wouldn't study the subject as much if I didn't have accessible work to hand in) but on the other hand, there are areas that I am interested in that I don't get time to explore further because of the compulsory components... <p> I guess that's the challenge of working full-time and studying part time! <p> Joy... Thu, 25 May 2000 11:32:04 GMT http://www.advogato.org/person/nate/diary.html?start=0 http://www.advogato.org/person/nate/diary.html?start=0 I rapidly getting addicted to <a href="http://www.diplom.org/">diplomacy</a> (that's the game 'Risk' was based on, as compared to being nice to people, which is something I try to do, but I'm hardly addicted to it ;-) <p> A few fellow uni grads played a <a href="http://www.onesite.org/observer/request.php3?judge=SEPO&gamename=monash">game</a> that took six months. This was fun, but long. We've just started <a href="http://www.onesite.org/observer/request.php3?judge=SEPO&gamename=monash2">another game</a>, and it's taken three weeks to play the first turn. Too slow. Need instant gratification. <p> I was sure there were some people who played real-time, but I couldn't find that, so I've signed up for <a href="http://www.onesite.org/observer/request.php3?judge=USEF&gamename=iperione">an every day game</a> -- one turn per day, no press -- you've gotta guess what everyone else is doing :-) <p> I'm still curious as to how a RT game would go tho -- and now I've found a <a href="http://www.thekleimans.com/diplomacy/rtcontent.htm">website</a>/<a href="http://www.egroups.com/group/RTNow/">mailing list</a> for it... <p> Funnily enough, games like this are sometimes called 'nosleep' :-) <p> Mmm, just like when I've got an assignment due the next day: "Sleep is for the weak!" ;-)