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ah ok righto, thanks for that link guys. yeah i got the message from one of my friends who goes to a Christian School, they were talking about it in a biblical studies class. Anyway, my Dad sayed it may be a hoax, and i figured, yeah, but God definately knows what he's doing, and so he'll take all that into account when answering prayers. um yeah about the "praying for all missionaries" thing, there's a book called "Jesus Freaks" that deals with heaps of martyrs who've given their lives or come close to it (at least, given a lot). You might find that inspiring. also check out http://www.persecution.com/ - it's the website for the "voice of the martyrs", an organisation dedicated to stopping persecution of Christian people around the world. ok thanks heaps guys. peace out.

yeah hey guys...i got a message from one of my friends today saying a Christian missionary named Pastor Feride Flores is being executed in East Timor tomorrow.This is pretty much just a calling to any Christian people out there... please pray that God would give this man strength or possibly an escape. Please pray that God would help him to stand strong in his faith no matter what. That he'd leave a lasting impression from his actions.thanks heaps guys.God bless.

ok hey i checked a book i have on C++ this morning. first thing: 0x is not a prefix for binary numbers, it is a prefix for hexadecimal numbers. second thing: turns out that the '^' operator is a bitwise XOR operator (not exponant). this would make more sense, as it provides a better checking mechanism. this requires a little bit of explanation: 1/ XOR is short for 'exclusive or'. it returns TRUE if one variable or the other is true, but not both. Mathematically: var1 XOR var2 == (var1 OR var2) AND NOT (var1 AND var2)for example, TRUE XOR FALSE == TRUE but TRUE XOR TRUE == FALSE 2/ Bitwise Operators. Bitwise operators work on the individual bits of a variable, not on the total variable. For instance, say we had 2 variables 1 byte (4 bits) long. var1 is equal to 9 ('1001' in binary) and var2 is equal to 5 (0101 in binary). So: var1 AND var2 == var1 * var2 = 45. (Note: the definition of AND is pretty much A times If Bitwise AND operations are used, instead of AND-ing the whole variable, each bit is AND-ed. So: var1 BITWISE_AND var2 is: 10010101----0001as the first bits are multiplied (giving 0), then the second bits (giving 0), the third bits(also giving 0) and finally the fourth bits (giving 1). hence 0001. (1 in decimal). this makes much more sense than my previously explained '^' meaning 'exponent'. ultimately, each bit from each byte in the string is put into a single checksum byte. sorry bout that. you should now have enough information to port the code over to delphi. peace out

Yeah! nice work, i have a lot of respect for that. great use of colour.did you use a graphics tablet to do that, or just a mouse? i'm trying to work out if it's worth buying a tablet myself peace out

ok. here's what's happening: temp0, temp1 temp2 are all variables of type integer. unsigned means that they cannot be negative. cmd is an array of characters (a string). cmd[x] returns the character at the x position in the string. i'm pretty sure that the '^' character means 'raised to the power of'. for instance x^y = x to the power of y so what is happening is temp0, temp1 and temp2 are characters to the power of other characters. '<<' is a binary shift operation. it shifts all bits in a variable x bits left (if 'variable << x' is used). this has the effect of moving the bits in temp0, temp1 and temp2. similarly, '>>' shifts bits to the right. '&' is a binary 'and' operation: if bit1 and bit2 are both 1, the resultant bit will be 1. the '0x' prefix means the following numbers are in binary (i'm not really sure on how that works). '|' means bitwise 'or', this means that if bit1 or bit2 is 1, the resultant bit will be 1. any operator followed by '=' effectively performs the operation between the variable on the left and on the right of the operator. for instance:variable += 1; is the same as variable = variable + 1;. unfortunately, i'm not really skilled enough at C to tell you exactly what the resultant output of the function will be. however, the first word 'void' means that the function you have been given will not directly produce anything. the function works by directly modifying the byte at position [5] in the character array. hope i've provided enough information here for you to port your code to delphi. keep up the good work!

yeah now that's interesting. i've heard something similar in physics... and that if you travel faster than the speed of light you can go forwards in time. but that doesn't make sense to me. to me it just implies that you would travel very VERY quickly ^_^i'm doing Astrophysics as part of physics this year, so if that sheds any light (no pun intended) i'll let you know.cheers

I'm pretty sure you become a supermember by posting a number of times. (a large number of times ) i think it's just a 'rank' thing more than anything else. i don't think it in any way affects the web hosting or anything. just an indication of how long/how frequently you post at Xisto.com.also, about the free web hosting, you need to continue to post to keep your website up and running. i'm on the 'standard package' and i think it uses about a credit a day (that would make sense).mind you, it's definately worth it... i've been with Xisto for almost two months now and i'm loving it! definately a worthwhile investment of time (cheers guys!)hope i've helped ^_^cheers!

yeah i know how good photoshop is.... i've used it and it's brilliant. done some cool stuff with it. and y'know, i really think most copies of photoshop out there are probably burnt. thanks for all the suggestions guys, i'm gunna check out GIMP and see what i can do and don't let me catch anyone dissing MSPaint ever again - Elftor vs Photoshop (Comic) haha so good. although i don't think the website is functioning correctly at the moment. take a look if it goes back up. lol ok thanks heaps guys. peace out

hey guysi was basically wondering if anyone knew any good graphics editing software for use making sigs, web page graphics, textures for computer games etc.at the moment i'm using a combination of Microsoft Photo Editor, Paint, IrfanView, ImageXYZ (a text watermarking tool) Winamp's Advanced Visualization Studio and Excessive Use of the Print Screen Key anyone know of any software that could suit my needs? much appreciated.peace out

yeah that was the same for me for a long time... Notepad forever!!!anyway the story goes, i bought Visual C++ .NET a while ago (for C++ programming, obviously), but by chance a few weeks later i discovered it was a really good web page designer.Mainly i just use the code view (colour coded, autocomplete, everything!) because the design view has a bit of a tendancy to generate some sloppy stuff (lots of SPAN and DIV tags, and if i remember correctly, those are quickly being outdated), but the design view works reasonably well nonetheless.The code view also supports CSS stylesheets and i think ASP. PHP support wouldn't surprise me either, but i'm not 100% sure.as for Dreamweaver, i have used Version 7 at school and found it to be incredibly practical/useful - especially the side-by-side design/code view.just out of curiousity, what has Dreamweaver 8 got on Dreamweaver 7? what has Macromedia improved upon? Any spectacular new features?

just thought i'd tell you, the best way to learn a whole new API is with a tutorial (usually a series of tutorials). i've never personally heard of VESA, but my best guess is that if it deals with high-resolution video/graphics etc, it's probably going to be an incredibly complex process developing a viewing program with it.

hey guysi was just wondering, i've heard Xisto supports CGI, but i can't remember exactly.on this note, what defines 'CGI' (ie. any kind of dynamic web page, exe's whatever)? are there any restrictions like no file access?just because i'm considering adding a search function to some elements of my website, and since i already know C++ i think it would be easiest to use that if it were at all possible.ok thanks heaps guys.peace out.

yeah, i'm not really sure about laptops, but i've got a 5400 and a 7200 for desktop PCs. it might just be because the computer with the 5400 is old and slow (probably not though), but the 7200 hard drive performs heaps faster than the 5400 hard drive.having said all of that though, i think you're right when you say that $100 doesn't justify a slight upgrade in speed at the expense of hard drive size.cheers

hah!!! the best weapon is by far the flak cannon (at least it is in 2003).... especially when you have double damage and beserk! (serious it happened to me once) also Zoom Instagib is mad fun. pretty lame on Deathmatch and a little bit lame on Team Deathmatch, but sooooo good in capture the flag and especially bombing run.... lol one time we put the UT2004 demo on the school computers and played 12 player Instagib CTF on Facing-classic. absolutely mental. i think after 40 minutes the score was 1-0... the only way to get to the other teams base was to make 50 kills and then use the "invisible" adrenaline move. frustrating, but some of the most fun you'll ever have.peace out

I'm pretty doubtful that something like that would be a virus, especially after you said that you scanned it with Norton and AdAware. however, you may want to check that Norton is using a recent Virus Definition file just to be sure (make sure Norton is fully updated to the most recent version).It could have something to do with BIOS settings, for instance, it's been overclocked badly or is configured incorrectly. I suggest you access your BIOS and take a look around in there. but if you are going to do this, make sure you know what you are doing and are constantly cross-checking with the motherboard's manual to make sure you're fixing it and not making the problem worse.Also you could try running MSConfig (Start->Run->MSConfig) and disable all the stuff under 'services' and 'startup' that you know for a fact you don't need. after all, the problem could be something as simple as a service conflict - that's what was happening on my computer, and my Dad just started disabling startup options and services. the problem rectified itself virtually immediately.But, on the other hand, overheating could definately be the problem. install another fan maybe.Ok hope something out of that helps.good luck

i was into starcraft a while ago, used to play against my little brother lol.... good fun. if you guys are into Starcraft, you might like Warcraft III, it's from the same people. Although it's much more based on micromanagement (try typing that 5 types fast) it's a brilliant strategy game. if you haven't tried it, i reccomend playing the demo (available from http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/). for those of you who have played it, what do think of it compared to Starcraft? just curious. by the way, cool sig Ryo. cheers

i had a problem with something reasonably similar a while ago, you see, you need to modify index.html in the public_html folder. the public_html folder is the only folder that viewers will have access to (hence public). so i would put the PHPmyChat and PHPbb in folders under public_html, for instance, public_html/chat and public_html/forum.this would give the result of http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ and http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ taking a user to your PHPmyChat and PHPbb setups respectively.good luck, keep persevering, it's well worth it :huh:cheers

dreams is really good inspiration for books.... but yes i have considered them for game ideas before... although sometimes it can be hard to pull off. some of my best ideas for games have just been things that i have found funny, or possibly just me trying to get better at OpenGL and coming across good gaming in the process. also i draw inspiration from other games.... here's two of my better ideas... 1/ freeway soccer: virtual soccer across a six lane highway lol now that would be funny.... 2/ hovercraft-spaceships with guns that shoot other hovercraft-spaceships (Ultimate Hovercraft Combat!) this is my OpenGL learning game. actually i have a more detailled outline of its aims on my website.... http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/. the link is direct to the game bit. cheers, sorry bout my ranting. oh yeah and RPG's are awesome!! keep up with the good work Tseng. PS if you ever want to turn your ideas into games check out RPG Toolkit - it's a game creator dedicated to RPGs. ok cheers again

life as we know it is our physical existance. i agree with DogEater008 when he says that life has got something to do with feeling and thinking, but i think it's a little more than that. I think that life as we (human beings) know it has something to do with our free will, our ability to deny our instincts. I definately think that there is a spiritual element as well. that could be because i'm a Christian or maybe just because i think it's obvious... i think it can become evident in our need for love and acceptance especially, and our need to focus on something as the centre of our lives (for some it's God, for others it's money, sex or other people). Phillip Yancey (Author) described it as "the catch to being human is that we need to worship something". Life is the way that we choose to live out that need. It's what we do now, it's the emotions running through our heads, it's the concepts running through our minds and souls that contradict those emotions. wow. that was kinda confusing.... ok yep i'm definately thinking about it now.

yeah that's what i do too. one of my friends wrote a poem to pay me out one day. i ended up writing 4 verses of rap in retaliation. oh wow, that was gold. lol.but don't be discouraged, writing meaningful song lyrics is incredibly difficult, especially when the song focuses on them so much like in rap.

um sorry buddy, i didn't quite follow you there.... anyways, i migrated from Visual Basic 6 to C++ (actually there was a bit of Java in between but that doesn't count because i didn't do anything with it). Also i think that Visual Basic 6's overhead doesn't hugely affect the speed at which a program runs (in practical terms). by that i mean, i'm making a game at the moment (in C++) and it is currently running at 60 frames per second on an AMD Duron 1300+ with a 64 MB GeForce 2. So unless you are doing anything full scale or crazy, i don't think it makes a huge difference. as far as where to learn C++ from, i learnt with a combination of a book introducing C++ used soley with the .NET extensions. THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED. i then spent about 4-6 months of pure trial and error and forum posting to get my head around the language properly and work out exactly how to use ANSI C++. tragic. buy a book, like "C++ For Dummies." I've obtained a copy of it months after i needed it and am wishing i had it from the start. ok good luck

actually, there's probably a windows shell function call that could do that. to find it, you'd probably want to check out the MSDN documentation in the win32 section. if you have to use MFC or anything it would probably introduce alot of needless overhead, so try to avoid it.cheers (by the way thanks for that sobhan, you've helped me with that post too )

you can do it quite easily with OpenGL if you know C++. because it's such an open, underground hobbyist style API (package), people create all kinds of extensions for it that make your life a whole lot easier. just doing a google search for "openGl 3ds loader" helped - here's a link to a tutorial that looks like it could work nicely: http://www.morrowland.com/apron/tut_gl.php. i know for a fact that http://www.gametutorials.com/ has a tutorial on this, and their tutorials are great, but unfortunately, they are no longer free. if you were really interested though, their stuff might be worth investing in. also, there is a specialized game programming language called "DarkBasic" which i was going to investigate. unfortunately, you have to pay for it, but a 30-day trial is available. it can load 3DS files straight into games and is quite comprehensive. as the website says: yeah, the full version is about $50 US, and comes with a whole stack of extra models and textures. keep up the good work, game making is pretty awesome when you get the hang of it! cheers

normally, i'd agree, but C# uses the .NET extensions (grumble grumble).... no but seriously i've heard that C# is a really good language, nice and easy to use and "doesn't sacrifice the power and efficiency of C++" (or something like that, from memory it was in MSDN somewhere). i haven't tried it myself, but my guess is that if it is using the .NET extensions, it wouldn't be that quick/efficient and it would probably have a HUGE overhead. although it would definately be powerful enough, it might not be powerful at the most basic level, ie. for the most raw stuff like direct memory manipulation it might be a little weak (although that stuff is dangerous and often unneccessary anyways ) once again, i'm not sure of that as i've never used C#. also, some API's are not designed to run on C# (like OpenGL). fortunately, some smart people have discovered ways to solve this, here is a good article. CodeProject - Integrating C# and OpenGL ok hopefully i've provided some kind of insight peace out!

yeah, i've been finding that http://www.gametutorials.com/ is really good, heaps active community on the game development scene. helped me heaps through my programming problems. friendly guys with tons of knowledge.