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Hi all!
My name is Ferenc, I'm from Romania (actually I'm hungarian and live in a minority..)
I'm a 17 year old student, I like computers and know a "lot" about them (I intend to learn more ;o) )
I've been looking for a free shell service for eggdrops, but so far no luck.. (I wan't to lear cl scripting and it's simply fun ;o) )
I'm a unix user (I've been using linux for more then a year, before that I've used win)
I use Undernet on IRC so if you want, drop by and say hello ;o)) (My nick is zenx on Unet)
That's it for now.. ;o)

Hi zenx and welcome to forums

But why don't you come to ShellsNet IRC network and talk in #phoenix, the channel isn't very active at the moment, due to timezone differences or whatever.

Welcome to the forums, zenx. =)

Could you be a bit more precise about what you know about computers? Just curious. =)

Well.. ;o)) mm_freak more precise?.. let me try.. ;o) :
Recently I applied for a programmer job (did't get an answer yet) and I had to write all that stuff I know in my CV.. It's something like this..:
MS-DOS, Windows, Linux ==> installing, setting up , using
I can use all sorts of user programs etc..
Basic programming knowledge (Pascal, C++ / if i get that job then this list will be a lot longer.. ;o) )
Usage of internet (network software, browsers, protocols etc..)
html coding and hardware knowledge.. ;o)) and some other stuff that won't come to my mind right now... ;o))
I hope you're satisfied.. ;o)))
By the way.. I have a PC that has 120-180 ~Mhz (can be tuned from MB) 64 megs of RAM 2mb video card and 20 Gb hdd with debian linux (actually I was in quite a hurry so I simply installed it from a live knoppix cd.. ;o)) ) and it has an online connection of 8KB/s
sucks eh?.. ;o)) That's why I need that job hehe
Looking forward to making some friends here.. ;o)
ZenX

Yeah, I'm satisfied now. =D

Well, I used to work with bad computers all the time. I had a Pentium 1 with 233 MHz until about 8 months ago. 128 MB RAM and a 16 MB graphics card. I got DSL though. Still much better than your computer, but for a number theoretician it was a pain to work with. =)

Damn, that's the kind of computer I could get for aboutt $5 around here...

I feel sorry for you...

yeah ;o)) I feel sorry for me too ;o)))
but eh.. ;o) Romania rlz.. ;o)) But if I'll get that job I'll probably have enough money to buy something more resonable.. ;o) till then.. uhh. ;o)

Ah guys don`t despare. You are not the only one with slow computers and Internet connection. My sux also... because I live in undeveloped country, I don`t have a job, don`t have much money to buy something better, and etc...

Eggie wrote:Ah guys don`t despare. You are not the only one with slow computers and Internet connection. My sux also... because I live in undeveloped country, I don`t have a job, don`t have much money to buy something better, and etc...

I don't have one anymore. Currently I have a Duron with 1.6 GHz and 256 MB DD-RAM, and that's really fast compared to my usual fortune. =)

wow ;o)) mm_freak ;o)) I've read YOUR introductory ;o)) so you're a geek eh?.. ;o)) I don't know.. ;o)) for instance I hate maths, but like the command line.. ;o)) I watch TV as well ;o)) (no cinema) I like computers.. ;o)) but sports as well.. ;o)) heh ;o) (I've just been to a competition last week) ;o) So.. ;o) you're a geek.. ;o) I'm just a partial freak ;o) hehe.. ;o))
I'm multifunctional: I can talk and piss you off at the same time ;o)
Okok ;o)) enough with the boaring stuff.. ;o)
And Eggie .. ;o) what kind of computer do you have? ;o) can it boil water? ;o)
That's it fo now.. ;o)

zenx wrote:wow ;o)) mm_freak ;o)) I've read YOUR introductory ;o)) so you're a geek eh?.. ;o)) I don't know.. ;o)) for instance I hate maths, but like the command line.. ;o)) I watch TV as well ;o)) (no cinema) I like computers.. ;o)) but sports as well.. ;o)) heh ;o) (I've just been to a competition last week) ;o) So.. ;o) you're a geek.. ;o) I'm just a partial freak ;o) hehe.. ;o))

I believe I am. But don't programming and not liking maths contradict each other? =)

zenx wrote:I'm multifunctional: I can talk and piss you off at the same time ;o)

It's rather difficult to piss me off. =)

zenx wrote:Okok ;o)) enough with the boaring stuff.. ;o)
And Eggie .. ;o) what kind of computer do you have? ;o) can it boil water? ;o)

Mine could, if I had the money to construct an appropriate circuit. At least I'd teach it to make coffee.=D

that may have been the most smilies in a single post ever

That just goes to show that the quote "down but not out" is true.



Welcome to the forums man.

mm_freak:
I believe I am. But don't programming and not liking maths contradict each
other? =)

Nope I don't think so.. ;o) in programming you only have to use the interesting part of maths, not tha boaring one they teach U @ shool ;o)
About smilies.., hmm, yes.., I use similies like other people use dots at the end of scentences ;o)

My computer couldn't even boil water if I'd had the pipe-s for it ;o)) tough it has NO cooler (It's kina' funny.., the power suplys internal cooler cools it.. ;o) the exit for the air is right near the processor ;o) ) Yeah.. ;o) hp computers were always a bit wierd?!? ;o) but nice.. ;o)
...
bye ;o)

zenx wrote:mm_freak:
I believe I am. But don't programming and not liking maths contradict each
other? =)

Nope I don't think so.. ;o) in programming you only have to use the interesting part of maths, not tha boaring one they teach U @ shool ;o)

Then you should probably have a look at this C code:

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#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
  int i = 1152;

  while(i--)
    putchar("X-"[i/6 + i/144 & 1]),
    i % 48 || putchar('\n');
}

If you don't understand it, just try it out. You can't write good programs without understanding simple maths. And yes, this example is simple. And yes, you learn it at school. ;)