Re: Monthly chat January 2015
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Hello,@wanderer: that was quite an interesting read, I liked it. While I dont get some of the terms, some of them made sense and it was interesting to see how you interpreted the characters.@dark: I cant say that Ive tried frogs legs or squirrels, but I have tried pheasant and that is very tasty indeed.As for what Ive been up to, Ive been looking at an idea for my next cosplay prop. You can get custom lightsabers that let you add sounds to them, theres a website caleld vaders vault that sell a hole range of sabers, but not only are they expensive, but theres another site you go to afterwoods to add soundfonts besides the default ones.The vaders vault website is incredible when it comes to accessibility, headings and all, but Im not sure if the website that you get the extra sounds from is fully accessible as the developers behind that one coded the actual shop system in blasted flash, and pre ssing spacebar on a preview button doesnt seem to play any sound, and Im not sure how to add stuff to cart, so for now, Im holding off on buying one of these sabers. I dont think theres much that Vaders Vault can do about it either as the soundfont site isnt theres. When I say soundfont, theyre more like sound sets.These sabers are very interesting though because one of the sound modules actually has talking menus that you can select a font rom, but even the lowest end one is easy to operate because you just hold down a button to switch from set to set. You can even purchase a colour changing upgrade, and even that makes a sound when you switch colours on the fly.Heres a video demonstration of the lowest end model, I cant find one of the higher ends as those are ones that you have to select eh soundboard on and heres multiple types, but the lower end sabers all ahve the same soundboard:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Qt2HOfatk URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=202320#p202320 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Sound changing light sabers sound awsome, I want a dalek one that yells exterminate everytime I swing it . Pheasant is something I have a lot at home because my mum has a friend who rears free range game birds of various sorts. They do the most fantastic free range chickens, which taste miles different from the usual supermarket rubbish, but also great pheasants, duck and partridge, we even had a goose for christmas which was nice, though I think pheasant is my favourite of all of those sorts of game bird.Im afraid Ive not done much today beyond getting creamed at kerkerkruip, finsihing player of games, having a brief look at the latest version of Angband and finding something that called itself a text rpg, sounded fantastic from the description and then was entirely flash with no interactable text, gr!One thing that keeps coming up wheneve r I do google searches for online games is the avalon mud. Does anyone know anything about it? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=202353#p202353 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Yeah, the depictions were terrible and werent meant to be taken seriously at all, I just wanted to try and incorporate them into the storyline.As for books Im not much into fantasy currently, though I suppose that could change someday. Going to be reading Revival by Stephen king as well as the Running aman, which should be interesting. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=202226#p202226 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 @Wanderer, yes, I got the idea your story was more intended as surreal fun than anything serious, very crzy! in all senses. The boundary of what is and isnt fantasy is an interesting one, for example I wouldve called the Running Man dystopean sf, and several of kings others horror that boarders on fantasy, indeed the site I review for fantasticfiction.co.uk covers everything from space going sf, to alternative history, urban magic in a modern day setting, appocalyptic, zombie fiction, horror and of course full on swords and sorcery which seems fare enough. Personally Ill read any sort of speculative fiction from horror to surreal, and judge them pretty much the same way based on characters, plot and originality. Ill even read the odd pure historical though not that often, and only from authors I know to be good, (I really enjoyed Bernard Cornwells King Arthur series), I just find books about today that focus on crime o r suspense elements and dont have anything unusual in them not that interesting, paticularly sinse many, especially the crime and thriller ones often come with something of a political bias as well that interferes with characters and plot. You do in fareness sometimes get this in fantasy literature too (Terry goodkind anyone?), but in a good author its less common sinse people usually want to explore another world or set of unusual circumstances rather than impose their views.Im actually at the moment just finishing Ian M Banks sf story Player of games, which Ive really enjoyed, actually quite a lot more than his first culture book, which seemed to ramble on and get a little pointless in places. Very pphilosophical sf about a semi utopian, anarchystic, mechanistic society called the Culture, and of course this one I particularly liked sinse its all about The Cultures interaction with an extremely cruel empire where political and social stan ding is determined by how well people do in a stratogy game .Well I did eat a squirrel last night. Interesting flavour, a little like a farely tough chicken thigh and a little like liver, also I had to literally pick it up and do a Barbarian sinse it was very much stuck on the bones, though very amusing in that I literally got the hole! Squirrel, (you could even see the claws). I think if I had one again Id prefer it prepared differently, sinse roasted it was still a tad on the tough side, and the taste was pretty strong. not unpleasant, but itd need to be served the right way to be effective, Id be interested to have one barbecued or maybe stewed, but probably not roasted again, although it did come with some very nice vegitables with time sauce and a good heap of mash.The same place also does ostridge, and frogs legs, which Il l also have to try at some point. Ive already had their Zebra meetballs, which were rather nice, although not as nice as the occasion a friend of mine got some frozen zebra in a meet hamper and cooked it properly. Well hay, it beats living off mcdonalds, for one thing it involvves actual, honest to goodness meet, (a fact I doubt with respect to Mcdonalds, at least in the Uk). URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=202268#p202268 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 @Wanderer, that is crazy and quite surreal. On the one hand having known people with schizophrenia, Im not inclined to make jokes, on the other, well its just a bit of fun, sort of like Alice in wonderland (or should that be wanderland), meets silence of the lambs .@Soulkeeper, I finished Firefight. I enjoyed it for what it was, although I do see your point on cliches, and to me that series never had the best of characters anyway. I was a little disappointed that the brief extra explanation we got on powers and calamity was so standard, Sanderson has always been good at the game changes, but that didnt seem the case in Firefight, plus there were plot threads that just got plane ignore, like what the heck happened to Obliteration? Hopefully theyll be dealt with in the third volume. In fairness though I dont think Sanderson i s next to God the way some people do. I have read just about everything he wrote, from Mistborn to his hilarious Alcatraz series, and most I enjoyed for what they were, but didnt find a lot of real depth. The one exception was Stormlight, which feels rather like the Wheel of time done right, and which I likely would! say is worth legendary status.As to Dresden, again, I regard them more as popcorn, indeed more so than Sandersons stuff. Good fun yes, but not really something that will stay with me after the fact or really engage my emotions (actually harry the winjing wizard sort of annoys me, not to speak of the far too many deus ex).Now compared to say Tad Williams, George R R Martin, robin Hobb or Pamela bell? not to mention Tolkien (although Id not really class Tolkien as fantasy). Anyway ill get off the subject of books sinse I could discuss books all day . Funny you should mention Kerkerkruip. I just started playing version 9 seriously (see myy topic in general game discussion). from the blog I gather development has hit a miner snag owing to the change of inform versions, and weve not heard anything sinse October, but Im fairly sure we shal later. I just wish there were more games like Kerkerkruip, especially something longer with exploration. I havent got any major plans for today other than this evening meeting a friend of mine to go and eat squirrel, yes you heard right, Squirrel! There is a very nice local place that does it, and its something Ive not tried before, though unfortunately last time we went they had run out of squirrel so I ended up having a mixed game platter of Hare, Wild Boar and Vennison. Llovely, (particularly sinse the Hare didnt taste like rabbit), but I still am eager to go and gnosh upon a squirrel . URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=202177#p202177 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Since this topics been quiet for a while, I figured Id post this for some entertainment.Its an assignment I did for psychology class, in which you create a parody of a fairy tale that deals with mental illnesses and uses psychological terms; mine was a very loose parody of Snow White. Its quite ridiculous, and intentionally so. Enjoy.Once upon a time, in the town of Schizoid, there lived a very average-looking girl named Snow White. She was given this not uncommon name because when she was born, her mother, a meteorologist (who also happened to be the queen of the town) looked up at the sky, saw nothing, said “snow! aaaggh!” and fell into a catatonic state from which she would never awaken, only moving to eat every few days and mumble indistinctly about random things like french fries, orchids, and electrically charged potatoes, but most of all something she called “catatonic schizophrenia,” and how she was oh so very glad she did not have it. The king, being a strong believer in fair treatment for everyone, disowned both mother and child. And so, as the attending doctor was extremely literal-minded, the new childs name was said to be Snow Aaaggh White.This creature proved to be one of the most unique the town had ever seen. No one much cared for her, so she wandered from house to house, becoming more convinced every day both that she was the rightful queen in exile and that the current queen was out to kill her.Meanwhile, the king of the town remarried. The new queen was so stunningly ugly that some fortunate souls were said to have immediately died in fear after only a glimpse of her face. This was a blessing for them, as they would never had to see it again. She loved to show off in the streets, and spent hours simply looking in the mirror at her face, reflecting upon how gorgeous she was and that most people, if they could truly be considered such, were so far below her in every way that acknowledging their existences was more trouble than it was worth.One day while looking at her reflection in the mirror, it suddenly disappeared. In its place was the ugliest face she had ever laid eyes upon. Nonetheless, her mirror growing a face did not seem at all odd to her.“Yo, hows it goin?” asked the mirror. “Go away,” she replied petulently. “No,” it said. “You suck, and your face gets uglier by the second.”The queen, enraged, threw the mirror, where it hit her sleeping husband on the head and shattered. “Ow,” he said. “Shut up!” snapped the queen. “This mirror just told me Im ugly.” “You are ugly, honey,” he replied. “Thats why I married you.” “Wait, the mirror was talking to you? I think you might have something called paranoid schizo-- no, wait, thats what that Snow White girl has. I think youve got generalized schizophrenia and nar--” The king has now played his role in this narrative and will not be discussed further, except to say that he was never heard from again; the details of his demise are irrelevant.Some time later, as the queen was mourning the loss of her beloved mirror, the ugly face from before reappeared, looking exactly as it had on the mirror. It belched, then continued. “Anyway, youre the ugliest human being Ive ever seen. But theres an easy fix. Go out into town tomorrow, and instead of shouting about how beautiful you are, sing about how much you love your mirror-face. Then at nightfall, name me king.” Not wanting to accede to the mirror-faces demand, the queen nevertheless didnt like anyone thinking of her as anything but gorgeous, so, after a moment of thought, she agreed. The face smiled. “Good, good. Excellent. Now, about that Snow White girl...” The one with that paranoid schizo-thing my late husband mentioned? What of her?” “Yes, thats the one. Weeell, you see:.” Suddenly, there was a small “Ding!” sound that seemed to come from between her ears, and the face vanished. The queen, furious anew, screamed for hours and shaved off all her hair, then dyed it pink and threw it away. No one dared interupt her, but after some time another apparition appeared in front of her, this time a fully formed man. “Your ugliness, I must speak with you,” he said deferentially. “Do not address me in that manner!” screamed the queen. “Of course, your Majesty,” he said. “I am, after all, only a manifestation of your mind. Possibly being generated by the enlarged ventricle chambers in your brain. Anyway, Im here to tell you that youre mentally ill. You have severe narcissistic personality disorder, and generalized schizophrenia.” Not understanding what that meant, the queen nodded. “And what about that Snow White person?” “I dont know, Im only in your head. Perhaps you should eat her brain or something.” (Human brain was considered a delicacy in the town.)“Oh, and you should name me king too,” he added, then disappeared.That night, the queen anounced the towns two new invisible kings. She, of course, was still the most powerful. When drawing sketches
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Just thought Id drop in my two scents. Life is pretty much boring as usual -- idle on several muds, complain about my boredom, read books, finish books, complain about boredom... etc.Speaking of books, I finished Firefight a while ago, and although it was nice, I didnt feel it was usual Brandon Sanderson quality; I know Brandon Sanderson as an author who does not resort to conventionality or cliches, but Firefight was full of these, not to mention somewhat slow on the uptake. There were a couple weird inconsistancies, but it does advance the plot along quite nicely. I hope you enjoy it, Dark, and anyone else with plans of reading the series (it doesnt start with Firefight, the first book is Steelheart).On a somewhat related note, isnt a new dresdin book being released this year? And does anyone know whats become of the Kerkerkruip project? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=202150#p202150 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Hi Aaron. music of the night is fun, and is one of my signature peaces (and indeed the peace my sig comes from), good luck.While Lotr, harry Potter and Narnia are all awsome, there is a lot of other good stuff out there, and lots of stuff that might not be as legendary over all but still worth reading. To me, my list of requirements for staying alive goes first oxygen, then reading, even more than games or perhaps food, if I am not reading something at the same time I actually feel my life is in some way wrong. i can substitute audio dramas for books for a while, indeed before beginning Dan Wells Partials I was listening to Doctor who dramas and likely will go back to that after Ive finished partials and also read sandersons new novel firefight. I cant substitute films though, even audio described films, its got to be books or dramas, though usually books. @Hacker, ah, I hadnt heard of this Arch thing before but I dont know a lot about Linux. Partials is a trilogy. by Dan Wells, the first is called Partials and the second is Fragments, and audio versions do exist. The book is not particularly stylishly written (I much preferd Wells commical gothic horror Night of blacker darkness), neither are the characters that notable, however I will say the world and the action is expanding well after a rather ignominius start. Certainly not the best thing Ive ever read, but not the worst either, right now its sort of hovering around the 6-10 mark, indeed when Ive finished it I might do a review for fantasybookreview.co.uk. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201325#p201325 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 @dark hope your mom feels better soon... This is an installer for the arch linux distro. arch does not have an automatic installer and setting up an arch install was quite a pain in the butt gun for me when I did it, so over the past few months I put this together. It does have accessibility built in, orca, chromevox, eviacam for head tracking with a webcam and espeakup console screen reader with output to espeakup, and freespeech dictation. The downside is that it does take quite a while to install, several hours to be exact and it does set your time zone to new york by default, although you can change that later. If youre interested, heres the readme: Arch Autobuild Live EnvironmentContents++disclaimer++intro++requirements++How to use++What this installs:++What this will do++FAQS++disclaimer Arch Autobuild Live Environment Copyright (C) 2014 Daniel Nash ; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. I can be contacted by email at dnl.n...@gmail.com++introThis is a modified live arch linux distribution with an easy to use text-based installation process***IMPORTANT NOTE*** THIS WILL DESTROY ALL DATA ON YOUR FIRST HARD DISK! BACK UP ALL OF YOUR DATA BEFORE YOU TYPE AUTOBUILD!!!By first disk, I am refering to the disk that linux believes is sda, so unplug all other disks than the target disk during the installation process (I know I sound like apple, but Im just making sure I dont get mobbed by a bunch of people who didnt read this file and are wondering why they accidently blew away the wrong disk). If you are planning to dule boot, your best bet is to use VirtualBox, because due to time constraints in developing this thing, I did not have the time to put in a function to ask you how much space you want to give linux, so it will use your whole disk. ++requirementsAny computer with an i386 or x86_64 archetecture (Youll be surprised what this thing runs on, even a p2 with 128 megs of ram)dvd dri ve or flash stick for installationwired or wireless network card to download installation packages over the netmake sure your system is connected to AC power during the installanywhere from 2 to 8 hours(your best bet is to run this, go to lunch when it gets to the installation step, then come back to do the post install steps)An external drive with a larger capacity than your hard disk if you are going to back up your system with clonezilla++How to useTo automatically build your system, follow these simple instructions:1: BACK UP ALL DATA! before starting this install since it will destroy all information on the first hard disk that it sees (sda) **THIS THING SHOWS NO MERCY!**Note: if you need assistance with backing up your data, use clonezilla, a free backup solution included on both installation images. To run, at the root prompt, type clonezilla, select device image, then follow the displayed or spoken prompts (If using the tal king image and you are only hearing ok cancel, press the * key on the numpad until you hear highlight tracking and try to move in the lists again)2: After you finish with your backups and burning the iso, boot from the newly created dvd by placing it in your drive and restarting your computer. While you see your manufacturers logo (hp, sony, dell, etc), continue pressing the boot menu key (f12 for most manufacturers, f9 for hps, and select cd rom, ide1, cd/dvd-rom, or something similar from the menu.3: After reading the readme file, when you get the root prompt which should look like "[root@archiso~#}", just type autobuild4: watch it fly. you will be asked a few questions during the setup process such as encryption key (your password that you will type each time you turn on your computer to protect your files, and after the installation completes, the username, passwords, etc. Simply follow the instructions displayed on your screen or spoken by espeakup if using the talking installer to complete the install. ++What this installs:This script installs a variety of software, almost too much to count. Here is a brief selection:gnome, kde, lxde, xfce, cinnamon, mate, and enlightenment desktops including all accompanying software collectionsthunderbird email clientlibreOffice productivity suite(writer, impress, calc, base and draw (the linux equivilent of ms office, for free, including a word
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 @dark hope your mom feels better soon... This is an installer for the arch linux distro. arch does not have an automatic installer and setting up an arch install was quite a pain in the butt gun for me when I did it, so over the past few months I put this together. It does have accessibility built in, orca, chromevox, eviacam for head tracking with a webcam and espeakup console screen reader with output to espeakup, and freespeech dictation. The downside is that it does take quite a while to install, several hours to be exact and it does set your time zone to new york by default, although you can change that later. If youre interested, heres the readme: Arch Autobuild Live EnvironmentContents++disclaimer++intro++requirements++How to use++What this installs:++What this will do++FAQS++disclaimer Arch Autobuild Live Environment Copyright (C) 2014 Daniel Nash ; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. I can be contacted by email at dnl.n...@gmail.com++introThis is a modified live arch linux distribution with an easy to use text-based installation process***IMPORTANT NOTE*** THIS WILL DESTROY ALL DATA ON YOUR FIRST HARD DISK! BACK UP ALL OF YOUR DATA BEFORE YOU TYPE AUTOBUILD!!!By first disk, I am refering to the disk that linux believes is sda, so unplug all other disks than the target disk during the installation process (I know I sound like apple, but Im just making sure I dont get mobbed by a bunch of people who didnt read this file and are wondering why they accidently blew away the wrong disk). If you are planning to dule boot, your best bet is to use VirtualBox, because due to time constraints in developing this thing, I did not have the time to put in a function to ask you how much space you want to give linux, so it will use your whole disk. ++requirementsAny computer with an i386 or x86_64 archetecture (Youll be surprised what this thing runs on, even a p2 with 128 megs of ram)dvd dri ve or flash stick for installationwired or wireless network card to download installation packages over the netmake sure your system is connected to AC power during the installanywhere from 2 to 8 hours(your best bet is to run this, go to lunch when it gets to the installation step, then come back to do the post install steps)An external drive with a larger capacity than your hard disk if you are going to back up your system with clonezilla++How to useTo automatically build your system, follow these simple instructions:1: BACK UP ALL DATA! before starting this install since it will destroy all information on the first hard disk that it sees (sda) **THIS THING SHOWS NO MERCY!**Note: if you need assistance with backing up your data, use clonezilla, a free backup solution included on both installation images. To run, at the root prompt, type clonezilla, select device image, then follow the displayed or spoken prompts (If using the tal king image and you are only hearing ok cancel, press the * key on the numpad until you hear highlight tracking and try to move in the lists again)2: After you finish with your backups and burning the iso, boot from the newly created dvd by placing it in your drive and restarting your computer. While you see your manufacturers logo (hp, sony, dell, etc), continue pressing the boot menu key (f12 for most manufacturers, f9 for hps, and select cd rom, ide1, cd/dvd-rom, or something similar from the menu.3: After reading the readme file, when you get the root prompt which should look like [root@archiso~#}, just type autobuild4: watch it fly. you will be asked a few questions during the setup process such as encryption key (your password that you will type each time you turn on your computer to protect your files, and after the installation completes, the username, passwords, etc. Simply follow the instructions displayed on your screen or spoken b y espeakup if using the talking installer to complete the install. ++What this installs:This script installs a variety of software, almost too much to count. Here is a brief selection:gnome, kde, lxde, xfce, cinnamon, mate, and enlightenment desktops including all accompanying software collectionsthunderbird email clientlibreOffice productivity suite(writer, impress, calc, base and draw (the linux equivilent of ms office, for free, including a word processer
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 @dark hope your mom feels better soon... This is an installer for the arch linux distro. arch does not have an automatic installer and setting up an arch install was quite a pain in the butt gun for me when I did it, so over the past few months I put this together. It does have accessibility built in, orca, chromevox, eviacam for head tracking with a webcam and espeakup console screen reader with output to espeakup, and freespeech dictation. The downside is that it does take quite a while to install, several hours to be exact and it does set your time zone to new york by default, although you can change that later. If youre interested, heres the readme: Arch Autobuild Live EnvironmentContents++disclaimer++intro++requirements++How to use++What this installs:++What this will do++FAQS++disclaimer Arch Autobuild Live Environment Copyright (C) 2014 Daniel Nash ; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. I can be contacted by email at dnl.n...@gmail.com++introThis is a modified live arch linux distribution with an easy to use text-based installation process***IMPORTANT NOTE*** THIS WILL DESTROY ALL DATA ON YOUR FIRST HARD DISK! BACK UP ALL OF YOUR DATA BEFORE YOU TYPE AUTOBUILD!!!By first disk, I am refering to the disk that linux believes is sda, so unplug all other disks than the target disk during the installation process (I know I sound like apple, but Im just making sure I dont get mobbed by a bunch of people who didnt read this file and are wondering why they accidently blew away the wrong disk). If you are planning to dule boot, your best bet is to use VirtualBox, because due to time constraints in developing this thing, I did not have the time to put in a function to ask you how much space you want to give linux, so it will use your whole disk. ++requirementsAny computer with an i386 or x86_64 archetecture (Youll be surprised what this thing runs on, even a p2 with 128 megs of ram)dvd dri ve or flash stick for installationwired or wireless network card to download installation packages over the netmake sure your system is connected to AC power during the installanywhere from 2 to 8 hours(your best bet is to run this, go to lunch when it gets to the installation step, then come back to do the post install steps)An external drive with a larger capacity than your hard disk if you are going to back up your system with clonezilla++How to useTo automatically build your system, follow these simple instructions:1: BACK UP ALL DATA! before starting this install since it will destroy all information on the first hard disk that it sees (sda) **THIS THING SHOWS NO MERCY!**Note: if you need assistance with backing up your data, use clonezilla, a free backup solution included on both installation images. To run, at the root prompt, type clonezilla, select device image, then follow the displayed or spoken prompts (If using the tal king image and you are only hearing ok cancel, press the * key on the numpad until you hear highlight tracking and try to move in the lists again)2: After you finish with your backups and burning the iso, boot from the newly created dvd by placing it in your drive and restarting your computer. While you see your manufacturers logo (hp, sony, dell, etc), continue pressing the boot menu key (f12 for most manufacturers, f9 for hps, and select cd rom, ide1, cd/dvd-rom, or something similar from the menu.3: After reading the readme file, when you get the root prompt which should look like [root@archiso~#}, just type autobuild4: watch it fly. you will be asked a few questions during the setup process such as encryption key (your password that you will type each time you turn on your computer to protect your files, and after the installation completes, the username, passwords, etc. Simply follow the instructions displayed on your screen or spoken b y espeakup if using the talking installer to complete the install. ++What this installs:This script installs a variety of software, almost too much to count. Here is a brief selection:gnome, kde, lxde, xfce, cinnamon, mate, and enlightenment desktops including all accompanying software collectionsthunderbird email clientlibreOffice productivity suite(writer, impress, calc, base and draw (the linux equivilent of ms office, for free, including a word processer
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Hello,Ill be doing a shortened version of Music of The Night, a couple of verses. Im looking forward to it.hmm, Icant actually say that Ive read many books. I have read through Harry Potter and have started to read The Hobbit, but thats about it. I also read the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe when I was younger and still enjoy that story to this day. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201236#p201236 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 @dark hope your mom feels better soon... This is an installer for the arch linux distro. arch does not have an automatic installer and setting up an arch install was quite a pain in the butt gun for me when I did it, so over the past few months I put this together. It does have accessibility built in, orca, chromevox, eviacam for head tracking with a webcam and espeakup console screen reader with output to espeakup, and freespeech dictation. The downside is that it does take quite a while to install, several hours to be exact and it does set your time zone to new york by default, although you can change that later. If youre interested, heres the readme: Arch Autobuild Live EnvironmentContents++disclaimer++intro++requirements++How to use++What this installs:++What this will do++FAQS++disclaimer Arch Autobuild Live Environment Copyright (C) 2014 Daniel Nash ; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. I can be contacted by email at dnl.n...@gmail.com++introThis is a modified live arch linux distribution with an easy to use text-based installation process***IMPORTANT NOTE*** THIS WILL DESTROY ALL DATA ON YOUR FIRST HARD DISK! BACK UP ALL OF YOUR DATA BEFORE YOU TYPE AUTOBUILD!!!By first disk, I am refering to the disk that linux believes is sda, so unplug all other disks than the target disk during the installation process (I know I sound like apple, but Im just making sure I dont get mobbed by a bunch of people who didnt read this file and are wondering why they accidently blew away the wrong disk). If you are planning to dule boot, your best bet is to use VirtualBox, because due to time constraints in developing this thing, I did not have the time to put in a function to ask you how much space you want to give linux, so it will use your whole disk. ++requirementsAny computer with an i386 or x86_64 archetecture (Youll be surprised what this thing runs on, even a p2 with 128 megs of ram)dvd dri ve or flash stick for installationwired or wireless network card to download installation packages over the netmake sure your system is connected to AC power during the installanywhere from 2 to 8 hours(your best bet is to run this, go to lunch when it gets to the installation step, then come back to do the post install steps)An external drive with a larger capacity than your hard disk if you are going to back up your system with clonezilla++How to useTo automatically build your system, follow these simple instructions:1: BACK UP ALL DATA! before starting this install since it will destroy all information on the first hard disk that it sees (sda) **THIS THING SHOWS NO MERCY!**Note: if you need assistance with backing up your data, use clonezilla, a free backup solution included on both installation images. To run, at the root prompt, type clonezilla, select device image, then follow the displayed or spoken prompts (If using the tal king image and you are only hearing ok cancel, press the * key on the numpad until you hear highlight tracking and try to move in the lists again)2: After you finish with your backups and burning the iso, boot from the newly created dvd by placing it in your drive and restarting your computer. While you see your manufacturers logo (hp, sony, dell, etc), continue pressing the boot menu key (f12 for most manufacturers, f9 for hps, and select cd rom, ide1, cd/dvd-rom, or something similar from the menu.3: After reading the readme file, when you get the root prompt which should look like [root@archiso~#}, just type autobuild4: watch it fly. you will be asked a few questions during the setup process such as encryption key (your password that you will type each time you turn on your computer to protect your files, and after the installation completes, the username, passwords, etc. Simply follow the instructions displayed on your screen or spoken b y espeakup if using the talking installer to complete the install. ++What this installs:This script installs a variety of software, almost too much to count. Here is a brief selection:gnome, kde, lxde, xfce, cinnamon, mate, and enlightenment desktops including all accompanying software collectionsthunderbird email clientlibreOffice productivity suite(writer, impress, calc, base and draw (the linux equivilent of ms office, for free, including a word processer
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 @Aaron what song is that? As you know Ive done a fare amount of on stage type stuff and would do more if directors werent such scumbags, though I generally hold myself to be a singer who can vaguely act rather than an actor who can sing.Partials is finally picking up and proving interesting. The series name is just partials I think because the genetically created super soldiers are part human or similar. Its got an interesting premise in that there is a virus which kills babies hours after theyre born so no new children have been born for 11 years, the humans believed the partials released this but Im not sure. Unfortunately though my friend didnt have the best time sinse she read the book while she was pregnant which probably was a bad coincidence, sort of like my unfortunate reading of assassins apprentice when I was going through some rather hard guide dog training with Reever .When Ive finished partials I have something very awsome to start, Firefight by brandon sanderson, and of course Ive still got my huge run of Doctor who audios to continue as well. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201223#p201223 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Hello,@dark: I cant say Ive heard of the ipartials series, but it sounds fun. I remember buffy from quite a while ago but didnt really watch too much of it.I hope your Mum gets better soon.As for me, at first act, my drama group, were rehearsing for our upcoming show in March, and it seems different from anything weve done in the past, so Im very excited, and I have some lines to say and get to do a solo song in the second act! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201139#p201139 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 @Hacker, Glad to hear youve got some work done, but Im afraid I have no idea what this arch thing is, is it some sort of installer for the linux opperating system? As for me, to be honest things have not been fun owing to my mum being in hospital for fairly nasty surgery, things worked out but not partiuclarly easily, so right now Im just enjoying peace and quiet and the chance to play swamp, drink coffee and read some interesting books, right now Im reading the first Partials book by Dan Wells which I borrowed from a friend of mine, sort of post appocalyptic after most of humanity gets wiped out in a war with some created super soldiers.Stylistically it seems not good, and right now Im sort of waiting for the plot to get in gear and to learn more about the world, but hay Ill always give fun stuff a try. Also sinse one friend was the gm of our recently finished Mutants and Masterminds tabletop game, and used the partials scenario as part of the plot its going to be interesting to see where he got the ideas from. I will also be starting buffy season 2 this week, hurrah! I cant wait to see James Marsters as a bad guy, he was so awsome as Captain John Heart in Torchwood, and he makes a great reader of audio I also have had friends who say he was the best character in the series.So, ironically when everyone else is getting in gear after christmas, Im looking for time off, but why not! . URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201125#p201125 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 @dark Hope you have a good time at the event, even if its like 9 months away lol and btw I heard the recording of tdv, never bought the game because I cant even get off the ground... but All I will say is kick ass voice acting; bpc couldntve picked a better brutus; you do that role extremely well. and on another note, on the subject of coding, Im looking for testers or debuggers for a project Ive been working on since last summer, autobuild. Its an installer type thingy for arch that installs more or less everything you need out of the box, its a bootable iso just like the regular arch iso, but with speech and braille support and a custom script that does the actual install. All you would need is a clean vm or a throw away machine because it does wipe your disk. If anyones interested, the link is: https://copy.com/XStZ6r7HLunN9jF0For the readme file, hit control l after the cd stops spinning on a physical box, wait about 2 minutes on a vm. If you are setting up a machine for someone who does not need accessibility, at the isolinux menu, where you hear a beep, press tab, hit space and type nospeech and hit enter. This will disable espeakup as well as not install chromevox on the new system. Credits:I used the modified archiso-git package, known as talkingarch-git from the aur. This wouldntve been possible without coding from the talking arch project (talkingarch.tk)The only changes that I made were, coded the autobuild and post install scripts and added some aur packages, modified the talk-to-me shell script to accept nospeech params, added virtualbox-guest-utils package to the live media and changed brltty-minimal to brltty to get the iso to build.Hope someone finds this useful. I welcome any feedback/flaming bags of poop/insults/constructive criticism/whatever anyone else has to say. Mind you Im just learning to code in shell script; if you do cat /usr/bin/autobuild youll see what Im talking about, but it worked on the vm I tested it with... but damn I have to stop rambling... If youre interested, check it out and let me know what you think. Have a great day. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=200859#p200859 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 @Aaron, Toger party? that sounds pretty crazy, especially with the time warp. Im also sorry I didnt know about that feel the force convention before hand myself sinse it sounds awsome and I definitely couldve got the train down there, (I even know a very nice holiday rental flat in eastborn sinse that is where my summer music school is).Actually if you have the dates and location for next year itd be good to know sinse then I could book some accommodation. @Keyisful, your likely correct, though whether a person simply buying the latest this that and the other and doing whatever their corporate masters tell them is truly happy is another question. Unfortunately, huxleys brave new world is indeed beckoning at this point. I find it rather scary that when in 1953 Ray Bradberry predicted a society who burned books, not because they were dangerous, but simply because the powers that be determined that people were happier without th inking. In 2010 before his eath, Bradberry was asked whether he thought his book was still relevant and he responded by telling how on his way through the street he saw a woman so wrapped up in watching tv and listening to pop music on her Ipod she nearly walked infront of an oncoming car. Well I had an interesting evening on saturday. I went to see the straus Orchestra. They obviously played a lot of Straus, but other things as well, however more than that they had huge amounts of fun! they had a soprano who was fantastic, singing several commic straus songs (in English), with both very good style and diction but a distinct sense of character, whether pretending to be drunk, or prtending to be in a music audition. The conductor told a lot of jokes, and the orchestra did a lot of messing around, at one point they managed to convert the Roddetski march into We will survive, and the makarana. The cleverest thing they did though, and one which people might appreciat e is the conductor went on a rant about Windows, and had the orchestra replicate all the windows sounds. The startup and ending jingle, the dum dum, when you get mail, and the blerb of an error message. They then did an actual waltz incluing these, which was hilarious! particularly when in the middle the stage lights went own, the orchestra all played a blerb! and everything stopped as though the system had crashed before starting again a while later, and then finishing with the four note windows shutdown. It was musically very clever an quite hilarious, an the first time Ive seen a small orchestra on stage replicate information technology. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=199795#p199795 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Hello,@key: I sort of agree about ignorance but atht e same time that depends who you meet.@dark: this years feel the force event takes place Saturday, October 10th, from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Peterborough, at the kings gate conference center. If you need me to send the address of the event to you in private, let me know. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=199802#p199802 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Well, as for myself there are a few things on the agenda for this month.The first is I have decided to think more positively. Im tired of feeling sad, lonely, upset, and just angry after my divorce so Ive elected to change my attitude. To think happy thoughts, to try and think more positive, and so far that seems to be working as intended.I have started scheduling my time, and one of the things I am doing is Im getting back into game programming. After a couple of years of on and off development I am actually beginning to work on games and other projects with a bit more regularity, and hopefully will have something to show this year for my efforts.On the 15th of the month I will of course have my birthday. I dont know what if anything my family and I will do for my birthday, but Im actually looking forward to it. I dont expect anything spectacular, probably just a simple gathering, go out to dinner, but that will suit me jus t fine.Beyond that I cant think of anything special for this month. January usually is a slow month for me. Pretty much the same thing different day most of the time. So Ill add more details or things as they happen. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=199811#p199811 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Lol just started reading this topicat key:I personally agree with you about this world. it has no hope.Oh yeah and the key may be full, but just remember that the lock is empty.Anyway, I hope you all had a great newyear. Ill post more later URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=199833#p199833 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 @Aaron, Peterborough is great, being that my parents live in Nottingham and from Newark station its less than an hour, I wouldnt even need accommodation the way I would in Eastborn. If you could e-mail me the address and any links to further info such as where to buy tickits etc that would be helpful, the adress as always is dark at x g a m dot org. Knowing this far in advance I might even see about a costume of some sort, maybe Reever and I could go as the fourth octor and K9 .@Tom, positive thinking is good in principle but less easy in practice, good luck. I am however glad to here your starting up programming and look forward to the results of that as and when they are ready in some capacity. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=199860#p199860 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Im finally getting back into programming stuff. I took a break because I was getting frustrated/burnt out with out things were going with my code and now I think that i feel a bit more fresh and ready to work on it. Code can get so confusing if you dont look at it for a month or two! Sometimes I wonder if I bit off more than I could chew with Grave of Redemption, but I think that even if I did, I can do it. It will probably just take like 4 years to finish, lol. Ill continue plugging away at it.On a less positive note, I feel distinctly unhopeful about this new year. This year will be not much different than last. I feel as though the world is just doing a downward spiral, moving farther and farther toward complete ignorance. People are, interestingly enough, quite happy with this development. It really illustrates beautifully the maxim ignorance is bliss, does it not? I have given up trying to stop it happening. I used to try and encourage people to read c urrent events and things because I hoped that we might be able to push out of it, but now, I no longer think this way. Let the people do whatever makes them happy, I guess. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=199727#p199727 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Hello,@blindncool: wait, I think Ive heard of that program. It was quite a while ago so Ive... sort of forgotten what it was about.Well, Im starting the new year with a bit of an exciting bang, becoming a bit more productive.Im currently in the process of trimming down a four hour file into a more manageable chunk of audio, namely, my trip to Feel The Force Day last year. I literally recorded the entire day, from arrival to leaving, and when I say entire, I really do mean entire, even me eating my lunch. So Im trimming the best bits down. Even thats going to have me end up with over an hour of material. So, what was going to be a highlights file is more like some sort of special, although its still cool. If anyone is interested, let me know and Ill see about posting a link somewhere, although I dont really know if thatll be in this topic, or a new one, or how this is going to work yet. Ill just say this though, quite possibly one of the best days of my life, ever. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=199623#p199623 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 No celebration for me. I just stayed home and watched 22 Jump Street. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=199336#p199336 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Well it was my brother rather than me, my mum and I ended up at home for a couple of hours. On the plus side we did go to a great new years concert with the Nottingham Philharmonic who did a nice variety of stuff all themed around water. Straus Blue Danube to Vaughn williams fantasia on sea songs and the theme from Sea hawk by Eric Corngold, a historical film from the fifties but a score that sounded awsome, (Ive heard of Corngold before but couldnt place his music). There was also a Baritone who was very accomplished when it came to singing rule britania, less so in Singing in the rain or Moon river sinse the guy thought everything should be sung with full operatic diction. On the plus side we did get a very nice Old langsine with full orchestra even if it was a little early, and even more if we then had to rush my brother off to casualty . So , celibrations were quite okay after all, even if I am feeling distinctly dead this morning after being up all night first watching the very good zombie comedy Anime Sanka reya with my brother, then getting a bit lost in the awsome Doctor who audio Legend of the cybermen, which was even better the second time around. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=199306#p199306 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 ouch! I stood on a plug once before, I cant even imagine how sore a rusty nail would be.A happy new year to you dark, besides the hospital did you get much celebrating done? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=199303#p199303 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat January 2015 Hello,A happy new year to you both and the rest of the forumights reading this. @dark, glad to hear your brothers OK.Last night we had a toger party which was really interesting, there were games such as javalin (which was actually javalin darts), boxing (on the wii which was hilarious), discus (with weird, retro sounding toy disc shooters!), and a hole bunch of random stuff all going on. Oh, and after the new year there was Karaoke, and I got to sing the Time Warp which was a lot of fun. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=199311#p199311 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
