[citw150] Re: CITW 150 L6 Q6
- From: Angela Thelen <boys32.boys@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:36:23 -0700 (PDT)
I am going to check that out. It sounds challenging. Like you said there are
those of us who still like to think.
Azrael Leviticus <azeral777@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Telnet is a wonderful thing,
allowing you to browse databases such as those listed in the assignment itself,
subscribe to newsgroups of a sort, and enjoy such games as Nethack. I learned
most of this at, wait for it...wait for
it...http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Telnet&btnG=Google+Search
Shock and awe!
I 'practiced' telnet at the same location I 'practice' it every day:
nethack.alt.org. (http://www.alt.org/nethack/)
NAO, as it's known, is a freely available server for the ancient and incredibly
complex RPG known as Nethack. If you don't already know what Nethack is, the
odds are incredibly slim that you care, so don't worry about it. Just know that
it is a game created back in 1985 that's still immensely popular, still
impressively difficult, and is still played and updated to this day by a very
large community, one of the oldest games to do so. Roguelikes aren't for
everyone, but there are those of us who still enjoy some challenge to and being
forced to think during our games.
Elitism++;
What happened whilst I 'practiced'? Well, it was glorious. I ran a 5k turn tag
team wizard under the name Azelos, a combination of Azeral (myself) and Eidolos
(a good friend), setting the foundation for what promises to be an impossibly
fortuitous ascension (my third in the years I've been playing, and with several
conducts intact). What I learned about telnet today is that VI color codes are
hellish to correctly parse in C++. That is, it's painful to get a bot to
correctly parse an ASCII, color-coded screen and translate that two-dimensional
map into actual data that it can use to navigate an environment. Exploration
algorithms aren't fun, either.
Also, PuTTY is a vastly superior telnet client to the default Windows client.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
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