what happened to the chat box? I kind of enjoyed having it there.
what happened to the chat box? I kind of enjoyed having it there.
What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?
I didn't see much point to it at first, but I'm surprised it's gone so quickly. I think it was starting to grow on me...
You weren't the only one that did not find the purpose of it.
Some people were up to post their code on the chat and ask for help. That's a bad idea.
I tried to come to the site, but I got a message "Database error" again and again. Maybe the chat caused this.
Code - functions and small libraries I use
It’s 2014 and I still use printf() for debugging.
"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. " —Harold Abelson
I'm glad it's gone, when something is that bloaty and unimportant it shouldn't be in every page.
If I were webmaster and saw people wanted it, I would make it an optional feature, that way people like me wouldn't be bugged by it but people like you could still enjoy it.
If the forum software doesn't provide the per-user configuration option, it should be easy enough to add.
I was under the impression both the chat box and the spam link to join some forum were added by the cretins that "hacked" this forum's front-page.
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted
- Albert Einstein.
No programming language is perfect. There is not even a single best language; there are only languages well suited or perhaps poorly suited for particular purposes.
- Herbert Mayer
I clearly remember the Webmaster "saying hello" from the chat.
Code - functions and small libraries I use
It’s 2014 and I still use printf() for debugging.
"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. " —Harold Abelson
[...everyone sitting 'round a fire...]
"Folks, this is the story of the Cboard Chat Box. Legend has it..."
Code:#include <cmath> #include <complex> bool euler_flip(bool value) { return std::pow ( std::complex<float>(std::exp(1.0)), std::complex<float>(0, 1) * std::complex<float>(std::atan(1.0) *(1 << (value + 2))) ).real() < 0; }
Theoretically, if the crackers could reconfigure the forms, perhaps the could impersonate webmaster as well.Originally Posted by std10093
