Nerdanians of Nerdania.

PhpStorm all the way, just so much cleaner and more refined that basically every other web dev IDE.

NetBeans is just horrible.

Eclipse is just horrible.

Dreamwe... urgh, I think I'm going to be sick.

I'm wondering, if anyone out there can get ranking a website into top of search engines, without paying money to any BIG co.'s, waiting 100 years to getting listed or without knowing some one, who knows some body..... BUT JUST BY coding and being creative?

 

Anyone, who can get the site : http://shalaweb.com high in search engines rank system have our respect and will be rewarded well,... but,.... is there any one so smart out there?!....

You're doing it right now, without us even pressing a button. I mean, that is why you signed up to ask a question about SEO on a site who's primary focus is not SEO. Oh, and of course that cheeky backlink.

I'd bet you're not even a real person, and yet I find myself ranting here at you, or at least my internal personified expectation of you're creator, dear robot.

I mean...

What is the point?

You know, I actually did like Star Trek: Enterprise. If you allow yourself to get past the somewhat wooden acting, and give the series a chance, it's pretty good.

I loved TNG and Voyager.

I tried twice to get into DS9, and failed.

Turns out I was just impatient, once they got the Defiant, it really began to drastically improve. And now DS9 is my favourite of the lot.

Definitely not "Deep Space Nothing", after all.

Though, I must say, personally I preferred the whole concept behind Stargate, and prefer the show as a whole. Must've watched Atlantis three times, and SG-1 twice. Give it another few years, and I'll probably watch them all again.

I found it such a shame that Stargate: Universe was cut short. I really liked the concept behind it, and I felt it had so much potential. Just not enough attention was paid to the story, keeping it interesting etc. I felt so annoyed that I never got to find out what it is they had found, and were travelling to at the end.

My t-shirt and boxers and socks.

I can't sleep without socks, I find the feeling of fabric rubbing against my toenails horribly unnerving.

I'd eat the pizza burger and the Firebrand burger. The rest not so much. 

This, and still relevant to the posts since.

I can't stand socks. I take them off as soon as I get home. I'm convinced that people who sleep in them are lizards or something. 

Maybe... maybe I am.

Not a U.S. state, but still funny.

Italy looks like a big boot kicking the Eiffel Tower (Sicily) over.

Aren't socks fabric that rub on your toenails..?

No, because it doesn't brush across them like it does when I pull the cover or something.

Welp, I guess you've realised the sad truth: the whole world's gone mad!

Well, seeing as I've lost nearly seven stone now, I think it'd be a good time to update my contribution to this thread.

Here's me about a year and a half ago:

Here's me a few days ago:

Because Human's are typically greedy, power-hungry and violent creatures that just cannot accept each other for who we are.

I don't think Eclipse is garbage, the fact that it is free makes it a huge presence, it's also what I learned on. But it's so ugly and so hard to learn that I can't imagine making the investment when I can get PHPStorm tutorials from the company and when some of their tools are designed to expose other tools, I think CTRL+O in the default control scheme pops a menu that allows you too look for a given tast/function/intent and even gives the key command for it so you can fire it directly next time.

Eclipse is slow, and as you say looks terrible. Personally, I find a horrible looking user interface distracting.

Oh that's cool. Other radio signals in the vicinity - usually neighbours' WiFi - can cause destructive interference, too. So unless it can factor that in some way, it won't be an accurate representation.

Well since it measures the strength/clarity of the received signal by the device, it's going to factor in anything that can affect communication between the device and the AP

This app runs a simulation, it says nowhere that it performs any actual measurements. It requires you to use a pre-determined image of a floor-plan, where the app uses edge-detection to automatically find the walls. You configure the materials, the location of the router, and it simulates away.

The demo simulation the page links to shows the propagation of waves from the router, towards the outskirts of the property. However, when the simulation first begins, there are no other waves depicted anywhere on the image until the radiation from the router propagates to the outside of the image. 

It says 1px maps to 1cm, so going by its recommended maximum image size of 500px, that gives us a max distance of five metres. It takes light approx. 17 nanoseconds (0.000000017 seconds) to travel that distance, so I'm not sure an android phone has enough time-resolution to make precise enough measurements to correctly determine how external radio sources will interfere.

Plus, it being a 2D simulation, there's an extra dimension being ignored. Radiation propagates spherically from the source, so waves will be reflecting off of the floor/ceiling and then interfering with itself.

Finally decided to go back to a dual monitor setup.

 

How you ever 'decided' to go back to a single-monitor solution is beyond me.

That looks like a pretty cool system, but I don't think it's $3000 useful. 

 

 

I feel like it's a 2d representation of 3d information, sort of like a topographical map. It doesn't particularly matter if it shows height, as long as it shows the end signal strength after it's been reflected off of all surfaces too your location. 

He uses a 2D matrix to save computational complexity. Even then, in order to store the amount of information required to fully represent the data in memory would have been in excess of 60GB. He had to employ several techniques to reduce the computation complexity by a good 100 times, and also reduce the amount of memory required.

The method he uses breaks the floorplan down into a two-dimensional grid, each pixel representing a 1x1 cm block. The equation considers the four nearest neighbours of each point in the 2D grid.

A 3D grid would essentially exponentiate the amount of work required to simulate the wave propagation.

The full details of the working of this app can be seen on the developer's website, here.

I want to get a powerful neodymium magnet, just because they're cool.

Actually, they have a heatmapper, which is the only software I'd ever heard of from them, so when I said Ekahau that's what I meant.
https://www.ekahau.c...apper/overview/

That tool requires you to walk through the premises and takes data on available access points and WiFi strength etc

Oh, when I posted the following, it was in context with the OP, not your post. 

Oh that's cool. Other radio signals in the vicinity - usually neighbours' WiFi - can cause destructive interference, too. So unless it can factor that in some way, it won't be an accurate representation.

The moral of the story? Always quote the post you're replying to.

I was probably the biggest stoner on these boards when I first joined. Probably why my early post we're really FUCKED UP!!!!!!!

 

I once took acid back in 2010. I kinda freaked out coz the band we went to see was doing the Scott Pilgrim where colorful musical notes we're emerging from their guitars

 

I sat in my seat grinding my teeth coz they felt like chalk. 

 

Don't do acid kids. 

Not every body has the mind for acid. You can't try and fight it or control it, any ego or resistance, or denial will only manifest itself in your trips. Just sit back, zoom out, and enjoy the altered state of consciousness. And most importantly, don't go off doing stupid amounts - that road is rocky.

I smoke weed, and I've tried other things like Shrooms, DMT, MD and Coke. Personally, LSD tops them all.

These things are controversial, but to be quite frank, I don't think they should be. Used in moderation and respect, it is highly unlikely any negative consequences will come of it. And I hasten to add, I've had some of the most incredible experiences of my life experimenting with these things.

I like to think outside the box, and there's nothing quite like an altered state of consciousness to achieve such a thing.

It's just important to know your limits, be with people you can trust, and don't let yourself become consumed by addiction.

Agreed, I have no interest in using it again

Exquisite!

Completely irrelevant, but was your username inspired by the word "hemoglobin"?

How the fuck did you find DMT in England? I literally cannot get a hold of it anywhere.

It was a one-off from someone at a party.

Yes, it's one of a number of semi-creative account names I've used on various platforms before discovering that it's taken on others.
 

It's annoying when you think you've found a unique username, and then you find it's taken.

Your best bet is probably tying to search for any usernames you think of using into Google to see how popular they are. 

I could just never justify the risk when it comes to the bigger stuff.

Yeah you might have some of the best experiences/feelings of your life, but there is the off chance that even if done safely and conscientiously you can die.

I prefer to have a consistently decent life than a super duper few years ending in a heart attack.

I didn't really make it clear, I'm not some fucking pill head that does this stuff all of the time. I don't actually like coke. I think I'm done with MDMA, it just fucks you up too much - I had a patch of anxiety and panic attacks when I was stupid and did too much one night, and though those effects have subsequently dissipated, I learned my lesson and haven't had such effects since. Another reason to be done with it is, as you say, that it greatly increases the risk of heart problems.

LSD, on the other hand, is widely misconceived to be the direct instigator of mental illnesses. Recent studies show that the risk to mental health is far lower than previously thought, and evidence suggests that used in the right way, it can be used to treat PTSD and anxiety.

If your family has a history of mental disorders such as schizophrenia, taking LSD can be a contributing factor in the development of such conditions. However, the probability and actual frequency of these events occurring is greatly exacerbated by stories of stars such as Syd Barrett. The reality is in most cases, is that they took too much - they pushed themselves too far.

Another point I'd like to mention, is that It doesn't put me in a funny mood for days whenever I take it, the comedown is far better than that of alcohol. In fact, I usually feel pretty centred for weeks after taking it.

Another thing - LSD is pretty much harmless to the body, with the exceptions of respiratory system damage from taking too much too often. To be quite frank, the damage it does to the large majority of people is far less than that of a night drinking too much.

MDMA, Coke, speed and other amphetamines, on the other hand, do put a lot of strain on the body and heart. LSD does not, hence my liking to it.

I saw a chart informing users of the dangers various drugs pose to the consumer, and LSD and Mushrooms were right at the bottom, with alcohol somewhere in the middle, and MDMA and other amphetamines at the top.

I just want to experience new things, new ways of thinking, new perspectives, and LSD is definitely one of the things that can help to do that. Once of my friends tried it for the first time recently with me, and he's not usually the kind of person to do this thing, but I had a feeling he might like it. I will also say that I did not pressure him, I asked him if he'd be up for trying a small amount, and he agreed. At first, he approached it with his usual skepticism, and he didn't like it so much. As the night went on, he came to understand how it works and how it affects your thinking, and he was very much enjoying it. And he said, "thanks for that tab man, it's given me some interesting insights, I've actually learned some stuff about myself". 

It's not really something that can be explained, only experienced. But although I doubt I'll ever convince you to try it, I just hope I can convince you of its grossly misplaced distrust.

Though, to be quite fair, the fact that you're worrying about what it'll do to your body is probably a sign you shouldn't take it. Taking this stuff with a paranoid voice in the back of your head telling you it's going to kill you will only end in more paranoia.

I'm going to be honest with you. Acid was shit. The high was very synthetic. I didn't have a bad trip per se. I was drunk. Took half a tab. Forgot I took it, 45 minutes later I remember the bands guitars started spitting out colorful sparks and musical notes randomly. (I think back and have a laugh at how shocked I was) I was more surprised than anything. It was fine. Didn't flip out or anything. It was weird, i went from being drunk to not being drunk. The acid had completely overridden my intoxication. I remember being unimpressed by the high. I've had mushies before, and the acid felt very artificial. I remember thinking to myself, "well this is the true definition of a chemical romance" and being pissed off that I had to buy more beer. lol Acids not for me, and I can't take anyone seriously who defend it. sorry. That shit will cause brain damage if you take it in large portions.

You probably didn't have very good stuff to be honest. You need to at least do a tab to get a full experience. But yeah, acid is not for everybody. Though to say you can't take someone else seriously because they had a good experience and you didn't is a bit naive. At the end of the day, it's something I enjoy occasionally, and thats my choice.

It probably felt synthetic because you were thinking it would be. Your trips and the way you feel depend on what your thinking or expecting. But just because something is synthetic doesn't mean it's bad. Synthesised alcohol molecules are physically indistinguishable from alcohol molecules that had formed through organic decomposition. Synthetic just means it was created by us. A lot of food you eat is synthetic. A packet of crisps, chewing gum, sweets, the flavour is all synthetic, but you don't think twice about eating them. Most pharmaceuticals are synthetic variants of naturally occurring compounds. The synthetic status I think is irrelevant here.

And, it is not certain that it will "cause" brain damage, that is a gross exaggeration. You wanted to make that point, research it before you say it. As I said before, if you have a history of metal disorders in the family, the probability of acid being a contributing factor increases, but remains very much an improbability.

If you look any any drugs site, it'll list a bunch of horrible sounding side effects, but those are worst case effects. But if you look at the actual scientific research, the results speak for themselves. If you look at the side effects of aspartame, stuff you consume in your fizzy drinks quite often, there are plenty of horrible sounding worst case side effects. But they're worse case, and affect a very small number of people, just like LSD.

Most of these pages listing side effects are designed to sound as intimidating as possible, because they are sites that don't advocate the use of drugs, and they can't be seen to be potentially supporting the use of such things by stating that it's unlikely to cause problems, because that's not much of an off-put is it?

Anything you take too much of will damage you in one way or another. And that is specifically why I don't take it all of the time. I've used it about five times in the past two years, and only twice have I had more than one tab, and even then my max was always two throughout an entire evening.
 

I can feel a thesis sized reply incoming detailing the critical analysis of drug usage.

Well that's me kiddies. I'm out before this thread turns messy.

Not sure there was a need for the passive aggressive tone there. Look, I've said everything I wanted to say. You disagree, and that's fine.