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Gandalf

2006-07-08T00:06:57Z

Gandalf: /* Who is Gandalf? */ Oops!

==Who is Gandalf?==
Gandalf is a high school student who goes by [Gandalf] on the CompSci forums and joined on January 12, 2005. He is proficient in the use of [[Turing]], and has some experience with C++, Ruby, [[C]], JavaScript and [[Java]], having touched upon many other languages. A regular user of the CompSci [[IRC channel]], you can usually find him there sometime in the late afternoon.

==The Name==
Gandalf most likely chose his name after Gandalf the Grey, the wizard in Lord of the Rings. It has been defiled many times, the worst of which came from [[TokenHerbz]]: ''Galdarf''! Some other tainted variations of the name Gandalf that have come from TokenHerbz include ''Gandorld'' and ''Gonforf''.

==Avatars==
Some of Gandalf's past avatars, often related to Lord of the Rings:
[[Image:GandalfAvatar.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Mt. Doom]]
[[Image:GandalfAvatar2.gif|thumb|100px|left|Gandalf the Grey]]

Gandalf

2006-07-08T00:06:25Z

Gandalf: /* Who is Gandalf? */

==Who is Gandalf?==
Gandalf is a high school student who goes by [Gandalf] on the CompSci forums and joined on January 12, 2005. He is proficient in the use of [[Turing]], and has some experience with C++, Ruby, C, JavaScript and [[Java]], having touched upon many other languages. A regular user of the CompSci [[IRC channel]], you can usually find him there sometime in the late afternoon.

==The Name==
Gandalf most likely chose his name after Gandalf the Grey, the wizard in Lord of the Rings. It has been defiled many times, the worst of which came from [[TokenHerbz]]: ''Galdarf''! Some other tainted variations of the name Gandalf that have come from TokenHerbz include ''Gandorld'' and ''Gonforf''.

==Avatars==
Some of Gandalf's past avatars, often related to Lord of the Rings:
[[Image:GandalfAvatar.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Mt. Doom]]
[[Image:GandalfAvatar2.gif|thumb|100px|left|Gandalf the Grey]]

IRC channel

2006-07-07T23:41:55Z

Gandalf: /* Of The Main Channel */

[[The]] #compsci.ca channel on IRC is where all the cool members are hanging out. Chances are, if you're not there, you're missing something exciting and important.

To join the CompSci.ca IRC community, you need an [[IRC Client]]. We recommend [[X-Chat]]. Join any of the servers and channels described below.

==Networks==
===CompSci.ca's own IRC Network===
'''Server:''' irc.compsci.ca

'''Main Channel:''' #compsci.ca

'''Off Topic Channel:''' #compsci.ca-chat

This new network was formed by (in no particular order) Hacker_Dan, md, timmytheturtle, Hikaru79, TheFerret, and rdrake. You can join either the server above, or one of the following leaf servers (excluding irc.compsci.ca, which is a hub):
*irc.compsci.ca ([[Hacker_Dan]])
*nadia.irc.compsci.ca ([[md]]/[[cornflake]])
*melchior.irc.compsci.ca ([[timmytheturtle]])
*ferret.irc.compsci.ca ([[TheFerret]]) - Server Down
*darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca:16667 ([[rdrake]]/[[cartoon_shark]]) - Server Down
Of course, the owners of the servers are also your friendly neighbourhood IRCops.

Joining a server near you *might* improve your latency; at least with those who are also near you. The server's are located as follows:
*irc.compsci.ca -> Thunder Bay
*nadia.irc.compsci.ca -> Ottawa
*melchior.irc.compsci.ca -> Kingston
*ferret.irc.compsci.ca -> Sarnia
*darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca -> Oshawa

'''Update''': Irc.CompSci.ca is now using a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_robin_DNS roundrobin dns] system. Connecting to it will send you to either the main hub (main.irc.compsci.ca) or the leaf nadia.irc.compsci.ca. Also ferret.irc.compsci.ca and darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca have gone down, unknown if they will return.

===CompSci.ca community on AfterNET===

'''Server:''' irc.afternet.org

'''Main Channel:''' #compsci.ca

'''Self-taught Programming Channel:''' #exile-cafe

==History==
===Of The Main Channel===

Much of #compsci.ca's early history is shrouded in mystery. Nobody is quite sure the exact time when it was created, but rumour has it that [[Coutsos]] was its founder, although he did not begin to regularly attend it until quite some time later. Its first regular inhabitants were [[wtd]] and a mysterious lurker named [[Ultrahex]], who though a member of compsci does not seem to ever post on the forums. Things took off sometime in early 2005, when a wave of members, including [[Hikaru79]], [[Coutsos]], [[Cervantes]], and [[Gandalf]] started regularly attending the channel. At present, #compsci.ca has a regular population of about ten, give or take, although it is subject to occasional flurries of activity, often when the moon is full.

As of April 15th, 2006, #compsci.ca is for [[CompSci.ca]] and programming related discussion. Excessive off topic discussion is to be held elsewhere.

===Of The Self-taught Programming Channel===
This channel was thought of on the [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=10613 forums] by [[wtd]] on December 14, 2005. The main interest of this new channel is [[Ruby]] and [[O'Caml]]. This channel is not for the people who are taught programming in high school but for the people who self-teach it. When [[wtd]] announced it, there was a great cheer for [[wtd]] since he created the channel for the rest of the users to use and ask questions about. Now that the #cs-self-taught channel has been merged into the #exile-cafe channel, all relevant discussion may proceed there.

===Of The Compsci.ca Chat Channel===
Founded in April 15th, 2006 during the [[Great IRC Crackdown]] of 2006, it was designed to reduce much of the spam going on in the #compsci.ca main room.

This new channel is a place for more relaxed chat, the old is for more [[CompSci.ca]] related discussion and computer science in general. Programming, operating systems, etc., it's all welcome in #compsci.ca. If you are going to spam, please join #compsci.ca-chat. If you spam too much, you will be devoiced and/or kicked.

As of July 2006 this channel's existance has dwindled, and it is no longer used. General discussion may take place in #compsci.ca in a moderated fashion. Spamming and the like are still not tolerated on the main channel.

==Daily Life==

Much of #compsci.ca's time is spent in utter silence (while its members spend time in deep personal reflection and thought), broken periodically by outbursts of conversation, instruction, and weirdness. Hilarity often ensues. Confusion can become rampant when [[the]] mature members take to stealing each other's nicknames (see [[Coutsos Identity Crisis]]). On a good day, [[wtd]] can be observed teaching some interesting, mind-blowing new programming concept.

Ocasionally if you are really lucky you'll witness something as bizzare as [http://www.compsci.ca/wiki/index.php?title=IRC_2006_01_17 this wonderful event].

== IRC Names to CompSci.ca User Names ==
*'''[[wtd]]''' - wtd, Lotho
*'''[[Cornflake]]''' - God, md, or cornflake
*'''[[Coutsos]]''' - Coutsos
*'''[[Cervantes]]''' - Cervantes, [[Minsc]], and 100's of other variations that come up
*'''[[Gandalf]]''' - Gandalf, [Gandalf]
*'''[[Hikaru79]]''' - Hikaru79
*'''[[Hacker Dan]]''' - Hacker_Dan, Dan
*'''[[timmytheturtle]]''' - timmy, timmytheturtle, timmythetortoise
*'''[[Amailer]]''' - Amailer
*'''[[TheFerret]]''' - TheFerret, Furo
*'''[[Martin]]''' - mdkess
*'''[[cartoon_shark]]''' - rdrake
*'''[[rizzix]]''' - rizzix
*Compwiz333 - '''[[A-Pomb]]'''
*'''[[Bored]]''' - Bored, Confused

 *Note: May vary greatly when [[name-switching game]] is in progress.

==The Future==

The future for #compsci.ca is looking bright, as it receives more and more attention in the compsci.ca community, particularly through the siggies and evangelism of [[Cervantes]], [[Coutsos]], and [[Hikaru79]]. With any luck, it will soon be as integral a part of the compsci.ca experience as the forum has come to be.

[[Hacker Dan]] has integrated a Java-based IRC client that will send users to the channel directly from the forums. The feature is currently included in the alpha version of [[V3]].

IRC channel

2006-07-07T23:39:49Z

Gandalf: /* IRC Names to CompSci.ca User Names */ That evil Furo...

[[The]] #compsci.ca channel on IRC is where all the cool members are hanging out. Chances are, if you're not there, you're missing something exciting and important.

To join the CompSci.ca IRC community, you need an [[IRC Client]]. We recommend [[X-Chat]]. Join any of the servers and channels described below.

==Networks==
===CompSci.ca's own IRC Network===
'''Server:''' irc.compsci.ca

'''Main Channel:''' #compsci.ca

'''Off Topic Channel:''' #compsci.ca-chat

This new network was formed by (in no particular order) Hacker_Dan, md, timmytheturtle, Hikaru79, TheFerret, and rdrake. You can join either the server above, or one of the following leaf servers (excluding irc.compsci.ca, which is a hub):
*irc.compsci.ca ([[Hacker_Dan]])
*nadia.irc.compsci.ca ([[md]]/[[cornflake]])
*melchior.irc.compsci.ca ([[timmytheturtle]])
*ferret.irc.compsci.ca ([[TheFerret]]) - Server Down
*darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca:16667 ([[rdrake]]/[[cartoon_shark]]) - Server Down
Of course, the owners of the servers are also your friendly neighbourhood IRCops.

Joining a server near you *might* improve your latency; at least with those who are also near you. The server's are located as follows:
*irc.compsci.ca -> Thunder Bay
*nadia.irc.compsci.ca -> Ottawa
*melchior.irc.compsci.ca -> Kingston
*ferret.irc.compsci.ca -> Sarnia
*darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca -> Oshawa

'''Update''': Irc.CompSci.ca is now using a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_robin_DNS roundrobin dns] system. Connecting to it will send you to either the main hub (main.irc.compsci.ca) or the leaf nadia.irc.compsci.ca. Also ferret.irc.compsci.ca and darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca have gone down, unknown if they will return.

===CompSci.ca community on AfterNET===

'''Server:''' irc.afternet.org

'''Main Channel:''' #compsci.ca

'''Self-taught Programming Channel:''' #exile-cafe

==History==
===Of The Main Channel===

Much of #compsci.ca's early history is shrouded in mystery. Nobody is quite sure the exact time when it was created, but rumour has it that [[Coutsos]] was its founder, although he did not begin to regularly attend it until quite some time later. Its first regular inhabitants were [[wtd]] and a mysterious lurker named [[Ultrahex]], who though a member of compsci does not seem to ever post on the forums. Things took off sometime in early 2005, when a wave of members, including [[Hikaru79]], [[Coutsos]], [[Cervantes]], and [[Gandalf]] started regularly attending the channel. At present, #compsci.ca has a regular population of about ten, give or take, although it is subject to occasional flurries of activity, often when the moon is full.

As of April 15th, 2006, #compsci.ca is for [[CompSci.ca]] and programming related discussion. Excessive off topic discussion is to be held in #compsci.ca-chat.

===Of The Self-taught Programming Channel===
This channel was thought of on the [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=10613 forums] by [[wtd]] on December 14, 2005. The main interest of this new channel is [[Ruby]] and [[O'Caml]]. This channel is not for the people who are taught programming in high school but for the people who self-teach it. When [[wtd]] announced it, there was a great cheer for [[wtd]] since he created the channel for the rest of the users to use and ask questions about. Now that the #cs-self-taught channel has been merged into the #exile-cafe channel, all relevant discussion may proceed there.

===Of The Compsci.ca Chat Channel===
Founded in April 15th, 2006 during the [[Great IRC Crackdown]] of 2006, it was designed to reduce much of the spam going on in the #compsci.ca main room.

This new channel is a place for more relaxed chat, the old is for more [[CompSci.ca]] related discussion and computer science in general. Programming, operating systems, etc., it's all welcome in #compsci.ca. If you are going to spam, please join #compsci.ca-chat. If you spam too much, you will be devoiced and/or kicked.

As of July 2006 this channel's existance has dwindled, and it is no longer used. General discussion may take place in #compsci.ca in a moderated fashion. Spamming and the like are still not tolerated on the main channel.

==Daily Life==

Much of #compsci.ca's time is spent in utter silence (while its members spend time in deep personal reflection and thought), broken periodically by outbursts of conversation, instruction, and weirdness. Hilarity often ensues. Confusion can become rampant when [[the]] mature members take to stealing each other's nicknames (see [[Coutsos Identity Crisis]]). On a good day, [[wtd]] can be observed teaching some interesting, mind-blowing new programming concept.

Ocasionally if you are really lucky you'll witness something as bizzare as [http://www.compsci.ca/wiki/index.php?title=IRC_2006_01_17 this wonderful event].

== IRC Names to CompSci.ca User Names ==
*'''[[wtd]]''' - wtd, Lotho
*'''[[Cornflake]]''' - God, md, or cornflake
*'''[[Coutsos]]''' - Coutsos
*'''[[Cervantes]]''' - Cervantes, [[Minsc]], and 100's of other variations that come up
*'''[[Gandalf]]''' - Gandalf, [Gandalf]
*'''[[Hikaru79]]''' - Hikaru79
*'''[[Hacker Dan]]''' - Hacker_Dan, Dan
*'''[[timmytheturtle]]''' - timmy, timmytheturtle, timmythetortoise
*'''[[Amailer]]''' - Amailer
*'''[[TheFerret]]''' - TheFerret, Furo
*'''[[Martin]]''' - mdkess
*'''[[cartoon_shark]]''' - rdrake
*'''[[rizzix]]''' - rizzix
*Compwiz333 - '''[[A-Pomb]]'''
*'''[[Bored]]''' - Bored, Confused

 *Note: May vary greatly when [[name-switching game]] is in progress.

==The Future==

The future for #compsci.ca is looking bright, as it receives more and more attention in the compsci.ca community, particularly through the siggies and evangelism of [[Cervantes]], [[Coutsos]], and [[Hikaru79]]. With any luck, it will soon be as integral a part of the compsci.ca experience as the forum has come to be.

[[Hacker Dan]] has integrated a Java-based IRC client that will send users to the channel directly from the forums. The feature is currently included in the alpha version of [[V3]].

IRC channel

2006-07-07T23:38:14Z

Gandalf: /* Of The Compsci.ca Chat Channel */ General Status Update

[[The]] #compsci.ca channel on IRC is where all the cool members are hanging out. Chances are, if you're not there, you're missing something exciting and important.

To join the CompSci.ca IRC community, you need an [[IRC Client]]. We recommend [[X-Chat]]. Join any of the servers and channels described below.

==Networks==
===CompSci.ca's own IRC Network===
'''Server:''' irc.compsci.ca

'''Main Channel:''' #compsci.ca

'''Off Topic Channel:''' #compsci.ca-chat

This new network was formed by (in no particular order) Hacker_Dan, md, timmytheturtle, Hikaru79, TheFerret, and rdrake. You can join either the server above, or one of the following leaf servers (excluding irc.compsci.ca, which is a hub):
*irc.compsci.ca ([[Hacker_Dan]])
*nadia.irc.compsci.ca ([[md]]/[[cornflake]])
*melchior.irc.compsci.ca ([[timmytheturtle]])
*ferret.irc.compsci.ca ([[TheFerret]]) - Server Down
*darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca:16667 ([[rdrake]]/[[cartoon_shark]]) - Server Down
Of course, the owners of the servers are also your friendly neighbourhood IRCops.

Joining a server near you *might* improve your latency; at least with those who are also near you. The server's are located as follows:
*irc.compsci.ca -> Thunder Bay
*nadia.irc.compsci.ca -> Ottawa
*melchior.irc.compsci.ca -> Kingston
*ferret.irc.compsci.ca -> Sarnia
*darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca -> Oshawa

'''Update''': Irc.CompSci.ca is now using a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_robin_DNS roundrobin dns] system. Connecting to it will send you to either the main hub (main.irc.compsci.ca) or the leaf nadia.irc.compsci.ca. Also ferret.irc.compsci.ca and darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca have gone down, unknown if they will return.

===CompSci.ca community on AfterNET===

'''Server:''' irc.afternet.org

'''Main Channel:''' #compsci.ca

'''Self-taught Programming Channel:''' #exile-cafe

==History==
===Of The Main Channel===

Much of #compsci.ca's early history is shrouded in mystery. Nobody is quite sure the exact time when it was created, but rumour has it that [[Coutsos]] was its founder, although he did not begin to regularly attend it until quite some time later. Its first regular inhabitants were [[wtd]] and a mysterious lurker named [[Ultrahex]], who though a member of compsci does not seem to ever post on the forums. Things took off sometime in early 2005, when a wave of members, including [[Hikaru79]], [[Coutsos]], [[Cervantes]], and [[Gandalf]] started regularly attending the channel. At present, #compsci.ca has a regular population of about ten, give or take, although it is subject to occasional flurries of activity, often when the moon is full.

As of April 15th, 2006, #compsci.ca is for [[CompSci.ca]] and programming related discussion. Excessive off topic discussion is to be held in #compsci.ca-chat.

===Of The Self-taught Programming Channel===
This channel was thought of on the [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=10613 forums] by [[wtd]] on December 14, 2005. The main interest of this new channel is [[Ruby]] and [[O'Caml]]. This channel is not for the people who are taught programming in high school but for the people who self-teach it. When [[wtd]] announced it, there was a great cheer for [[wtd]] since he created the channel for the rest of the users to use and ask questions about. Now that the #cs-self-taught channel has been merged into the #exile-cafe channel, all relevant discussion may proceed there.

===Of The Compsci.ca Chat Channel===
Founded in April 15th, 2006 during the [[Great IRC Crackdown]] of 2006, it was designed to reduce much of the spam going on in the #compsci.ca main room.

This new channel is a place for more relaxed chat, the old is for more [[CompSci.ca]] related discussion and computer science in general. Programming, operating systems, etc., it's all welcome in #compsci.ca. If you are going to spam, please join #compsci.ca-chat. If you spam too much, you will be devoiced and/or kicked.

As of July 2006 this channel's existance has dwindled, and it is no longer used. General discussion may take place in #compsci.ca in a moderated fashion. Spamming and the like are still not tolerated on the main channel.

==Daily Life==

Much of #compsci.ca's time is spent in utter silence (while its members spend time in deep personal reflection and thought), broken periodically by outbursts of conversation, instruction, and weirdness. Hilarity often ensues. Confusion can become rampant when [[the]] mature members take to stealing each other's nicknames (see [[Coutsos Identity Crisis]]). On a good day, [[wtd]] can be observed teaching some interesting, mind-blowing new programming concept.

Ocasionally if you are really lucky you'll witness something as bizzare as [http://www.compsci.ca/wiki/index.php?title=IRC_2006_01_17 this wonderful event].

== IRC Names to CompSci.ca User Names ==
*'''[[wtd]]''' - wtd, Lotho
*'''[[Cornflake]]''' - God, md, or cornflake
*'''[[Coutsos]]''' - Coutsos
*'''[[Cervantes]]''' - Cervantes, [[Minsc]], and 100's of other variations that come up
*'''[[Gandalf]]''' - Gandalf, [Gandalf]
*'''[[Hikaru79]]''' - Hikaru79
*'''[[Hacker Dan]]''' - Hacker_Dan, Dan
*'''[[timmytheturtle]]''' - timmy, timmytheturtle, timmythetortoise
*'''[[Amailer]]''' - Amailer
*'''[[TheFerret]]''' - TheFerret
*'''[[Martin]]''' - mdkess
*'''[[cartoon_shark]]''' - rdrake
*'''[[rizzix]]''' - rizzix
*Compwiz333 - '''[[A-Pomb]]'''
*'''[[Bored]]''' - Bored, Confused

 *Note: May vary greatly when [[name-switching game]] is in progress.

==The Future==

The future for #compsci.ca is looking bright, as it receives more and more attention in the compsci.ca community, particularly through the siggies and evangelism of [[Cervantes]], [[Coutsos]], and [[Hikaru79]]. With any luck, it will soon be as integral a part of the compsci.ca experience as the forum has come to be.

[[Hacker Dan]] has integrated a Java-based IRC client that will send users to the channel directly from the forums. The feature is currently included in the alpha version of [[V3]].

IRC channel

2006-07-07T23:37:22Z

Gandalf: /* Of The Compsci.ca Chat Channel */

[[The]] #compsci.ca channel on IRC is where all the cool members are hanging out. Chances are, if you're not there, you're missing something exciting and important.

To join the CompSci.ca IRC community, you need an [[IRC Client]]. We recommend [[X-Chat]]. Join any of the servers and channels described below.

==Networks==
===CompSci.ca's own IRC Network===
'''Server:''' irc.compsci.ca

'''Main Channel:''' #compsci.ca

'''Off Topic Channel:''' #compsci.ca-chat

This new network was formed by (in no particular order) Hacker_Dan, md, timmytheturtle, Hikaru79, TheFerret, and rdrake. You can join either the server above, or one of the following leaf servers (excluding irc.compsci.ca, which is a hub):
*irc.compsci.ca ([[Hacker_Dan]])
*nadia.irc.compsci.ca ([[md]]/[[cornflake]])
*melchior.irc.compsci.ca ([[timmytheturtle]])
*ferret.irc.compsci.ca ([[TheFerret]]) - Server Down
*darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca:16667 ([[rdrake]]/[[cartoon_shark]]) - Server Down
Of course, the owners of the servers are also your friendly neighbourhood IRCops.

Joining a server near you *might* improve your latency; at least with those who are also near you. The server's are located as follows:
*irc.compsci.ca -> Thunder Bay
*nadia.irc.compsci.ca -> Ottawa
*melchior.irc.compsci.ca -> Kingston
*ferret.irc.compsci.ca -> Sarnia
*darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca -> Oshawa

'''Update''': Irc.CompSci.ca is now using a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_robin_DNS roundrobin dns] system. Connecting to it will send you to either the main hub (main.irc.compsci.ca) or the leaf nadia.irc.compsci.ca. Also ferret.irc.compsci.ca and darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca have gone down, unknown if they will return.

===CompSci.ca community on AfterNET===

'''Server:''' irc.afternet.org

'''Main Channel:''' #compsci.ca

'''Self-taught Programming Channel:''' #exile-cafe

==History==
===Of The Main Channel===

Much of #compsci.ca's early history is shrouded in mystery. Nobody is quite sure the exact time when it was created, but rumour has it that [[Coutsos]] was its founder, although he did not begin to regularly attend it until quite some time later. Its first regular inhabitants were [[wtd]] and a mysterious lurker named [[Ultrahex]], who though a member of compsci does not seem to ever post on the forums. Things took off sometime in early 2005, when a wave of members, including [[Hikaru79]], [[Coutsos]], [[Cervantes]], and [[Gandalf]] started regularly attending the channel. At present, #compsci.ca has a regular population of about ten, give or take, although it is subject to occasional flurries of activity, often when the moon is full.

As of April 15th, 2006, #compsci.ca is for [[CompSci.ca]] and programming related discussion. Excessive off topic discussion is to be held in #compsci.ca-chat.

===Of The Self-taught Programming Channel===
This channel was thought of on the [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=10613 forums] by [[wtd]] on December 14, 2005. The main interest of this new channel is [[Ruby]] and [[O'Caml]]. This channel is not for the people who are taught programming in high school but for the people who self-teach it. When [[wtd]] announced it, there was a great cheer for [[wtd]] since he created the channel for the rest of the users to use and ask questions about. Now that the #cs-self-taught channel has been merged into the #exile-cafe channel, all relevant discussion may proceed there.

===Of The Compsci.ca Chat Channel===
Founded in April 15th, 2006 during the [[Great IRC Crackdown]] of 2006, it was designed to reduce much of the spam going on in the #compsci.ca main room.

This new channel is a place for more relaxed chat, the old is for more [[CompSci.ca]] related discussion and computer science in general. Programming, operating systems, etc., it's all welcome in #compsci.ca. If you are going to spam, please join #compsci.ca-chat. If you spam too much, you will be devoiced and/or kicked.

As of July 2006 this channel's existance has dwindled, and is no longer used. General discussion may take place in #compsci.ca in a moderated fashion. Spamming is not tolerated.

==Daily Life==

Much of #compsci.ca's time is spent in utter silence (while its members spend time in deep personal reflection and thought), broken periodically by outbursts of conversation, instruction, and weirdness. Hilarity often ensues. Confusion can become rampant when [[the]] mature members take to stealing each other's nicknames (see [[Coutsos Identity Crisis]]). On a good day, [[wtd]] can be observed teaching some interesting, mind-blowing new programming concept.

Ocasionally if you are really lucky you'll witness something as bizzare as [http://www.compsci.ca/wiki/index.php?title=IRC_2006_01_17 this wonderful event].

== IRC Names to CompSci.ca User Names ==
*'''[[wtd]]''' - wtd, Lotho
*'''[[Cornflake]]''' - God, md, or cornflake
*'''[[Coutsos]]''' - Coutsos
*'''[[Cervantes]]''' - Cervantes, [[Minsc]], and 100's of other variations that come up
*'''[[Gandalf]]''' - Gandalf, [Gandalf]
*'''[[Hikaru79]]''' - Hikaru79
*'''[[Hacker Dan]]''' - Hacker_Dan, Dan
*'''[[timmytheturtle]]''' - timmy, timmytheturtle, timmythetortoise
*'''[[Amailer]]''' - Amailer
*'''[[TheFerret]]''' - TheFerret
*'''[[Martin]]''' - mdkess
*'''[[cartoon_shark]]''' - rdrake
*'''[[rizzix]]''' - rizzix
*Compwiz333 - '''[[A-Pomb]]'''
*'''[[Bored]]''' - Bored, Confused

 *Note: May vary greatly when [[name-switching game]] is in progress.

==The Future==

The future for #compsci.ca is looking bright, as it receives more and more attention in the compsci.ca community, particularly through the siggies and evangelism of [[Cervantes]], [[Coutsos]], and [[Hikaru79]]. With any luck, it will soon be as integral a part of the compsci.ca experience as the forum has come to be.

[[Hacker Dan]] has integrated a Java-based IRC client that will send users to the channel directly from the forums. The feature is currently included in the alpha version of [[V3]].

IRC channel

2006-07-07T23:34:37Z

Gandalf: /* Of The Self-taught Programming Channel */ General Status Update

[[The]] #compsci.ca channel on IRC is where all the cool members are hanging out. Chances are, if you're not there, you're missing something exciting and important.

To join the CompSci.ca IRC community, you need an [[IRC Client]]. We recommend [[X-Chat]]. Join any of the servers and channels described below.

==Networks==
===CompSci.ca's own IRC Network===
'''Server:''' irc.compsci.ca

'''Main Channel:''' #compsci.ca

'''Off Topic Channel:''' #compsci.ca-chat

This new network was formed by (in no particular order) Hacker_Dan, md, timmytheturtle, Hikaru79, TheFerret, and rdrake. You can join either the server above, or one of the following leaf servers (excluding irc.compsci.ca, which is a hub):
*irc.compsci.ca ([[Hacker_Dan]])
*nadia.irc.compsci.ca ([[md]]/[[cornflake]])
*melchior.irc.compsci.ca ([[timmytheturtle]])
*ferret.irc.compsci.ca ([[TheFerret]]) - Server Down
*darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca:16667 ([[rdrake]]/[[cartoon_shark]]) - Server Down
Of course, the owners of the servers are also your friendly neighbourhood IRCops.

Joining a server near you *might* improve your latency; at least with those who are also near you. The server's are located as follows:
*irc.compsci.ca -> Thunder Bay
*nadia.irc.compsci.ca -> Ottawa
*melchior.irc.compsci.ca -> Kingston
*ferret.irc.compsci.ca -> Sarnia
*darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca -> Oshawa

'''Update''': Irc.CompSci.ca is now using a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_robin_DNS roundrobin dns] system. Connecting to it will send you to either the main hub (main.irc.compsci.ca) or the leaf nadia.irc.compsci.ca. Also ferret.irc.compsci.ca and darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca have gone down, unknown if they will return.

===CompSci.ca community on AfterNET===

'''Server:''' irc.afternet.org

'''Main Channel:''' #compsci.ca

'''Self-taught Programming Channel:''' #exile-cafe

==History==
===Of The Main Channel===

Much of #compsci.ca's early history is shrouded in mystery. Nobody is quite sure the exact time when it was created, but rumour has it that [[Coutsos]] was its founder, although he did not begin to regularly attend it until quite some time later. Its first regular inhabitants were [[wtd]] and a mysterious lurker named [[Ultrahex]], who though a member of compsci does not seem to ever post on the forums. Things took off sometime in early 2005, when a wave of members, including [[Hikaru79]], [[Coutsos]], [[Cervantes]], and [[Gandalf]] started regularly attending the channel. At present, #compsci.ca has a regular population of about ten, give or take, although it is subject to occasional flurries of activity, often when the moon is full.

As of April 15th, 2006, #compsci.ca is for [[CompSci.ca]] and programming related discussion. Excessive off topic discussion is to be held in #compsci.ca-chat.

===Of The Self-taught Programming Channel===
This channel was thought of on the [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=10613 forums] by [[wtd]] on December 14, 2005. The main interest of this new channel is [[Ruby]] and [[O'Caml]]. This channel is not for the people who are taught programming in high school but for the people who self-teach it. When [[wtd]] announced it, there was a great cheer for [[wtd]] since he created the channel for the rest of the users to use and ask questions about. Now that the #cs-self-taught channel has been merged into the #exile-cafe channel, all relevant discussion may proceed there.

===Of The Compsci.ca Chat Channel===
Founded in April 15th, 2006 during the [[Great IRC Crackdown]] of 2006, it was designed to reduce much of the spam going on in the #compsci.ca main room.

This new channel is a place for more relaxed chat, the old is for more [[CompSci.ca]] related discussion and computer science in general. Programming, operating systems, etc., it's all welcome in #compsci.ca. If you are going to spam, please join #compsci.ca-chat. If you spam too much, you will be devoiced and/or kicked.

==Daily Life==

Much of #compsci.ca's time is spent in utter silence (while its members spend time in deep personal reflection and thought), broken periodically by outbursts of conversation, instruction, and weirdness. Hilarity often ensues. Confusion can become rampant when [[the]] mature members take to stealing each other's nicknames (see [[Coutsos Identity Crisis]]). On a good day, [[wtd]] can be observed teaching some interesting, mind-blowing new programming concept.

Ocasionally if you are really lucky you'll witness something as bizzare as [http://www.compsci.ca/wiki/index.php?title=IRC_2006_01_17 this wonderful event].

== IRC Names to CompSci.ca User Names ==
*'''[[wtd]]''' - wtd, Lotho
*'''[[Cornflake]]''' - God, md, or cornflake
*'''[[Coutsos]]''' - Coutsos
*'''[[Cervantes]]''' - Cervantes, [[Minsc]], and 100's of other variations that come up
*'''[[Gandalf]]''' - Gandalf, [Gandalf]
*'''[[Hikaru79]]''' - Hikaru79
*'''[[Hacker Dan]]''' - Hacker_Dan, Dan
*'''[[timmytheturtle]]''' - timmy, timmytheturtle, timmythetortoise
*'''[[Amailer]]''' - Amailer
*'''[[TheFerret]]''' - TheFerret
*'''[[Martin]]''' - mdkess
*'''[[cartoon_shark]]''' - rdrake
*'''[[rizzix]]''' - rizzix
*Compwiz333 - '''[[A-Pomb]]'''
*'''[[Bored]]''' - Bored, Confused

 *Note: May vary greatly when [[name-switching game]] is in progress.

==The Future==

The future for #compsci.ca is looking bright, as it receives more and more attention in the compsci.ca community, particularly through the siggies and evangelism of [[Cervantes]], [[Coutsos]], and [[Hikaru79]]. With any luck, it will soon be as integral a part of the compsci.ca experience as the forum has come to be.

[[Hacker Dan]] has integrated a Java-based IRC client that will send users to the channel directly from the forums. The feature is currently included in the alpha version of [[V3]].

IRC channel

2006-07-07T23:32:39Z

Gandalf: /* CompSci.ca community on AfterNET */ General Status Update

[[The]] #compsci.ca channel on IRC is where all the cool members are hanging out. Chances are, if you're not there, you're missing something exciting and important.

To join the CompSci.ca IRC community, you need an [[IRC Client]]. We recommend [[X-Chat]]. Join any of the servers and channels described below.

==Networks==
===CompSci.ca's own IRC Network===
'''Server:''' irc.compsci.ca

'''Main Channel:''' #compsci.ca

'''Off Topic Channel:''' #compsci.ca-chat

This new network was formed by (in no particular order) Hacker_Dan, md, timmytheturtle, Hikaru79, TheFerret, and rdrake. You can join either the server above, or one of the following leaf servers (excluding irc.compsci.ca, which is a hub):
*irc.compsci.ca ([[Hacker_Dan]])
*nadia.irc.compsci.ca ([[md]]/[[cornflake]])
*melchior.irc.compsci.ca ([[timmytheturtle]])
*ferret.irc.compsci.ca ([[TheFerret]]) - Server Down
*darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca:16667 ([[rdrake]]/[[cartoon_shark]]) - Server Down
Of course, the owners of the servers are also your friendly neighbourhood IRCops.

Joining a server near you *might* improve your latency; at least with those who are also near you. The server's are located as follows:
*irc.compsci.ca -> Thunder Bay
*nadia.irc.compsci.ca -> Ottawa
*melchior.irc.compsci.ca -> Kingston
*ferret.irc.compsci.ca -> Sarnia
*darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca -> Oshawa

'''Update''': Irc.CompSci.ca is now using a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_robin_DNS roundrobin dns] system. Connecting to it will send you to either the main hub (main.irc.compsci.ca) or the leaf nadia.irc.compsci.ca. Also ferret.irc.compsci.ca and darkmatter.irc.compsci.ca have gone down, unknown if they will return.

===CompSci.ca community on AfterNET===

'''Server:''' irc.afternet.org

'''Main Channel:''' #compsci.ca

'''Self-taught Programming Channel:''' #exile-cafe

==History==
===Of The Main Channel===

Much of #compsci.ca's early history is shrouded in mystery. Nobody is quite sure the exact time when it was created, but rumour has it that [[Coutsos]] was its founder, although he did not begin to regularly attend it until quite some time later. Its first regular inhabitants were [[wtd]] and a mysterious lurker named [[Ultrahex]], who though a member of compsci does not seem to ever post on the forums. Things took off sometime in early 2005, when a wave of members, including [[Hikaru79]], [[Coutsos]], [[Cervantes]], and [[Gandalf]] started regularly attending the channel. At present, #compsci.ca has a regular population of about ten, give or take, although it is subject to occasional flurries of activity, often when the moon is full.

As of April 15th, 2006, #compsci.ca is for [[CompSci.ca]] and programming related discussion. Excessive off topic discussion is to be held in #compsci.ca-chat.

===Of The Self-taught Programming Channel===
This channel was thought of on the [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=10613 forums] by [[wtd]] on December 14, 2005. The main interest of this new channel is [[Ruby]] and [[O'Caml]]. This channel is not for the people who are taught programming in high school but for the people who self-teach it. When [[wtd]] announced it, there was a great cheer for [[wtd]] since he created the channel for the rest of the users to use and ask questions about.

===Of The Compsci.ca Chat Channel===
Founded in April 15th, 2006 during the [[Great IRC Crackdown]] of 2006, it was designed to reduce much of the spam going on in the #compsci.ca main room.

This new channel is a place for more relaxed chat, the old is for more [[CompSci.ca]] related discussion and computer science in general. Programming, operating systems, etc., it's all welcome in #compsci.ca. If you are going to spam, please join #compsci.ca-chat. If you spam too much, you will be devoiced and/or kicked.

==Daily Life==

Much of #compsci.ca's time is spent in utter silence (while its members spend time in deep personal reflection and thought), broken periodically by outbursts of conversation, instruction, and weirdness. Hilarity often ensues. Confusion can become rampant when [[the]] mature members take to stealing each other's nicknames (see [[Coutsos Identity Crisis]]). On a good day, [[wtd]] can be observed teaching some interesting, mind-blowing new programming concept.

Ocasionally if you are really lucky you'll witness something as bizzare as [http://www.compsci.ca/wiki/index.php?title=IRC_2006_01_17 this wonderful event].

== IRC Names to CompSci.ca User Names ==
*'''[[wtd]]''' - wtd, Lotho
*'''[[Cornflake]]''' - God, md, or cornflake
*'''[[Coutsos]]''' - Coutsos
*'''[[Cervantes]]''' - Cervantes, [[Minsc]], and 100's of other variations that come up
*'''[[Gandalf]]''' - Gandalf, [Gandalf]
*'''[[Hikaru79]]''' - Hikaru79
*'''[[Hacker Dan]]''' - Hacker_Dan, Dan
*'''[[timmytheturtle]]''' - timmy, timmytheturtle, timmythetortoise
*'''[[Amailer]]''' - Amailer
*'''[[TheFerret]]''' - TheFerret
*'''[[Martin]]''' - mdkess
*'''[[cartoon_shark]]''' - rdrake
*'''[[rizzix]]''' - rizzix
*Compwiz333 - '''[[A-Pomb]]'''
*'''[[Bored]]''' - Bored, Confused

 *Note: May vary greatly when [[name-switching game]] is in progress.

==The Future==

The future for #compsci.ca is looking bright, as it receives more and more attention in the compsci.ca community, particularly through the siggies and evangelism of [[Cervantes]], [[Coutsos]], and [[Hikaru79]]. With any luck, it will soon be as integral a part of the compsci.ca experience as the forum has come to be.

[[Hacker Dan]] has integrated a Java-based IRC client that will send users to the channel directly from the forums. The feature is currently included in the alpha version of [[V3]].

IRC 2006 04 30

2006-05-01T04:31:37Z

Gandalf: Interesting... Hehe

[[Krabjuice]] is a mysterious and often overlooked member of compsci.ca whose true intent remains a mystery to most. We recieve a glance at his psychology in this conversation between him and [[Gandalf]].
<pre>
<md> me thinks he will be off to bed too
<timmytheturtle> so long md
* Krabjuice lumbers off to bed
<timmytheturtle> so long Krabjuice
<timmytheturtle> anyone else leaving?
<Gandalf> G'night md, Krabjuice
<Krabjuice> Why, is it lonely without us?
<timmytheturtle> the more that leave, the lonelier it gets :(
<Gandalf> You could always do what Minsc did...
<Krabjuice> Do elabourate.
<Gandalf> It shall remain spoken.
<Krabjuice> Wait, boo?
<Gandalf> unspoken*
<Krabjuice> This I must learn.
<Gandalf> So you shall fail.
<timmytheturtle> and so you shall die
<timmytheturtle> dammit, then gun jammed
<Krabjuice> There is no stopping me! The truth shall be known!
<Krabjuice> Impossible!
<timmytheturtle> ...
<Krabjuice> Can this be true?
<timmytheturtle> ...
<Krabjuice> Gandalf, explain yourself!
<Gandalf> It shall remain secret for all of eternity.
<Krabjuice> Wait, does this have anything to do with 02 28 2006?
<Gandalf> Wrong as it shall remain. As well, you are not recommended to read into the events of 02 28 2006.
<Krabjuice> Frig.
<Gandalf> Or heavy punishment shall follow.
<Krabjuice> Frig.
<Gandalf> Indeed.
<Krabjuice> So, uh, what now?
<Krabjuice> Wait, before you answer, let me run away first.
*** Krabjuice has quit (Quit: (Run!))
</pre>

V3

2006-04-11T20:33:40Z

Gandalf: /* Alpha Testers */

This page was intentionally left blank, but was added to anyway.

==V3 ETA==
'''Alpha Version''': Open

'''Beta Version''': Before next school year, April 30th (estimate only)

'''Public Version''': Start of next school year, September 1st (estimate only)

==User Requests==
Add modifications and other things that you would like to see in V3:

===Added===
*[[Amailer]]: Merge posts commands for mods
*[[Amailer]]: Tutorial rating system
*[[Cervantes]]: Quick Reply box
*[[Martin]]: Add an RSS feed option for various forums. (Can you say awesome?) Yes '''''ADDED''''' but buggy
*[[Martin]]: Timed bans. Like, so I can ban someone for three days and when they login it'd say You have been banned (by [[Martin]]) for whatever reason. There is <x> much time remaining. Then I wouldn't have to feel so guilty.
*[[Martin]]: Get rid of the stupid 'You have a message!' sound that plays and makes the page layout go nuts. '''''ADDED in v2 as well'''''
*[[Rizzix]]: Allow for moderator feedback: aka tutorial rejection. This will help improve the quality of tutorials available on compsci.
*[[Amailer]]: (Maybe) create a system similar to [http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Main_Page Gallery2] '''''A image system like it has be added but not that.'''''
*[[Martin]]: Buddy list to make finding people easier when you want to PM them.
*[[Tony]]: wiki like bbcode linking
*[[Cervantes]]: Link to Bit Log in profiles (only visible to that user, such as Attachment Control Panel, or mods)
::Done but in a new usercp system. Same idea but better.
::--Hacker Dan 00:09, 21 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Gandalf]]: Time of last log in, on the profile page.
::I think this is vissable to every one, tho it could be mods only.
::--Hacker Dan 00:09, 21 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Martin]]: Registration that registers you both on the wiki and compsci.ca with the same account.
::Added but buggy for now. Also set up for testing with v2.
::--Hacker Dan 00:09, 21 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Cornflake]]: Fix the post boxes to fill the entire screen width wise. It's not that hard, and it makes things so much nicer.
::This may not be posiable in V3 due to a difrent layout for post boxes, i will look in to it tho.
::--Hacker Dan 13:14, 16 February 2006 (PST)
:::Added but was not so easy as you may think to do.
:::--Hacker Dan 16:40, 26 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Gandalf]]: An easy way of quoting multiple people so that it shows their name above the quote (ie. one solution would be the quote button, except make it show in the "Topic Review" below the "Post a Reply" box).

===In Development===
*[[Hacker Dan]]: Automated security systems
*[[Martin]]: Fix firefox glow '''''May not be possible'''''
:Then can we just get rid of it, or at least disable the colours for the name that are impossible/difficult to see on real web browsers (such as white)?
:--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 22:47, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Cornflake]]: Tutorial link to wiki [[Tutorials]] page
*[[Hikaru79]]: Not having edits, count towards your post/minute timer (so you can edit posts right after you made them if you noticed a problem).
*[[rizzix]]: List users by rank, where the rank is the bits/posts ratio.
*[[rizzix]]: Support for user projects: Homepage, CVS, Bugtracker, Development timeline graphs, etc. '''''Partly Added, the CVS part, partly'''''
:Subversion, not CVS... please.
:--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 22:47, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::Acuatly it is subversion not CVS that i added, my bad =p
::--[[User:65.39.11.90|65.39.11.90]] 11:08, 7 February 2006 (PST)

===Considering===
*[[rizzix]]: Support for user project bounties.
*[[rizzix]]: Improved award system. Make the awards a little more visible, i.e. not hidden deep within the user's profile.
:It would be cool if at the top right of your post (to the left of the edit button) there was a list of clickable 16x16 icons representing the awards. Each award could have a description attached to it, like - 'awarded to so and so for winning this contest on this day.' Probably kind of time consuming to add though.
:[[User:Martin|Martin]] 00:31, 1 February 2006 (PST)
::Cool maybe but it whould make the posts to corwed with infromation and start looking bad, esptaly if some users had many awards
::--[[User:Hacker Dan|24.109.165.77]] 10:19, 4 February 2006 (PST)
:::In that case, it could be the most recent five awards or whaever.
:::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 02:50, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::::In the profile maybe, but right on the persons posts seems a bit much. Tho i could posbliy make a system for the user to put them in there sig. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
:::::Instead, maybe just a single trophy button with a number beside it showing the number of trophies that the user has. Like: ''Y(3)'' (with the Y being a picture of a trophy or something)
:::::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 16:49, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: A WYSIWYG editor, for those who don't like using bbcode or wiki
*[[Martin]]: Code snippits section where users can submit complete code designed to be used with other people's applications (thus making it easy for people looking for a certain feature to find it).
*[[Cervantes]]: Change the character limit in signatures. From what I can tell, it's currently a limit before BBCode tags are applied. Having lots of colour and links may make a single sentance too long. Also, no images in sigs.
::This may be hard to conrtol BBCode/HTML wise, and serveral users incuding my self use images in there sigs in ways that are not bothersoom to most users.
::--Hacker Dan 13:14, 16 February 2006 (PST)

===Rejected===
*[[Amailer]]: [http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=282881 Google Integrated Search] so that it will take alot less time to search and you'll be able to get better results.
:: I like it in theory but it could cause the bot problems we had b4 to come back. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Amailer]]: [http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=289721 Democracy MOD 0.1.4 (reputation + warnings + reports)] '''''Difrent mod being used for same thing'''''
*[[Martin]]: Hookers. '''''Added....i mean WTF???'''''
*[[rizzix]]: Allow for wiki sytle editing, as an alternative to bbcode. '''''I don't know about that one....'''''
*[[rizzix]]: Give the tutorial's author bits/month for ''x'' number of years, based on the rating his tutorial has received (since we already have the rating system implemented). This will help improve the number of quality articles we have here on compsci, and will truly reflect the rank of the user.
::I am planing on having a bits for rating system but it will be based on some difrent math
::[[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 18:12, 8 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Amailer]]: Since you guys are removing the edit button because you don't know what the origional content was, how about making a system, similar to wikies which has the edit history? No need for it to be able to un-do it all, but yeah, you would be able to check what has been edited. (you can just put the diffrent versions insted of the + and - thigns)
::We are not removing the edit buttion
::[[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 18:12, 8 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Martin]]: A way for normal users to flag a topic that is spam/abusive/whatever. Just a flag this topic button, and then the administrators could get a list of all flagged topics. Administrators could then deal with the topic and remove the flag afterwards. Also, hookers.
::All ready added......other then the hookers....
::[[Hacker Dan]] --Hacker Dan 08:41, 11 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Iker]]: We need more cowbell
::We need more what now? [http://www.fridayfishwrap.com/wp/wp-content/images/cowbell.jpg Cowbell?]
::[[Hacker Dan]] --[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 18:12, 8 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Iker]]: An "auto lock" on all topics older then x days. This way, we don't have to worry about new people not reading the rules, and none of us have to bitch at them for doing it :)
::You know, um I thought the reason why forums keept the old posts was because people can come back to them; why do we flame people when they post in old topics? Unless the topic has already been solved (or disucssion was over). Suppose it was a help topic, and a person just signed up and knew the answer (the topic didn't get a proper answer when it was made)- so isn't the user allowed to post in it?
::--[[User:Amailer|Amailer]] 14:21, 11 February 2006 (PST)
:::This option will be aviable to the staff for some forums but i do not plan on excuiting it just yet.
:::--Hacker Dan 13:14, 16 February 2006 (PST)
::::Amailer - the problem is that people aren't adding to the discussion. Every post in an old topic I've seen has been something like "Hey, nice work!"
::::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 18:26, 16 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Cervantes]]: Commenting for changing bits
:: A bits log for sure but i don't know about making a comeeting section for every bits chage, i think that is more for what PMing is for. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: Improved tutorial writing system: provides the ability to work on tutorials in offline mode, (a publishing system). The ability take a tutorial offline, edit it, improve it, and re-publish it. Force all tutorials to be approved by ''any'' moderator before it is displayed online. '''''Not going to happen unless some one whonts to write the offline software and backend script to handel post uploads'''''
::That is not what I meant. By offline I mean you take it off display, and put it into a Tutorial box or something. It is basically a publishing system. Do reconsider.
::--[[rizzix]] 11:39, 5 February 2006 (PST)
:::I am considering it, tho it may make things more complicated. --[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:32, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::::User will have a notepad where they can write anything they whont and store it in there usercp.
::::--Hacker Dan 00:09, 21 February 2006 (PST)
:::::All good, now can we "publish" those "notes" as tutorials? Also, if a mod rejects a tutorial, make sure it goes back into his cp. =)
:::::--[[User:Rizzix|rizzix]] 17:07, 22 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: In-place post editing. That is, display the whole page as it would normally show up when viewing posts, but make the post marked for editing, editable. ( hint: AJAX )
::AJAX is gr8 and all but can some times overly complicate things. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::: It makes things simpler on the user end. (c'mon stop complaining :p) Of course, no rush here, you can safely move it to V4 :)
::: --[[rizzix]] 19:14, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::::More work needs to be done in the filed of joining phpbb and ajax, i could see this in the futtuer for v4 since we whont to rewrite everything.
::::--Hacker Dan 00:09, 21 February 2006 (PST)

===Requested===

*[[Martin]]: When editing posts, default to silent edit when it's someone else's post, but to a normal (tagged) edit when editing your own posts.
::I thought it all ready worked like this, lol. I will look in to it....
::--Hacker Dan 13:14, 16 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Martin]]: Probably the best idea ever - switch the post boxes to use a fixed width font. Writing code in them as it stands is very difficult.
::How whould a fixed width make writing code easyer? Or do u mean a way to allow for tabing and other formating like in most editors?
::--Hacker Dan 13:14, 16 February 2006 (PST)
:::Because it would make spaces lines line up properly, so if you need to type a five line code snippit you don't have to worry about your comments not being aligned and such. Maybe an option in the user's profile to choose the editing font?
:::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 16:01, 16 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: Link or redirect wiki discussions to the respective topic in a Wiki forum in phpbb.
::I am not shure how you mean for this to be done, could you give an example of some kind?
::--Hacker Dan 13:14, 16 February 2006 (PST)
:::Yea. I'll give you two ideas (but you can definitely improve on them), choose either one:
:::1) If the discussions tab is clicked the first time, then redirect the user to a page that asks him if he wants to create a new discussion in the phpbb section. If he accepts then create a new topic (e.g. for our V3 page it could be "V3 Talk") in a "Wiki" forum. Yea you would need to create a whole new forum for Wiki discussions. The next time the discussions tab is clicked it automatically redirects to the respective topic ("V3 Talk") in the respective forum ("Wiki").
:::2) Similar to the first one, where you prompt the user if he/she wants to create a new discussion if it's clicked for the first time etc, but now print out a small non-editable-blurb under the discussions tab that show the last 10 posts from the respective Topic ("V3 Talk") in the "Wiki" forum. Under that blurb have a quick reply box. =)
:::--[[User:Rizzix|rizzix]] 16:59, 16 February 2006 (PST)
*[[User:Cervantes|Cervantes]]: Invisible posts. Well, not completely invisible. Posts that only moderators can see. Perhaps only moderators can make them, or perhaps it would be beneficial to allow all users to make them. This would sort of act like flagging a topic, as Martin was suggesting, except that it allows for a discussion of what to be done with a topic. You know, those topics that are in between the "delete/move to hiding place" and "leave alone", those topics that you just don't quite know what to do with. Invisible posts may be grouped together at the end of the regular user discussion, interspersed within the discussion, or occupy an invisible thread. Threads with invisible posts should be coloured differently or some such to easily distinguish them from the rest of the threads.
::Well currently we just move it to the evidence folder =/
::--[[User:Rizzix|rizzix]] 14:58, 19 February 2006 (PST)
:::I thought that was what the staff forums where for. If there is a questional tpoic the idea is to post in the staff forum about it.
:::--Hacker Dan 16:29, 19 February 2006 (PST)
::::I'm telling you guys, stealth bans are where it's at. If a stealth banned user makes a post, the post gets entered into the database but is marked as stealth banned. Users only see posts that aren't stealth banned (although stealth banned users can see their own posts as well). It'd be awesome. All the stupid people will go nuts trying to figure out why everyone's ignoring them. Actually, having a killfile would be cool.
::::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 17:09, 19 February 2006 (PST)
:::::Rizzix/Hacker Dan, there are some topics that walk the edge between "leave them alone" and "send to evidence folder". Those topics where the poster is an ass and part of you wants to leave him out to dry, and the other part of you feels guilty for doing so. Those topics where the poster is still receiving help, but users are spamming the topic like there's no tommorow. What do you do? You could move it to the evidence folder for staff discussion, then move it back if that's the decision, but in the meantime, what has the poster gone and done? Posted another topic, of course! Alternatively, we could make a thread ourselves in the evidence folder to discuss, leaving it where it is for the time being. But isn't that too much of a hassel? V3 isn't about absolute necessity, it's about filling its users with trinkets and joys from across the world! (wide web).
:::::--[[User:Cervantes|Cervantes]] 17:55, 19 February 2006 (PST)
::::::And... timed stealth bans! The user doesn't even know that they were banned - it'd be great.
::::::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 18:23, 19 February 2006 (PST)
:::::::Yes Martin, they would be good. I guess you're flaunting them so madly in this request because it's essentially setting all the stealth banned user's posts to be invisible posts visible only to himself?
:::::::--[[User:Cervantes|Cervantes]] 16:33, 20 February 2006 (PST)
:::::Cervantes what i ment is that when i come arocess a post that i do not know what to do with i make a post in the staff forum (not move the post in question) or message other mods (threw, msn, irc or pm) for there option. I think that screct posts whould make things overcomplicated and screct bans seems kind of crazy to me. Maybe somthing making so they can not post in a speficed thread or fourm.
:::::--Hacker Dan 22:48, 20 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Cervantes]]: The quoting system in v3 now is nice, but it led me to one more improvement: automatic linking to the post the quotation came from. This would be okay for quoting within threads, but is even more useful when you quote someone from another thread (click the quote button the copy and paste the BBCode into the other thread's reply box).
::Arg, i just remvoed this since it was casuing problems. I might be able to readd but not bugy.
::--Hacker Dan 20:49, 11 March 2006 (PST)
*[[Cervantes]]: Turing Syntax highlighting is great, thus far. Would it be possible, though, to have keywords link to certain places, as the Java one does? For example, the "flexible" keyword should link to the tutorial on Flexible Arrays. It would be good if this could be done dynamically, so wherever you're storing the tutorials and articles, it finds the appropriate tutorial/article in there.
::I very easly could make it link to somthing...unfronly the dynamick tutoral thing whould be hard. How about to sreaching the forums for turing and the keyword?
::--Hacker Dan 20:49, 11 March 2006 (PST)
:::Better than nothing. Just searching the tutorials section would be good. Alternatively, the mods could manually keep the links up to date.
:::---[[User:Cervantes|Cervantes]] 10:31, 12 March 2006 (PST)
*[[Cervantes]]: I think I might have mentioned this somewhere, but I can't remember where. Links on "Bits", "Karma", and "Posts" (whatever shows under a users avatar in a post) to either the FAQ or the wiki sites on these topics. That would lessen the number of people asking, "What are bits for?!"
*[[Cervantes]]: LaTeX!

==Things left to do for V3==
Not usefull to any one but Hacker Dan, but just easy to keep track of this way for him:

*<strike>Edit private message welcome</strike>
*<strike>Errors on forum (posting)</strike>
*<strike>remove aditional info on fourm names (moderator info)</strike>
*<strike>posbly remove style drop down</strike>
*<strike>reoreder nav links</strike>
*<strike>remove "switch to invisible"</strike>
*<strike>remove download modual</strike>
*<strike>add shop for item pool</strike>
*<strike>chage name of knowledge base link</strike>
*<strike>chage pic of knowledge base</strike> '''''Thanks to amailer'''''
*<strike>fix knowledge base approval system</strike>
*<strike>remove lexicon</strike>
*<strike>make portal pages</strike>
*<strike>add in wiki and blog nav links</strike>
*<strike>try to fix time zones</strike>
*<strike>fix order of smiles</strike>
*<strike>check spell checker</strike> <strike>Fix spell checker</strike>
*<strike>add user controal panale links</strike>
*<strike>edit user aggremnt</strike> Make new rules page
*<strike>chage post icon setings</strike>
*<strike>fix flash bbcode and others</strike> <strike>fix or remove flash bbcode</strike>
*<strike>set up anwsered/unawsered system</strike>
*<strike>edit footer</strike> <strike>check out backend.php</strike>
*edit faq
*<strike>add event types</strike>
*<strike>fix link to use modual</strike>
*<strike>fix contact us deparments</strike>
*<strike>reorder moduals</strike>
*add knowledge base rankings
*deal with user requests
*<strike>chage KB tag</strike>
*<strike>fix IE errors/warnings</strike>
*<strike>make footer look nicer</strike>
*<strike>add wiki bbcode</strike>
*<strike>fix pm notifaction</strike>
*add in compsci.ca bits mod
*add in compsci.ca bits log mod
*add in compsci.ca shop effect sell mod
*get some sleep
*work on KB combaity by making notice go to old tutoral forms
*<strike>Play with RSS Feed</strike> Add info to tell users how to use RSS
*<strike>Test timed bans</strike> Fix time bans
*<strike>fix up pm message</strike>
*KB noftication on rejection and reason
*<strike>Test image system</strike> add user albums nav
*<strike>Look in to and add secuirty systems</strike>
*disable glow for non-IE
*<strike>bits log link in profile (only visable to staff + user)</strike>
*<strike>time last login in profile</strike>
*Link to wiki tutoral page
*look in to edits spam timer
*<strike>dual registeration</strike>
*add registeration feilds
*more user sort options in member list
*<strike>play with subversion ideas</strike>
*look in to google integrated search
*look in to user project bounties system
*look in to increasing visiblity of user awards
*<strike>look in to phpbb AJAX (http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=348995)</strike> '''''Pushed to V4'''''
*better error pages
*<strike>find copy right for compsci.ca</strike>
*<strike>make it so only user can make wiki edits</strike>
*add mods
*look in to blog software and intergation with phpbb
*edit help page for irc
*make watermark for irc
*make censor optional for users
*fix up irc look.
*add portal info block
*add user dev page
*add more smiles
*check in to page refresh issues
*make/chage favicon and logo
*fix stats page

==Alpha Verson==
===Alpha Testers===
Aplha users are limited to staff only. <strike>If you are staff list your name below to sign up for the v3 alpha test.</strike> Alpha test regestration is now closed, the flowing are the alpha testers:

*[[Hacker Dan]]
*[[rizzix]]
*[[Tony]]
*[[Martin]]!
*[[Cervantes]]
*[[Amailer]]
*[[Gandalf]]
*[[Cornflake]]

===Bug Report===
Please list your name, the browser you are using, the time and date, the error, the url, what you were doing and the bug below:

===Comments and Suggestions===

==Beta Version==
===Beta Testers===
Any users in good standing may sign up for the beta test. The beta test will begin after all the bugs and chages recommended in the alpha test are made/done. Not all users signed up will get to be a beta tester and order of signing up may or may not matter.

*[[Hacker Dan]]
*[[Cornflake]]
*[[El Comandante]]
*rdrake/cartoon_shark
*[[Pwned]]
*[[Martin]]!
*[[Cervantes]]
*[[Gandalf]]
*[[rizzix]]
*[[Hikaru79]]
*[[Iker]]
*[[Jamonathin]]
*[[Timmytheturtle]]
*[[TheFerret]]
*Bored

===Bug Report===
Please list your name, the brower you are using, the time and date, the error, the url, what you were doing and the bug below:

===Comments and Suggestions===

==V3 Previews==
===V3 Hoax Preview===
The following was rumored to be a pic of [[the]] V3 system:
[[Image:compsci_v3.jpg|left|thumb|150px|V3 Hoax]] [[Image:vpi.jpg|left|thumb|Real V3 Alpha but pink!]] [[Image:April_2006.jpg|left|thumb|V2 + Hello Kitty = V3?]]

===V3 Pre-Alpha Preview===
Here are some pics of what V3 could look like in Alpha verson, although everything is subject to change. Hopefully this will give people some new ideas to suggest and a better idea of what is going on:

[[Image:v3chat.jpg|left|thumb|150px|IRC Chat Room]]
[[Image:v3index.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Forum Index]]
[[Image:v3index2.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Forum Index]]
[[Image:v3index3.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Forum Index]]
[[Image:v3cal.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Calander]]
[[Image:v3usercp.jpg|left|thumb|150px|User CP]]
[[Image:v3tanda.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Tutorials & Articles]]
[[Image:v3portal.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Portal]]
[[Image:V3smallrez.JPG|left|thumb|150px|Small Rez Index]]
[[Image:v3logo.gif|left|thumb|150px|V3 Logo]]
[[Image:Compsci_button.jpg|left|thumb|V3 Button]]

===V3 Alpha Preview===

[[Image:V3_turing.JPG|left|thumb|150px|Turing Syntax Highlighting]]
[[Image:V3_ruby.JPG|left|thumb|150px|Ruby Syntax Highlighting]]

Gandalf

2006-04-06T01:09:05Z

Gandalf: /* The Name */ Added some defilations.

==Who is Gandalf?==
Gandalf is a high school student who goes by [Gandalf] on the CompSci forums and joined on January 12, 2005. He is proficient in the use of Turing, and has some experience with C++, JavaScript and Java, having touched upon many other languages. A regular user of the CompSci [[IRC channel]], you can usually find him there sometime in the late afternoon.

==The Name==
Gandalf most likely chose his name after Gandalf the Grey, the wizard in Lord of the Rings. It has been defiled many times, the worst of which came from [[TokenHerbz]]: ''Galdarf''! Some other tainted variations of the name Gandalf that have come from TokenHerbz include ''Gandorld'' and ''Gonforf''.

==Avatars==
Some of Gandalf's past avatars, often related to Lord of the Rings:
[[Image:GandalfAvatar.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Mt. Doom]]
[[Image:GandalfAvatar2.gif|thumb|100px|left|Gandalf the Grey]]

Talk:Set Dans Avatar

2006-04-02T07:30:54Z

Gandalf:

*[[Gandalf]] - Hahah, I suck at doing this stuff.
**LOL not bad tho --Hacker Dan 23:17, 1 April 2006 (PST)
***[[Gandalf]] - I'll save the original for later, when I can improve it. For now, you get to be upside down. Oh, and how do you use proper comments on this page?

Talk:Set Dans Avatar

2006-04-02T07:14:47Z

Gandalf:

*[[Gandalf]] - Hahah, I suck at doing this stuff.

V3

2006-03-14T06:14:13Z

Gandalf: /* Alpha Testers */

This page was intentionally left blank, but was added to anyway.

==V3 ETA==
'''Alpha Version''': Open

'''Beta Version''': Before next school year, April 30th (estimate only)

'''Public Version''': Start of next school year, September 1st (estimate only)

==User Requests==
Add modifications and other things that you would like to see in V3:

===Added===
*[[Amailer]]: Merge posts commands for mods
*[[Amailer]]: Tutorial rating system
*[[Cervantes]]: Quick Reply box
*[[Martin]]: Add an RSS feed option for various forums. (Can you say awesome?) Yes '''''ADDED''''' but buggy
*[[Martin]]: Timed bans. Like, so I can ban someone for three days and when they login it'd say You have been banned (by [[Martin]]) for whatever reason. There is <x> much time remaining. Then I wouldn't have to feel so guilty.
*[[Martin]]: Get rid of the stupid 'You have a message!' sound that plays and makes the page layout go nuts. '''''ADDED in v2 as well'''''
*[[Rizzix]]: Allow for moderator feedback: aka tutorial rejection. This will help improve the quality of tutorials available on compsci.
*[[Amailer]]: (Maybe) create a system similar to [http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Main_Page Gallery2] '''''A image system like it has be added but not that.'''''
*[[Martin]]: Buddy list to make finding people easier when you want to PM them.
*[[Tony]]: wiki like bbcode linking
*[[Cervantes]]: Link to Bit Log in profiles (only visible to that user, such as Attachment Control Panel, or mods)
::Done but in a new usercp system. Same idea but better.
::--Hacker Dan 00:09, 21 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Gandalf]]: Time of last log in, on the profile page.
::I think this is vissable to every one, tho it could be mods only.
::--Hacker Dan 00:09, 21 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Martin]]: Registration that registers you both on the wiki and compsci.ca with the same account.
::Added but buggy for now. Also set up for testing with v2.
::--Hacker Dan 00:09, 21 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Cornflake]]: Fix the post boxes to fill the entire screen width wise. It's not that hard, and it makes things so much nicer.
::This may not be posiable in V3 due to a difrent layout for post boxes, i will look in to it tho.
::--Hacker Dan 13:14, 16 February 2006 (PST)
:::Added but was not so easy as you may think to do.
:::--Hacker Dan 16:40, 26 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Gandalf]]: An easy way of quoting multiple people so that it shows their name above the quote (ie. one solution would be the quote button, except make it show in the "Topic Review" below the "Post a Reply" box).

===In Development===
*[[Hacker Dan]]: Automated security systems
*[[Martin]]: Fix firefox glow '''''May not be possible'''''
:Then can we just get rid of it, or at least disable the colours for the name that are impossible/difficult to see on real web browsers (such as white)?
:--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 22:47, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Cornflake]]: Tutorial link to wiki [[Tutorials]] page
*[[Hikaru79]]: Not having edits, count towards your post/minute timer (so you can edit posts right after you made them if you noticed a problem).
*[[rizzix]]: List users by rank, where the rank is the bits/posts ratio.
*[[rizzix]]: Support for user projects: Homepage, CVS, Bugtracker, Development timeline graphs, etc. '''''Partly Added, the CVS part, partly'''''
:Subversion, not CVS... please.
:--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 22:47, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::Acuatly it is subversion not CVS that i added, my bad =p
::--[[User:65.39.11.90|65.39.11.90]] 11:08, 7 February 2006 (PST)

===Considering===
*[[rizzix]]: Support for user project bounties.
*[[rizzix]]: Improved award system. Make the awards a little more visible, i.e. not hidden deep within the user's profile.
:It would be cool if at the top right of your post (to the left of the edit button) there was a list of clickable 16x16 icons representing the awards. Each award could have a description attached to it, like - 'awarded to so and so for winning this contest on this day.' Probably kind of time consuming to add though.
:[[User:Martin|Martin]] 00:31, 1 February 2006 (PST)
::Cool maybe but it whould make the posts to corwed with infromation and start looking bad, esptaly if some users had many awards
::--[[User:Hacker Dan|24.109.165.77]] 10:19, 4 February 2006 (PST)
:::In that case, it could be the most recent five awards or whaever.
:::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 02:50, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::::In the profile maybe, but right on the persons posts seems a bit much. Tho i could posbliy make a system for the user to put them in there sig. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
:::::Instead, maybe just a single trophy button with a number beside it showing the number of trophies that the user has. Like: ''Y(3)'' (with the Y being a picture of a trophy or something)
:::::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 16:49, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: A WYSIWYG editor, for those who don't like using bbcode or wiki
*[[Martin]]: Code snippits section where users can submit complete code designed to be used with other people's applications (thus making it easy for people looking for a certain feature to find it).
*[[Cervantes]]: Change the character limit in signatures. From what I can tell, it's currently a limit before BBCode tags are applied. Having lots of colour and links may make a single sentance too long. Also, no images in sigs.
::This may be hard to conrtol BBCode/HTML wise, and serveral users incuding my self use images in there sigs in ways that are not bothersoom to most users.
::--Hacker Dan 13:14, 16 February 2006 (PST)

===Rejected===
*[[Amailer]]: [http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=282881 Google Integrated Search] so that it will take alot less time to search and you'll be able to get better results.
:: I like it in theory but it could cause the bot problems we had b4 to come back. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Amailer]]: [http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=289721 Democracy MOD 0.1.4 (reputation + warnings + reports)] '''''Difrent mod being used for same thing'''''
*[[Martin]]: Hookers. '''''Added....i mean WTF???'''''
*[[rizzix]]: Allow for wiki sytle editing, as an alternative to bbcode. '''''I don't know about that one....'''''
*[[rizzix]]: Give the tutorial's author bits/month for ''x'' number of years, based on the rating his tutorial has received (since we already have the rating system implemented). This will help improve the number of quality articles we have here on compsci, and will truly reflect the rank of the user.
::I am planing on having a bits for rating system but it will be based on some difrent math
::[[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 18:12, 8 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Amailer]]: Since you guys are removing the edit button because you don't know what the origional content was, how about making a system, similar to wikies which has the edit history? No need for it to be able to un-do it all, but yeah, you would be able to check what has been edited. (you can just put the diffrent versions insted of the + and - thigns)
::We are not removing the edit buttion
::[[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 18:12, 8 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Martin]]: A way for normal users to flag a topic that is spam/abusive/whatever. Just a flag this topic button, and then the administrators could get a list of all flagged topics. Administrators could then deal with the topic and remove the flag afterwards. Also, hookers.
::All ready added......other then the hookers....
::[[Hacker Dan]] --Hacker Dan 08:41, 11 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Iker]]: We need more cowbell
::We need more what now? [http://www.fridayfishwrap.com/wp/wp-content/images/cowbell.jpg Cowbell?]
::[[Hacker Dan]] --[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 18:12, 8 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Iker]]: An "auto lock" on all topics older then x days. This way, we don't have to worry about new people not reading the rules, and none of us have to bitch at them for doing it :)
::You know, um I thought the reason why forums keept the old posts was because people can come back to them; why do we flame people when they post in old topics? Unless the topic has already been solved (or disucssion was over). Suppose it was a help topic, and a person just signed up and knew the answer (the topic didn't get a proper answer when it was made)- so isn't the user allowed to post in it?
::--[[User:Amailer|Amailer]] 14:21, 11 February 2006 (PST)
:::This option will be aviable to the staff for some forums but i do not plan on excuiting it just yet.
:::--Hacker Dan 13:14, 16 February 2006 (PST)
::::Amailer - the problem is that people aren't adding to the discussion. Every post in an old topic I've seen has been something like "Hey, nice work!"
::::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 18:26, 16 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Cervantes]]: Commenting for changing bits
:: A bits log for sure but i don't know about making a comeeting section for every bits chage, i think that is more for what PMing is for. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: Improved tutorial writing system: provides the ability to work on tutorials in offline mode, (a publishing system). The ability take a tutorial offline, edit it, improve it, and re-publish it. Force all tutorials to be approved by ''any'' moderator before it is displayed online. '''''Not going to happen unless some one whonts to write the offline software and backend script to handel post uploads'''''
::That is not what I meant. By offline I mean you take it off display, and put it into a Tutorial box or something. It is basically a publishing system. Do reconsider.
::--[[rizzix]] 11:39, 5 February 2006 (PST)
:::I am considering it, tho it may make things more complicated. --[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:32, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::::User will have a notepad where they can write anything they whont and store it in there usercp.
::::--Hacker Dan 00:09, 21 February 2006 (PST)
:::::All good, now can we "publish" those "notes" as tutorials? Also, if a mod rejects a tutorial, make sure it goes back into his cp. =)
:::::--[[User:Rizzix|rizzix]] 17:07, 22 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: In-place post editing. That is, display the whole page as it would normally show up when viewing posts, but make the post marked for editing, editable. ( hint: AJAX )
::AJAX is gr8 and all but can some times overly complicate things. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::: It makes things simpler on the user end. (c'mon stop complaining :p) Of course, no rush here, you can safely move it to V4 :)
::: --[[rizzix]] 19:14, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::::More work needs to be done in the filed of joining phpbb and ajax, i could see this in the futtuer for v4 since we whont to rewrite everything.
::::--Hacker Dan 00:09, 21 February 2006 (PST)

===Requested===

*[[Martin]]: When editing posts, default to silent edit when it's someone else's post, but to a normal (tagged) edit when editing your own posts.
::I thought it all ready worked like this, lol. I will look in to it....
::--Hacker Dan 13:14, 16 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Martin]]: Probably the best idea ever - switch the post boxes to use a fixed width font. Writing code in them as it stands is very difficult.
::How whould a fixed width make writing code easyer? Or do u mean a way to allow for tabing and other formating like in most editors?
::--Hacker Dan 13:14, 16 February 2006 (PST)
:::Because it would make spaces lines line up properly, so if you need to type a five line code snippit you don't have to worry about your comments not being aligned and such. Maybe an option in the user's profile to choose the editing font?
:::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 16:01, 16 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: Link or redirect wiki discussions to the respective topic in a Wiki forum in phpbb.
::I am not shure how you mean for this to be done, could you give an example of some kind?
::--Hacker Dan 13:14, 16 February 2006 (PST)
:::Yea. I'll give you two ideas (but you can definitely improve on them), choose either one:
:::1) If the discussions tab is clicked the first time, then redirect the user to a page that asks him if he wants to create a new discussion in the phpbb section. If he accepts then create a new topic (e.g. for our V3 page it could be "V3 Talk") in a "Wiki" forum. Yea you would need to create a whole new forum for Wiki discussions. The next time the discussions tab is clicked it automatically redirects to the respective topic ("V3 Talk") in the respective forum ("Wiki").
:::2) Similar to the first one, where you prompt the user if he/she wants to create a new discussion if it's clicked for the first time etc, but now print out a small non-editable-blurb under the discussions tab that show the last 10 posts from the respective Topic ("V3 Talk") in the "Wiki" forum. Under that blurb have a quick reply box. =)
:::--[[User:Rizzix|rizzix]] 16:59, 16 February 2006 (PST)
*[[User:Cervantes|Cervantes]]: Invisible posts. Well, not completely invisible. Posts that only moderators can see. Perhaps only moderators can make them, or perhaps it would be beneficial to allow all users to make them. This would sort of act like flagging a topic, as Martin was suggesting, except that it allows for a discussion of what to be done with a topic. You know, those topics that are in between the "delete/move to hiding place" and "leave alone", those topics that you just don't quite know what to do with. Invisible posts may be grouped together at the end of the regular user discussion, interspersed within the discussion, or occupy an invisible thread. Threads with invisible posts should be coloured differently or some such to easily distinguish them from the rest of the threads.
::Well currently we just move it to the evidence folder =/
::--[[User:Rizzix|rizzix]] 14:58, 19 February 2006 (PST)
:::I thought that was what the staff forums where for. If there is a questional tpoic the idea is to post in the staff forum about it.
:::--Hacker Dan 16:29, 19 February 2006 (PST)
::::I'm telling you guys, stealth bans are where it's at. If a stealth banned user makes a post, the post gets entered into the database but is marked as stealth banned. Users only see posts that aren't stealth banned (although stealth banned users can see their own posts as well). It'd be awesome. All the stupid people will go nuts trying to figure out why everyone's ignoring them. Actually, having a killfile would be cool.
::::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 17:09, 19 February 2006 (PST)
:::::Rizzix/Hacker Dan, there are some topics that walk the edge between "leave them alone" and "send to evidence folder". Those topics where the poster is an ass and part of you wants to leave him out to dry, and the other part of you feels guilty for doing so. Those topics where the poster is still receiving help, but users are spamming the topic like there's no tommorow. What do you do? You could move it to the evidence folder for staff discussion, then move it back if that's the decision, but in the meantime, what has the poster gone and done? Posted another topic, of course! Alternatively, we could make a thread ourselves in the evidence folder to discuss, leaving it where it is for the time being. But isn't that too much of a hassel? V3 isn't about absolute necessity, it's about filling its users with trinkets and joys from across the world! (wide web).
:::::--[[User:Cervantes|Cervantes]] 17:55, 19 February 2006 (PST)
::::::And... timed stealth bans! The user doesn't even know that they were banned - it'd be great.
::::::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 18:23, 19 February 2006 (PST)
:::::::Yes Martin, they would be good. I guess you're flaunting them so madly in this request because it's essentially setting all the stealth banned user's posts to be invisible posts visible only to himself?
:::::::--[[User:Cervantes|Cervantes]] 16:33, 20 February 2006 (PST)
:::::Cervantes what i ment is that when i come arocess a post that i do not know what to do with i make a post in the staff forum (not move the post in question) or message other mods (threw, msn, irc or pm) for there option. I think that screct posts whould make things overcomplicated and screct bans seems kind of crazy to me. Maybe somthing making so they can not post in a speficed thread or fourm.
:::::--Hacker Dan 22:48, 20 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Cervantes]]: The quoting system in v3 now is nice, but it led me to one more improvement: automatic linking to the post the quotation came from. This would be okay for quoting within threads, but is even more useful when you quote someone from another thread (click the quote button the copy and paste the BBCode into the other thread's reply box).
::Arg, i just remvoed this since it was casuing problems. I might be able to readd but not bugy.
::--Hacker Dan 20:49, 11 March 2006 (PST)
*[[Cervantes]]: Turing Syntax highlighting is great, thus far. Would it be possible, though, to have keywords link to certain places, as the Java one does? For example, the "flexible" keyword should link to the tutorial on Flexible Arrays. It would be good if this could be done dynamically, so wherever you're storing the tutorials and articles, it finds the appropriate tutorial/article in there.
::I very easly could make it link to somthing...unfronly the dynamick tutoral thing whould be hard. How about to sreaching the forums for turing and the keyword?
::--Hacker Dan 20:49, 11 March 2006 (PST)
:::Better than nothing. Just searching the tutorials section would be good. Alternatively, the mods could manually keep the links up to date.
:::---[[User:Cervantes|Cervantes]] 10:31, 12 March 2006 (PST)

==Things left to do for V3==
Not usefull to any one but Hacker Dan, but just easy to keep track of this way for him:

*<strike>Edit private message welcome</strike>
*<strike>Errors on forum (posting)</strike>
*<strike>remove aditional info on fourm names (moderator info)</strike>
*<strike>posbly remove style drop down</strike>
*<strike>reoreder nav links</strike>
*<strike>remove "switch to invisible"</strike>
*<strike>remove download modual</strike>
*<strike>add shop for item pool</strike>
*<strike>chage name of knowledge base link</strike>
*<strike>chage pic of knowledge base</strike> '''''Thanks to amailer'''''
*<strike>fix knowledge base approval system</strike>
*<strike>remove lexicon</strike>
*<strike>make portal pages</strike>
*<strike>add in wiki and blog nav links</strike>
*<strike>try to fix time zones</strike>
*<strike>fix order of smiles</strike>
*<strike>check spell checker</strike> <strike>Fix spell checker</strike>
*<strike>add user controal panale links</strike>
*<strike>edit user aggremnt</strike> Make new rules page
*<strike>chage post icon setings</strike>
*<strike>fix flash bbcode and others</strike> <strike>fix or remove flash bbcode</strike>
*<strike>set up anwsered/unawsered system</strike>
*<strike>edit footer</strike> <strike>check out backend.php</strike>
*edit faq
*<strike>add event types</strike>
*<strike>fix link to use modual</strike>
*<strike>fix contact us deparments</strike>
*<strike>reorder moduals</strike>
*add knowledge base rankings
*deal with user requests
*<strike>chage KB tag</strike>
*<strike>fix IE errors/warnings</strike>
*<strike>make footer look nicer</strike>
*<strike>add wiki bbcode</strike>
*<strike>fix pm notifaction</strike>
*add in compsci.ca bits mod
*add in compsci.ca bits log mod
*add in compsci.ca shop effect sell mod
*get some sleep
*work on KB combaity by making notice go to old tutoral forms
*<strike>Play with RSS Feed</strike> Add info to tell users how to use RSS
*<strike>Test timed bans</strike> Fix time bans
*<strike>fix up pm message</strike>
*KB noftication on rejection and reason
*<strike>Test image system</strike> add user albums nav
*<strike>Look in to and add secuirty systems</strike>
*disable glow for non-IE
*<strike>bits log link in profile (only visable to staff + user)</strike>
*<strike>time last login in profile</strike>
*Link to wiki tutoral page
*look in to edits spam timer
*<strike>dual registeration</strike>
*add registeration feilds
*more user sort options in member list
*<strike>play with subversion ideas</strike>
*look in to google integrated search
*look in to user project bounties system
*look in to increasing visiblity of user awards
*<strike>look in to phpbb AJAX (http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=348995)</strike> '''''Pushed to V4'''''
*better error pages
*<strike>find copy right for compsci.ca</strike>
*<strike>make it so only user can make wiki edits</strike>
*add mods
*look in to blog software and intergation with phpbb
*edit help page for irc
*make watermark for irc
*make censor optional for users
*fix up irc look.
*add portal info block
*add user dev page
*add more smiles
*check in to page refresh issues
*make/chage favicon and logo
*fix stats page

==Alpha Verson==
===Alpha Testers===
Aplha users are limited to staff only. <strike>If you are staff list your name below to sign up for the v3 alpha test.</strike> Alpha test regestration is now closed, the flowing are the alpha testers:

*[[Hacker Dan]]
*[[rizzix]]
*[[Tony]]
*[[Martin]]!
*[[Cervantes]]
*[[Amailer]]
*[[Gandalf]]
*[[Cornflake]]?

===Bug Report===
Please list your name, the browser you are using, the time and date, the error, the url, what you were doing and the bug below:

===Comments and Suggestions===

==Beta Version==
===Beta Testers===
Any users in good standing may sign up for the beta test. The beta test will begin after all the bugs and chages recommended in the alpha test are made/done. Not all users signed up will get to be a beta tester and order of signing up may or may not matter.

*[[Hacker Dan]]
*[[Cornflake]]
*[[El Comandante]]
*rdrake/cartoon_shark
*[[Pwned]]
*[[Martin]]!
*[[Cervantes]]
*[[Gandalf]]
*[[rizzix]]
*[[Hikaru79]]
*[[Iker]]
*[[Jamonathin]]
*[[Timmytheturtle]]
*[[TheFerret]]

===Bug Report===
Please list your name, the brower you are using, the time and date, the error, the url, what you were doing and the bug below:

===Comments and Suggestions===

==V3 Previews==
===V3 Hoax Preview===
The following was rumored to be a pic of [[the]] V3 system:
[[Image:compsci_v3.jpg|left|thumb|150px|V3 Hoax]]

===V3 Pre-Alpha Preview===
Here are some pics of what V3 could look like in Alpha verson, although everything is subject to change. Hopefully this will give people some new ideas to suggest and a better idea of what is going on:

[[Image:v3chat.jpg|left|thumb|150px|IRC Chat Room]]
[[Image:v3index.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Forum Index]]
[[Image:v3index2.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Forum Index]]
[[Image:v3index3.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Forum Index]]
[[Image:v3cal.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Calander]]
[[Image:v3usercp.jpg|left|thumb|150px|User CP]]
[[Image:v3tanda.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Tutorials & Articles]]
[[Image:v3portal.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Portal]]
[[Image:V3smallrez.JPG|left|thumb|150px|Small Rez Index]]
[[Image:v3logo.gif|left|thumb|150px|V3 Logo]]
[[Image:Compsci_button.jpg|left|thumb|V3 Button]]

===V3 Alpha Preview===

[[Image:V3_turing.JPG|left|thumb|150px|Turing Syntax Highlighting]]
[[Image:V3_ruby.JPG|left|thumb|150px|Ruby Syntax Highlighting]]

Wtd

2006-03-11T01:55:31Z

Gandalf: /* Quotes */ More quotes from wtd.

[[Image:wtdduck.png|thumb|120px|right|wtd avatar]]

== Who is WTD? ==
wtd is a resident guru who claims that his alias stands for "Welcome To Darwin", though we all know it really means [[DuckFest|"What The Duck"]].

Wtd is a programmer, currently residing in Vancouver, who has a passion for helping people understand programming since he's been through every frustration related to learning this stuff already, for he is self-taught. He is conversant in C, Objective-C, C++, Java, Scala, Eiffel, Perl, Python, Ruby, O'Caml, Haskell, Pike, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, and many other languages. Wtd is more than capable of answering most questions related to Windows, Mac (OS 8, 9, X), Linux, and FreeBSD systems.

Wtd can frequently be found in the [[IRC channel]] helping people out or breaking their minds with new programming concepts.

== Quotes ==
''"Don't reinvent the wheel if there's an existing library function to do it for you"''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=9494]

''"I wouldn't recommend using Java as a way to start programming."''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=107358#107358]

''"It's better to be wrong, and know why, than to be right by chance."''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=88020#88020]

''"Don't learn what to do from those who have succeeded. As likely as not it has been a matter of luck. Learn what NOT to do from those who have failed. It's far more likely their circumstances arose from some logical progression of events."''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=88020#88020]

Avatar Themes

2006-03-06T02:36:32Z

Gandalf: /* Actors */

[[Avatar]] Themes consist of a set of avatars for various users, all following a common theme. The theme is decided upon in the [[IRC Channel]].

==Members==
[[Coutsos]] and [[Cervantes]] make a new theme in the first few days of each month. Others will sometimes join, such as [[Hikaru79]] and [[Cornflake]].

Coutsos' avatars are often a Ninja'd version of something in the theme, while Cervantes' avatars are always Pirated (oh, oh, pun!).

==History==

===Pythong===
Turns out alot of people type "[http://www.pythong.org Pythong]" when they mean to type "Python" and somebody decided to take advantage of it.

[[Image:Hasselhoffian-recursion2.gif|100px|Hasselhoff original]]
[[Image:Hasselhoffian-recursion3.gif|100px|Hasselhoff the only other decent one]]
[[Image:Hasselhoffian-recursion4.gif|100px|Hasselhoff weird...]]
[[Image:Hasselhoffian-recursion5.gif|100px|Hasselhoff AYBABTU!]]

===What the Duck?===
The first, and biggest, avatar theme was [[DuckFest]].

===The Baldur's Gate Revolution===
The next avatar theme, of [[Cervantes]]' creation, was the NPC's from Baldur's Gate. [[Cervantes]] took [[Minsc]], [[Cornflake]] [[Edwin]], and [[El Comandante]] Garrick.

[[Image:Pirate_Minsc.jpg|100px|Cervantes - Pirate Minsc]]

===Chuck Norris===
In December 2005, Cervantes and Coutsos made [[Chuck Norris]] avatars.

[[Image:Pirate_chuck.png|100px|Cervantes - Pirate Chuck]]
[[Image:Musashinorris.jpg|100px|Coutsos - Musashi Norris]]

===Penny Arcade Violence===
In January 2006, Cervantes and Coutsos made avatars involving violence in [[Penny Arcade]].

[[Image:PA_Eye_Screwdriver.JPG|100px|Cervantes - Modified Nerf Weapons]]
[[Image:bhg.jpg|100px|Coutsos - BrownHairedGuy strangled]]

===Calvin and Hobbes===
In February 2006, Hikaru79, Coutsos, and Cervantes made avatars of [[Calvin and Hobbes]]. Hikaru79 had a Calvin and Hobbes avatar for a long time, and had promised to partake in some of the previous avatar themes, though he never did. So, Cervantes and Coutsos brought this month's avatar theme to Hikaru79.

[[Image:Pirate_Calvin.jpg|100px|Cervantes - Pirate Calvin]]
[[Image:Hikaru79_Hobbes.jpg|100px|Hikaru79 - Hobbes]]
[[Image:Hobbes.jpg|100px|Coutsos - Hobbes]]

===Actors===
March 2006's avatar theme was actors or characters from movies.

[[Image:Pirate_elrond.jpg|100px|Cervantes - Pirate Elrond]]
[[Image:Haninja-solo.png|100px|Coutsos - Ninja Han Solo]]
[[Image:GandalfAvatar2.gif|100px|Gandalf]]

Gandalf

2006-03-06T02:34:08Z

Gandalf:

==Who is Gandalf?==
Gandalf is a high school student who goes by [Gandalf] on the CompSci forums and joined on January 12, 2005. He is proficient in the use of Turing, and has some experience with C++, JavaScript and Java, having touched upon many other languages. A regular user of the CompSci [[IRC channel]], you can usually find him there sometime in the late afternoon.

==The Name==
Gandalf most likely chose his name after Gandalf the Grey, the wizard in Lord of the Rings. It has been defiled many times, the worst of which came from [[TokenHerbz]]: ''Galdarf''!

==Avatars==
Some of Gandalf's past avatars, often related to Lord of the Rings:
[[Image:GandalfAvatar.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Mt. Doom]]
[[Image:GandalfAvatar2.gif|thumb|100px|left|Gandalf the Grey]]

File:GandalfAvatar2.gif

2006-03-06T02:33:11Z

Gandalf: Gandalf's Gandalf avatar.

Gandalf's Gandalf avatar.

Gandalf

2006-03-06T02:29:55Z

Gandalf:

==Who is Gandalf?==
Gandalf is a high school student who goes by [Gandalf] on the CompSci forums and joined on January 12, 2005. He is proficient in the use of Turing, and has some experience with C++, JavaScript and Java, having touched upon many other languages. A regular user of the CompSci [[IRC channel]], you can usually find him there sometime in the late afternoon.

==The Name==
Gandalf most likely chose his name after Gandalf the Grey, the wizard in Lord of the Rings. It has been defiled many times, the worst of which came from [[TokenHerbz]]: ''Galdarf''!

==Avatars==
Some of Gandalf's past avatars, often related to Lord of the Rings:
[[Image:GandalfAvatar.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Current Avatar]]

File:GandalfAvatar.jpg

2006-03-06T02:29:31Z

Gandalf: Gandalf's avatar of Mt. Doom.

Gandalf's avatar of Mt. Doom.

Gandalf

2006-03-06T02:21:04Z

Gandalf: Minor edit.

IRC channel

2006-03-06T02:12:34Z

Gandalf: /* Of The Main Channel */ Population increase!

[[The]] #compsci.ca channel on IRC is where all the cool members are hanging out. Chances are, if you're not there, you're missing something exciting and important.

==Information==

'''Server:''' irc.afternet.org

'''Main Channel:''' #compsci.ca

'''Self-taught Programming Channel:''' #cs-self-taught

To join the channel, you need an [[IRC Client]]. We recommend [[X-Chat]]. Join the AfterNET server, then join #compsci.ca and/or #cs-self-taught.

==History==
===Of The Main Channel===

Much of #compsci.ca's early history is shrouded in mystery. Nobody is quite sure the exact time when it was created, but rumour has it that [[Coutsos]] was its founder, although he did not begin to regularly attend it until quite some time later. Its first regular inhabitants were [[wtd]] and a mysterious lurker named [[Ultrahex]], who doesn't seem to be a bona fide member of the CompSci.ca community, although he's always in the channel.
Things took off sometime in early 2005, when a wave of members, including [[Hikaru79]], [[Coutsos]], [[Cervantes]], and [[Gandalf]] started regularly attending the channel. At present, #compsci.ca has a regular population of about eight, give or take, although it is subject to occasional flurries of activity, often when the moon is full.

===Of The Self-taught Programming Channel===
This channel was thought of on the [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=10613 forums] by [[wtd]] on December 14, 2005. The main interest of this new channel is [[Ruby]] and [[O'Caml]]. This channel is not for the people who are taught programming in high school but for the people who self-teach it. When [[wtd]] announced it, there was a great cheer for [[wtd]] since he created the channel for the rest of the users to use and ask questions about.

==Daily Life==

Much of #compsci.ca's time is spent in utter silence (while its members spend time in deep personal reflection and thought), broken periodically by outbursts of conversation, instruction, and weirdness. Hilarity often ensues. Confusion can become rampant when [[the]] mature members take to stealing each other's nicknames (see [[Coutsos Identity Crisis]]). On a good day, [[wtd]] can be observed teaching some interesting, mind-blowing new programming concept.

Ocasionally if you are really lucky you'll witness something as bizzare as [http://www.compsci.ca/wiki/index.php?title=IRC_2006_01_17 this wonderful event].

== IRC Names to CompSci.ca User Names ==
*'''[[wtd]]''' - wtd, Lotho
*'''[[Cornflake]]''' - God, md, or cornflake
*'''[[Coutsos]]''' - Coutsos
*'''[[Cervantes]]''' - Cervantes, [[Minsc]], and 100's of other variations that come up
*'''[[Gandalf]]''' - Gandalf, [Gandalf]
*'''[[Hikaru79]]''' - Hikaru79
*'''[[Hacker Dan]]''' - Hacker_Dan, Dan
*'''[[timmytheturtle]]''' - timmy, timmytheturtle, timmythetortoise
*'''[[Amailer]]''' - Amailer
*'''[[TheFerret]]''' - TheFerret
*'''[[Martin]]''' - mdkess
*'''[[cartoon_shark]]''' - rdrake

 *Note: May vary greatly when [[name-switching game]] is in progress.

==The Future==

The future for #compsci.ca is looking bright, as it receives more and more attention in the compsci.ca community, particularly through the siggies and evangelism of [[Cervantes]], [[Coutsos]], and [[Hikaru79]]. With any luck, it will soon be as integral a part of the compsci.ca experience as the forum has come to be.

[[Hacker Dan]] has made plans to integrate a Java-based IRC client that will send users to the channel directly from the forums. The feature is planned to be included in the new forum software, [[V3]], that hopefully will be completed over the 2005/2006 Christmas break.

Talk:IRC 2006 02 28

2006-03-03T06:04:54Z

Gandalf: Haha, not quite!

*[[Gandalf]]: It should be noted that not only did Minsc cheat, he was also severely punished for attacking while my computer lagged at a later date >_<

V3

2006-02-07T21:29:58Z

Gandalf: /* Requested */

This page intentionally left blank, but was added to any way.

==V3 ETA==
'''Alpha Verson''': Befor Summer, Feb. 30th (estmation only)

'''Beta Verson''': Befor next school year, April 30th (estmation only)

'''Public Verson''': Unknow

==User Requests==
Add modifications and other things that you would like to see in V3:

===Added===
*[[Amailer]]: Merge posts comands for mods
*[[Amailer]]: Tutorial rating system
*[[Cervantes]]: Quick Reply box
*[[Martin]]: Add an RSS feed option for various forums. (Can you say awesome?) Yes '''''ADDED''''' but bugy
*[[Martin]]: Timed bans. Like, so I can ban someone for three days and when they login it'd say You have been banned (by [[Martin]]) for whatever reason. There is <x> much time remaining. Then I wouldn't have to feel so guilty.
*[[Martin]]: Get rid of the stupid 'You have a message!' sound that plays and makes the page layout go nuts. '''''ADDED in v2 as well'''''
*[[Rizzix]]: Allow for moderator feedback: aka tutorial rejection. This will help improve the quality of tutorials available on compsci.
*[[Amailer]]: (Maybe) create a system similar to [http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Main_Page Gallery2] '''''A image system like it has be added but not that.'''''

===In development===
*[[Hacker Dan]]: Automated secuirty systems
*[[Martin]]: Fix firefox glow '''''May not be possiable'''''
:Then can we just get rid of it, or at least disable the colours for the name that are impossible/difficult to see on real web browsers (such as white)?
:--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 22:47, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Tony]]: wiki like bbcode linking
*[[Cervantes]]: Link to Bit Log in profiles (only visible to that user, such as Attachment Control Panel, or mods)
*[[Cornflake]]: Tutorial link to wiki [[Tutorials]] page
*[[Gandalf]]: Time of last log in, on the profile page.
*[[Hikaru79]]: Not having edits, count towards your post/minute timer (so you can edit posts right after you made them if you noticed a problem).
*[[Martin]]: Registration that registers you both on the wiki and compsci.ca with the same account.
*[[rizzix]]: List users by rank, where the rank is the bits/posts ratio.
*[[rizzix]]: Support for user projects: Homepage, CVS, Bugtracker, Development timeline graphs, etc. '''''Partly Added, the CVS part, partly'''''
:Subversion, not CVS... please.
:--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 22:47, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::Acuatly it is subversion not CVS that i added, my bad =p
::--[[User:65.39.11.90|65.39.11.90]] 11:08, 7 February 2006 (PST)

===Considering===
*[[Amailer]]: [http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=282881 Google Integrated Search] so that it will take alot less time to search and you'll be able to get better results.
:: I like it in thereoy but it could causes the bot problems we had b4 to come back. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Cervantes]]: Commenting for changing bits
:: A bits log for shure but i don't know about making a comeeting section for every bits chage, i think that is more for what PMing is for. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: Support for user project bounties.
*[[rizzix]]: Improved award system. Make the awards a little more visible, i.e. not hidden deep within the user's profile.
:It would be cool if at the top right of your post (to the left of the edit button) there was a list of clickable 16x16 icons representing the awards. Each award could have a description attached to it, like - 'awarded to so and so for winning this contest on this day.' Probably kind of time consuming to add though.
:[[User:Martin|Martin]] 00:31, 1 February 2006 (PST)
::Cool maybe but it whould make the posts to corwed with infromation and start looking bad, esptaly if some users had many awards
::--[[User:Hacker Dan|24.109.165.77]] 10:19, 4 February 2006 (PST)
:::In that case, it could be the most recent five awards or whaever.
:::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 02:50, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::::In the profile maybe, but right on the persons posts seems a bit much. Tho i could posbliy make a system for the user to put them in there sig. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
:::::Instead, maybe just a single trophy button with a number beside it showing the number of trophies that the user has. Like: ''Y(3)'' (with the Y being a picture of a trophy or something)
:::::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 16:49, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: In-place post editing. That is, display the whole page as it would normally show up when viewing posts, but make the post marked for editing, editable. ( hint: AJAX )
::AJAX is gr8 and all but can some times overly complicate things. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::: It makes things simpler on the user end. (c'mon stop complaining :p) Of course, no rush here, you can safely move it to V4 :)
::: --[[rizzix]] 19:14, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: A WYSIWYG editor, for those who don't like using bbcode or wiki
*[[rizzix]]: Improved tutorial writing system: provides the ability to work on tutorials in offline mode, (a publishing system). The ability take a tutorial offline, edit it, improve it, and re-publish it. Force all tutorials to be approved by ''any'' moderator before it is displayed online. '''''Not going to happen unless some one whonts to write the offline software and backend script to handel post uploads'''''
::That is not what I meant. By offline I mean you take it off display, and put it into a Tutorial box or something. It is basically a publishing system. Do reconsider.
::--[[rizzix]] 11:39, 5 February 2006 (PST)
:::I am considering it, tho it may make things more complicated. --[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:32, 5 February 2006 (PST)

===Rejected===
*[[Amailer]]: [http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=289721 Democracy MOD 0.1.4 (reputation + warnings + reports)] '''''Difrent mod being used for same thing'''''
*[[Martin]]: Hookers. '''''Added....i mean WTF???'''''
*[[rizzix]]: Allow for wiki sytle editing, as an alternative to bbcode. '''''I don't know about that one....'''''

===Requested===
*[[rizzix]]: Give the tutorial's author bits/month for ''x'' number of years, based on the rating his tutorial has received (since we already have the rating system implemented). This will help improve the number of quality articles we have here on compsci, and will truly reflect the rank of the user.
*[[Martin]]: When editing posts, default to silent edit when it's someone else's post, but to a normal (tagged) edit when editing your own posts.
*[[Amailer]]: Since you guys are removing the edit button because you don't know what the origional content was, how about making a system, similar to wikies which has the edit history? No need for it to be able to un-do it all, but yeah, you would be able to check what has been edited. (you can just put the diffrent versions insted of the + and - thigns)
*[[Gandalf]]: An easy way of quoting multiple people so that it shows their name above the quote (ie. one solution would be the quote button, except make it show in the "Topic Review" below the "Post a Reply" box).

==Things left to do for V3==
Not usefull to any one but Hacker Dan, but just easy to keep track of this way for him:

*<strike>Edit private message welcome</strike>
*<strike>Errors on forum (posting)</strike>
*<strike>remove aditional info on fourm names (moderator info)</strike>
*<strike>posbly remove style drop down</strike>
*reoreder nav links
*<strike>remove "switch to invisible"</strike>
*<strike>remove download modual</strike>
*add shop for item pool
*<strike>chage name of knowledge base link</strike>
*<strike>chage pic of knowledge base</strike> '''''Thanks to amailer'''''
*<strike>fix knowledge base approval system</strike>
*<strike>remove lexicon</strike>
*make portal pages
*<strike>add in wiki and blog nav links</strike>
*<strike>try to fix time zones</strike>
*fix order of smiles
*<strike>check spell checker</strike> Fix spell checker
*add user controal panale links
*<strike>edit user aggremnt</strike> Make new rules page
*<strike>chage post icon setings</strike>
*<strike>fix flash bbcode and others</strike> fix or remove flash bbcode
*<strike>set up anwsered/unawsered system</strike>
*<strike>edit footer</strike> check out backend.php
*edit faq
*<strike>add event types</strike>
*<strike>fix link to use modual</strike>
*<strike>fix contact us deparments</strike>
*reorder moduals
*add knowledge base rankings
*deal with user requests
*chage KB tag
*fix IE errors/warnings
*make footer look nicer
*add wiki bbcode
*fix pm notifaction

==Alpha Verson==
===Alpha Testers===
Aplha users are limited to staff only. If you are staff listed your name below to sing up for the v3 alpha test.

*[[Hacker Dan]]
*[[rizzix]]
*[[Tony]]
*[[Martin]]!
*[[Cervantes]]

===Bug Report===
Pleas list your name, the brower you are using, the time and date, the error, the url, what you where doing and the bug below:

===Comentes and Sugestions===

==Beta Verson==
===Beta Testers===
Any users in good standing may sing up for the beta test. The beta test will being affter all the bugs and chages recomented in the alpha test are made/done. Not all users singed up will get to be a beta tester and order of singing up may or may not matter.

*[[Hacker Dan]]
*[[Cornflake]]
*[[El Comandante]]
*rdrake/cartoon_shark
*[[Pwned]]
*[[Martin]]!
*[[Cervantes]]
*[[Gandalf]]

===Bug Report===
Pleas list your name, the brower you are using, the time and date, the error, the url, what you where doing and the bug below:

===Comentes and Sugestions===

==V3 Preview==
The following is rumored to be a pic of [[the]] V3 system:
[[Image:compsci_v3.jpg|thumb|500px|left|V3?]]

V3

2006-02-07T21:25:08Z

Gandalf: /* Beta Testers */

This page intentionally left blank, but was added to any way.

==V3 ETA==
'''Alpha Verson''': Befor Summer, Feb. 30th (estmation only)

'''Beta Verson''': Befor next school year, April 30th (estmation only)

'''Public Verson''': Unknow

==User Requests==
Add modifications and other things that you would like to see in V3:

===Added===
*[[Amailer]]: Merge posts comands for mods
*[[Amailer]]: Tutorial rating system
*[[Cervantes]]: Quick Reply box
*[[Martin]]: Add an RSS feed option for various forums. (Can you say awesome?) Yes '''''ADDED''''' but bugy
*[[Martin]]: Timed bans. Like, so I can ban someone for three days and when they login it'd say You have been banned (by [[Martin]]) for whatever reason. There is <x> much time remaining. Then I wouldn't have to feel so guilty.
*[[Martin]]: Get rid of the stupid 'You have a message!' sound that plays and makes the page layout go nuts. '''''ADDED in v2 as well'''''
*[[Rizzix]]: Allow for moderator feedback: aka tutorial rejection. This will help improve the quality of tutorials available on compsci.
*[[Amailer]]: (Maybe) create a system similar to [http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Main_Page Gallery2] '''''A image system like it has be added but not that.'''''

===In development===
*[[Hacker Dan]]: Automated secuirty systems
*[[Martin]]: Fix firefox glow '''''May not be possiable'''''
:Then can we just get rid of it, or at least disable the colours for the name that are impossible/difficult to see on real web browsers (such as white)?
:--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 22:47, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Tony]]: wiki like bbcode linking
*[[Cervantes]]: Link to Bit Log in profiles (only visible to that user, such as Attachment Control Panel, or mods)
*[[Cornflake]]: Tutorial link to wiki [[Tutorials]] page
*[[Gandalf]]: Time of last log in, on the profile page.
*[[Hikaru79]]: Not having edits, count towards your post/minute timer (so you can edit posts right after you made them if you noticed a problem).
*[[Martin]]: Registration that registers you both on the wiki and compsci.ca with the same account.
*[[rizzix]]: List users by rank, where the rank is the bits/posts ratio.
*[[rizzix]]: Support for user projects: Homepage, CVS, Bugtracker, Development timeline graphs, etc. '''''Partly Added, the CVS part, partly'''''
:Subversion, not CVS... please.
:--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 22:47, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::Acuatly it is subversion not CVS that i added, my bad =p
::--[[User:65.39.11.90|65.39.11.90]] 11:08, 7 February 2006 (PST)

===Considering===
*[[Amailer]]: [http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=282881 Google Integrated Search] so that it will take alot less time to search and you'll be able to get better results.
:: I like it in thereoy but it could causes the bot problems we had b4 to come back. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Cervantes]]: Commenting for changing bits
:: A bits log for shure but i don't know about making a comeeting section for every bits chage, i think that is more for what PMing is for. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: Support for user project bounties.
*[[rizzix]]: Improved award system. Make the awards a little more visible, i.e. not hidden deep within the user's profile.
:It would be cool if at the top right of your post (to the left of the edit button) there was a list of clickable 16x16 icons representing the awards. Each award could have a description attached to it, like - 'awarded to so and so for winning this contest on this day.' Probably kind of time consuming to add though.
:[[User:Martin|Martin]] 00:31, 1 February 2006 (PST)
::Cool maybe but it whould make the posts to corwed with infromation and start looking bad, esptaly if some users had many awards
::--[[User:Hacker Dan|24.109.165.77]] 10:19, 4 February 2006 (PST)
:::In that case, it could be the most recent five awards or whaever.
:::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 02:50, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::::In the profile maybe, but right on the persons posts seems a bit much. Tho i could posbliy make a system for the user to put them in there sig. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
:::::Instead, maybe just a single trophy button with a number beside it showing the number of trophies that the user has. Like: ''Y(3)'' (with the Y being a picture of a trophy or something)
:::::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 16:49, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: In-place post editing. That is, display the whole page as it would normally show up when viewing posts, but make the post marked for editing, editable. ( hint: AJAX )
::AJAX is gr8 and all but can some times overly complicate things. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::: It makes things simpler on the user end. (c'mon stop complaining :p) Of course, no rush here, you can safely move it to V4 :)
::: --[[rizzix]] 19:14, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: A WYSIWYG editor, for those who don't like using bbcode or wiki
*[[rizzix]]: Improved tutorial writing system: provides the ability to work on tutorials in offline mode, (a publishing system). The ability take a tutorial offline, edit it, improve it, and re-publish it. Force all tutorials to be approved by ''any'' moderator before it is displayed online. '''''Not going to happen unless some one whonts to write the offline software and backend script to handel post uploads'''''
::That is not what I meant. By offline I mean you take it off display, and put it into a Tutorial box or something. It is basically a publishing system. Do reconsider.
::--[[rizzix]] 11:39, 5 February 2006 (PST)
:::I am considering it, tho it may make things more complicated. --[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:32, 5 February 2006 (PST)

===Rejected===
*[[Amailer]]: [http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=289721 Democracy MOD 0.1.4 (reputation + warnings + reports)] '''''Difrent mod being used for same thing'''''
*[[Martin]]: Hookers. '''''Added....i mean WTF???'''''
*[[rizzix]]: Allow for wiki sytle editing, as an alternative to bbcode. '''''I don't know about that one....'''''

===Requested===
*[[rizzix]]: Give the tutorial's author bits/month for ''x'' number of years, based on the rating his tutorial has received (since we already have the rating system implemented). This will help improve the number of quality articles we have here on compsci, and will truly reflect the rank of the user.
*[[Martin]]: When editing posts, default to silent edit when it's someone else's post, but to a normal (tagged) edit when editing your own posts.
*[[Amailer]]: Since you guys are removing the edit button because you don't know what the origional content was, how about making a system, similar to wikies which has the edit history? No need for it to be able to un-do it all, but yeah, you would be able to check what has been edited. (you can just put the diffrent versions insted of the + and - thigns)

==Things left to do for V3==
Not usefull to any one but Hacker Dan, but just easy to keep track of this way for him:

*<strike>Edit private message welcome</strike>
*<strike>Errors on forum (posting)</strike>
*<strike>remove aditional info on fourm names (moderator info)</strike>
*<strike>posbly remove style drop down</strike>
*reoreder nav links
*<strike>remove "switch to invisible"</strike>
*<strike>remove download modual</strike>
*add shop for item pool
*<strike>chage name of knowledge base link</strike>
*<strike>chage pic of knowledge base</strike> '''''Thanks to amailer'''''
*<strike>fix knowledge base approval system</strike>
*<strike>remove lexicon</strike>
*make portal pages
*<strike>add in wiki and blog nav links</strike>
*<strike>try to fix time zones</strike>
*fix order of smiles
*<strike>check spell checker</strike> Fix spell checker
*add user controal panale links
*<strike>edit user aggremnt</strike> Make new rules page
*<strike>chage post icon setings</strike>
*<strike>fix flash bbcode and others</strike> fix or remove flash bbcode
*<strike>set up anwsered/unawsered system</strike>
*<strike>edit footer</strike> check out backend.php
*edit faq
*<strike>add event types</strike>
*<strike>fix link to use modual</strike>
*<strike>fix contact us deparments</strike>
*reorder moduals
*add knowledge base rankings
*deal with user requests
*chage KB tag
*fix IE errors/warnings
*make footer look nicer
*add wiki bbcode
*fix pm notifaction

==Alpha Verson==
===Alpha Testers===
Aplha users are limited to staff only. If you are staff listed your name below to sing up for the v3 alpha test.

*[[Hacker Dan]]
*[[rizzix]]
*[[Tony]]
*[[Martin]]!
*[[Cervantes]]

===Bug Report===
Pleas list your name, the brower you are using, the time and date, the error, the url, what you where doing and the bug below:

===Comentes and Sugestions===

==Beta Verson==
===Beta Testers===
Any users in good standing may sing up for the beta test. The beta test will being affter all the bugs and chages recomented in the alpha test are made/done. Not all users singed up will get to be a beta tester and order of singing up may or may not matter.

*[[Hacker Dan]]
*[[Cornflake]]
*[[El Comandante]]
*rdrake/cartoon_shark
*[[Pwned]]
*[[Martin]]!
*[[Cervantes]]
*[[Gandalf]]

===Bug Report===
Pleas list your name, the brower you are using, the time and date, the error, the url, what you where doing and the bug below:

===Comentes and Sugestions===

==V3 Preview==
The following is rumored to be a pic of [[the]] V3 system:
[[Image:compsci_v3.jpg|thumb|500px|left|V3?]]

Talk:V3

2006-01-30T02:13:01Z

Gandalf:

*[[rizzix]]: Oh my.. Please NOOOOO!!!
*[[Hacker Dan]]: Dont like [[Hello kitty]]?
*[[Cornflake]]: I like it! Though it's perhaps a little hard to read some of [[the]] text... needs more [[Pink]]
*[[Timmytheturtle]]: It looks good. [[The]] yellow text should be replaced by some [[Purple]]
*[[Cornflake]]: Huzzah for Dan! Now if only there was a real screenshot...

*[[Amailer]]: I have unofficial screenshots- don't think I should post it though maybe the senior staff....

Jeeze guys, learn how to use the Wiki

--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 00:43, 27 January 2006 (PST)

*[[rizzix]]: What? In two days V3 is going to be released? -- 11:50, 28 January 2006 (EST)

*[[Hacker Dan]]: I wish, but i have a midterm, clac assigment and resume to have done by monday. WTD gave me the idea to realses the base software and the slowly mod it live. I think i might do this.

*[[Amailer]]: When you do that, you can make it so that mods only can use it- since we have a lot of mods- we can be used as beta testers XD

*[[Gandalf]]: *looks threateningly at Amailer*

Gandalf

2006-01-20T02:31:42Z

Gandalf:

Gandalf, a high school student who goes by [Gandalf] on the CompSci forums joined on January 12, 2005. He is proficient in the use of Turing, and has some experience with C++, JavaScript and Java, having touched upon many other languages. A regular user of the CompSci [[IRC channel]], sadly he has not been on a lot recently because of rather large amounts of homework.

V3

2006-01-20T02:23:45Z

Gandalf: /* User Requests */

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==V3 ETA==
'''January 30th, 2006'''

==User Requests==
Add mods and things you whont to see in v3 below:

*[[Amailer]]: Merge posts comands for mods '''''ADDED'''''
*[[Amailer]]: Tutorial rating system '''''ADDED'''''
*[[Hacker Dan]]: Automated secuirty systems ''IN DEVLOPMENT''
*[[Martin]]: Fix firefox glow ''IN DEVLOPMENT''
*[[Tony]]: wiki like bbcode linking ''IN DEVLOPMENT''
*[[Cervantes]]: Quick Reply box '''''ADDED'''''
 
*[[Cornflake]]: Tutorial link to wiki [[Tutorial]] page ''SUGESTION''
*[[Cervantes]]: Link to Bit Log in profiles (only visible to that user, such as Attachment Control Panel, or mods) ''SUGGESTION''
*[[Cervantes]]: Commenting for changing bits ''SUGGESTION''
*[[Hikaru79]]: Not having edits count towards your post/minute timer (so you can edit posts right after you made them if you noticed a problem).
*[[Gandalf]]: Time of last log in, on the profile page.

==Things left to do for V3==
Not usefull to any one but Hacker Dan, but just easy to keep track of this way for him:

*Edit private message welcome
*Errors on forum (posting)
*remove aditional info on fourm names (moderator info)
*posbly remove style drop down
*reoreder nav links
*remove "switch to invisible"
*remove download modual
*add shop for item pool
*chage name of knowledge base link
*chage pic of knowledge base
*fix knowledge base approval system
*remove lexicon
*make portal pages
*add in wiki and blog nav links
*try to fix time zones
*fix order of smiles
*check spell checker
*add user controal panale links
*edit user aggremnt
*chage post icon setings
*fix flash bbcode and others
*set up anwsered/unawsered system
*edit footer
*edit faq
*add event types
*fix link to use modual
*fix contact us deparments

==V3 Preview==
The following is rumored to be a pic of [[the]] V3 system:
[[Image:compsci_v3.jpg|thumb|500px|left|V3?]]

Turing

2005-12-21T01:04:50Z

Gandalf: :)

Turing is an interpreted pseudo-[[Programming Language]] developed by [[Holt Software Associates]] in 1982. It is intentionally similar to [[Pascal]] in syntax.

==History==

The primary developers of the Turing language were [[Ric Holt]] and [[James Cordy]], although it was later maintained by a larger group of people. Ric and James wrote it as an extension of the [[Euclid Programming Language]], an earlier project they had worked on at the University of Toronto. The original Turing variant was written largely to replace [[Pascal]] in Canadian high schools and universities, a goal that it has achieved quite admirably. Although originally written as a DOS-only compiler, the language has evolved over time, spreading to other platforms, and including an [[Object-oriented]] model. In 2001, Turing became "Object-Oriented Turing," and this is the version that largely dominates Canadian high-school classrooms today.

==Features==

Turing is first and foremost a learning language, so it is lacking some of the features present in most 'modern' languages. Although Turing [[interpreters]] exist, there is no real Turing [[compiler]]. The one built into the standard Turing editor actually takes the Turing code and converts it to a machine-dependent "[[pseudo-code]]", and then compiles that together with a stand-alone execution environment. This means that whenever a program is compiled, because of the inclusion of the execution environment, even a simple "Hello, World" program will take up approximately 700kb of disk space.

However, for first-time programmers, it is a useful language. It contains all the essential programming features -- Input/Output, Control Flow, Iteration, graphics, etc. It strives to make common tasks (such as recieving keyboard input) as simple as possible, so that the student can focus on the logic of the program rather than details about the implementation. Most interestingly, it also offers direct access to the PC Parallel port, making it an ideal choice for high-school level Computer Engineering courses.

==Version History==

The latest version of Turing, according to Holt Software Associates, is 4.0.4c. However, there is a 4.0.4d (4.0.5) and 4.1 version available.

==External Links==
*[http://www.holtsoft.com/turing/ Turing home page]

User:Gandalf

2005-12-16T00:18:09Z

Gandalf: That didn't work...

See [[Gandalf]]

User:Gandalf

2005-12-16T00:16:45Z

Gandalf:

#REDIRECT [[Gandalf]]

File talk:Compsci wiki.jpg

2005-12-16T00:06:34Z

Gandalf:

[[Gandalf]]: Very nice, fits the wiki layout well.

Talk:WCG

2005-12-16T00:01:18Z

Gandalf:

[[Gandalf]]: Dang, I must have been sleeping or something to write in singular.. ;) I should really get some more sleep.

Talk:Baldur's Gate Revolution

2005-12-15T23:57:47Z

Gandalf:

Wtf? This is not the fruit of my loins. Minsc demands an explanation! --[[User:Cervantes|Cervantes]] 19:18, 13 December 2005 (PST)

[[Gandalf]]: Hehehehehe [/lmao] What I expected... What I found...

Talk:Baldur's Gate Revolution

2005-12-15T23:57:34Z

Gandalf:

Wtf? This is not the fruit of my loins. Minsc demands an explanation! --[[User:Cervantes|Cervantes]] 19:18, 13 December 2005 (PST)

[[Gandalf]] Hehehehehe [/lmao] What I expected... What I found...

Whatdotcolor

2005-12-15T23:51:36Z

Gandalf: Added more links

Also spelled whatdotcolour (Canadian spelling of colour), it is a [[Turing]] function which returns the colour of a specific pixel. Often used for [[collision detection]], it is an easy solution when creating something using Turing graphics alone without external images being involved.

It's actually so important that there's a [[whatdotcolor Warrior]] mod.

Here's a quick example of a few basic graphics functions which uses whatdotcolour to check if the mouse is above a red circle.
<code>
%%Created By: [[Gandalf]]
%%Example of whatdotcolour collision detection
setscreen ("graphics,offscreenonly")
var cx, cy, mx, my, mb : int
cx := maxx div 2
cy := maxy div 2
var circleColour : int := red
loop
cls
Draw.FillOval (cx, cy, 40, 40, circleColour)
Mouse.Where (mx, my, mb)
if whatdotcolour (mx, my) = circleColour and mb > 0 then
cx := mx
cy := my
end if
View.Update
end loop
</code>

An alternative of whatdotcolour collision detection in Turing is using [[Math.Distance]].

Whatdotcolor

2005-12-15T23:48:55Z

Gandalf:

Also spelled whatdotcolour (Canadian spelling of colour), it is a Turing function which returns the colour of a specific pixel. Often used for collision detection, it is an easy solution when creating something using Turing graphics alone without external images being involved.

It's actually so important that there's a [[whatdotcolor Warrior]] mod.

Here's a quick example of a few basic graphics functions which uses whatdotcolour to check if the mouse is above a red circle.
<code>
%%Created By: [[Gandalf]]
%%Example of whatdotcolour collision detection
setscreen ("graphics,offscreenonly")
var cx, cy, mx, my, mb : int
cx := maxx div 2
cy := maxy div 2
var circleColour : int := red
loop
cls
Draw.FillOval (cx, cy, 40, 40, circleColour)
Mouse.Where (mx, my, mb)
if whatdotcolour (mx, my) = circleColour and mb > 0 then
cx := mx
cy := my
end if
View.Update
end loop
</code>

An alternative of whatdotcolour collision detection in Turing is using Math.Distance.

Whatdotcolor

2005-12-15T23:46:50Z

Gandalf:

Also spelled whatdotcolour (Canadian spelling of colour), it is a Turing function which returns the colour of a specific pixel. Often used for collision detection, it is an easy solution when creating something using Turing graphics alone without external images being involved.

It's actually so important that there's a [[whatdotcolor Warrior]] mod.

Here's a quick example of a few basic graphics functions which uses whatdotcolour to check if the mouse is above a red circle.
<code>
%%Created By: Gandalf
%%Example of whatdotcolour collision detection
setscreen ("graphics,offscreenonly")
var cx, cy, mx, my, mb : int
cx := maxx div 2
cy := maxy div 2
var circleColour : int := red
loop
cls
Draw.FillOval (cx, cy, 40, 40, circleColour)
Mouse.Where (mx, my, mb)
if whatdotcolour (mx, my) = circleColour and mb > 0 then
cx := mx
cy := my
end if
View.Update
end loop
</code>

An alternative of whatdotcolour collision detection in Turing is using Math.Distance.

Whatdotcolor

2005-12-15T23:45:58Z

Gandalf:

Also spelled whatdotcolour (Canadian spelling of colour), it is a Turing function which returns the colour of a specific pixel. Often used for collision detection, it is an easy solution when creating something using Turing graphics alone without external images being involved.

It's actually so important that there's a [[whatdotcolor Warrior]] mod.

Here's a quick example of a few basic graphics functions which uses whatdotcolour to check if the mouse is above a red circle.
<code>%%Example of whatdotcolour collision detection
%%By: Gandalf
setscreen ("graphics,offscreenonly")
var cx, cy, mx, my, mb : int
cx := maxx div 2
cy := maxy div 2
var circleColour : int := red
loop
cls
Draw.FillOval (cx, cy, 40, 40, circleColour)
Mouse.Where (mx, my, mb)
%if your mouse is above the circle and you click
if whatdotcolour (mx, my) = circleColour and mb > 0 then
%move the circle to the mouse coordinates
cx := mx
cy := my
end if
View.Update
end loop</code>

An alternative of whatdotcolour collision detection in Turing is using Math.Distance.

Whatdotcolor

2005-12-15T23:45:38Z

Gandalf:

Also spelled whatdotcolour (Canadian spelling of colour), it is a Turing function which returns the colour of a specific pixel. Often used for collision detection, it is an easy solution when creating something using Turing graphics alone without external images being involved.

It's actually so important that there's a [[whatdotcolor Warrior]] mod.

Here's a quick example of a few basic graphics functions which uses whatdotcolour to check if the mouse is above a red circle.
<code>%%Example of whatdotcolour collision detection

%%By: Gandalf

setscreen ("graphics,offscreenonly")

var cx, cy, mx, my, mb : int

cx := maxx div 2

cy := maxy div 2

var circleColour : int := red

loop

cls

Draw.FillOval (cx, cy, 40, 40, circleColour)

Mouse.Where (mx, my, mb)

%if your mouse is above the circle and you click

if whatdotcolour (mx, my) = circleColour and mb > 0 then

%move the circle to the mouse coordinates

cx := mx

cy := my

end if

View.Update

end loop</code>

An alternative of whatdotcolour collision detection in Turing is using Math.Distance.

Whatdotcolor

2005-12-15T23:44:36Z

Gandalf:

Also spelled whatdotcolour (Canadian spelling of colour), it is a Turing function which returns the colour of a specific pixel. Often used for collision detection, it is an easy solution when creating something using Turing graphics alone without external images being involved.

It's actually so important that there's a [[whatdotcolor Warrior]] mod.

Here's a quick example of a few basic graphics functions which uses whatdotcolour to check if the mouse is above a red circle.
<code>%%Example of whatdotcolour collision detection
%%By: Gandalf
setscreen ("graphics,offscreenonly")
var cx, cy, mx, my, mb : int
cx := maxx div 2
cy := maxy div 2
var circleColour : int := red
loop
cls
Draw.FillOval (cx, cy, 40, 40, circleColour)
Mouse.Where (mx, my, mb)
%if your mouse is above the circle and you click
if whatdotcolour (mx, my) = circleColour and mb > 0 then
%move the circle to the mouse coordinates
cx := mx
cy := my
end if
View.Update
end loop</code>

An alternative of whatdotcolour collision detection in Turing is using Math.Distance.

Hacker Dan

2005-12-15T23:20:21Z

Gandalf: /* Likes */ Fixed links

[[Image:Dan.gif|thumb|120px|right|Curent Avatar]]

== Who is Hacker Dan? ==
Hacker Dan is one of [http://compsci.ca/ CompSci.ca] administrators. Together with [[Tony]], the admin duo keeps things in order. Dan is increage of maintaing the site and keeping order as well as helping to set policy with the help of [[Tony]] and the [[CompSci.ca Board of Directors]]. Dan is also increage of the secuity of the site and if need be defeadning it from the enemys at the gate (or others that whould try to harm us).

Hacker Dan is blived to be one of the [[CompSci Gods]] and holds the power for the Book of Typos AKA The Old [[Dictionary of Dan]]. It is rummered that he got his cyborgo face in a battle with [[Bill Gates]] and his [[M$ Pirates]], tho on the upside it seems to give him more powers like shooting laser beams out his cyborg eye.

== Is Hacker Dan really a hacker? ==
Yes.

== History of the name ==
Tho there are many theroys to why Dan's name is Hacker Dan and not just Dan, only one has been give by Dan him Self. The name dose not come form him thinking him self all 1337 but was rather a nick name that was give to him and was used on the forms as almost a joke at first but as the site got bigger he did not whont to chage it due to the fact that there are serveral users named Dan and Hacker Dan looks nicer then just Dan. Also many sotrys and intresting topics had been starting realting to the name and it whould be a shame to sopile them.

===Evolution of the name===

'''''Daniel -> Dan'''''

The natrual nick name for Daniel, tho Dan objected to this for many years intill he realized that it was less to write down and toke up less memory on a computer system.

'''''Dan -> Computer Dan'''''

Due to the fact that he could never be found with out his [[Old Dell Laptop]], this name started to ceatch on with thos that new him in real life. Again Dan was not so happy over this one at 1st.

'''''Computer Dan -> Crazy Hacker Dued'''''

Affter going on a quest to destory some one on a IRC server and a case jumping throw many chanles witch he was banned from or not peoleop started to refuring to him as this since even tho he was banned he whould still come back and keep cashing his poor vitmin intill he was wiped off the IRC server. Oddly this atack made him many ennmeys ont his server as well as a few firends who where not so happy about the guy he was chasing.

'''''Crazy Hacker Dued -> Crazy Hacker Dan'''''

Once peoleop started to get know Dan more from the IRC server as well as other online the dued part was droped and replaced with Dan, the crazy part was left due to the rampages he used to go on affter a user whould mass spam his sites or doing somthing they did not aragrea with. It is rummered that during thess times he could have had somthing to due with the dispreace of serveral poorly made truing forms that where trying to get ride of what was the start of CompSci.ca then know as [[SWAT]], however none of this has ever been proven.

'''''Crazy Hacker Dan -> Hacker Dan'''''

Crazy Hacker Dan is just to long to type or say so it was shorten to Hacker Dan and was used in the creation of CompSci.ca so has been stuck this way since. Tho he is deftaly still crazy and is why he used to have the [[Crazy Admin]] rank intill it was replaced by [[pwn3d Admin]] for lesser know reasons.

There where some intermideait steps and going back and forth inbetween thess but this in the general evletion. Dan did not aucatly come up with any of thess and was aucatly asigested alot of them but in time it starts to cetch on and he desised to go with it.

== Profile ==
I am one of the admistroators of CompSci.ca, i have been runing and mainting it for about 3~4 years (to lazy to look it up right now). I have been progaming for about 12~13 years now and am very intrested in computer security matters as well as metaphysics and other pilosoical matters. I am well versed in many langues and topics of computer sinces and am curtly magoring in it at [[Lakehead University]] (in [[Thunder Bay]]) hourns co-op progame. As you can probly see from this profile my spelling is not the best but if you have a problem with this there are many other sites on the net you can go to that will match your spelling needs.

--Hacker Dan 10:42, 12 December 2005 (PST)

== Hacker Danish ==
[[Image:thebook.gif|thumb|75px|right|The Book]]
Ever notic Hacker Dan's spelling? Seems a bit off? Well thats only beacuse it is not english but Hacker Danish, a mystical langue know only to a slecte few. The only documents realting to this langue know to be in existsance are the Old [[Dictionary of Dan]] and the New [[Dictionary of Dan]]. Unfornytly the Old book lost in to a dimtional rift serveral 1000 years ago. The New book is an atmented to reconsturct the old. More info can be found on Hacker Danish and the Books on the [[Dictionary of Dan]] page.

==Likes & Dislikes==
===Likes===
<ul>
<li>[[Anime]] - [[NGE]], [[Lain]], and [[.Hack//]] best.</li>
<li>[[Programming]] - [[Java]], [[C]], [[CPP]], [[Ruby]] and more.</li>
<li>[[Coke]] but [[Sobe]] best.</li>
<li>[[Nintendo]]</li>
<li>[[wifi]] - Even if it will kill us all.</li>
<li>[[Popcorn]] - Espality faloved kinds.</li>
<li>[[Linux]] - Got to love [[Tux]].</li>
<li>[[Open Source]]</li>
<li>[[Firefox]]</li>
<li>[[Lakehead University]] - And [[Thunder Bay]] tho not allways the peoleop in it.</li>
</ul>

===Dislikes===
<ul>
<li>Any one using [[1337 Speak]], the "word" pwned or noob more then once per day.</li>
<li>[[Microsoft]] - And there litte [[Xbox]] too.</li>
<li>Spamers</li>
<li>The IP [[207.236.126.85]]</li>
<li>[[University of Waterloo]]</li>
<li>[[El Comandante]] and [[Pwned]]</li>
</ul>

== Contact Info ==
'''E-mail:''' Dan@CompSci.ca

'''MSN:''' dan@compsci.ca

'''Google:''' danofthewired@gmail.com

'''Phone:''' (807)-472-7236

'''SMS:''' 18074727236

'''Live Journal:''' [http://www.livejournal.com/users/danofthewired danofthewired]

== Quotes ==
"I call it Danish."

"[Talking about coke] I call it black gold."

== Avatars and Pics ==
[[Image:Dan.gif|thumb|100px|left|Hacker Dan]][[Image:Hackerduck.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Hacker Duck]][[Image:Voodoo3.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Voodoo Dan]][[Image:Voodoo1.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Voodoo Tony and Dan]][[Image:Comicdan.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Comic Dan]][[Image:Dan2.gif|thumb|75px|left|Dan]]

Editing and Compiling programs on windows via MinGW

2005-12-15T23:14:39Z

Gandalf: /* Compiling */ Added some missing formatting

So, you are new to C and/or C++ and you want to figure out how to get started? How to create executables? Well, here is all you need to know.

==Editors==
There are quite a few editors for C, C++, and some even support other programming languages.

Some I am aware of are:
TextPad (recommended) - has syntax highlighting for many languages. Just get it off the website www.textpad.com (who figured) and get the proper plugin from here: http://www.textpad.com/add-ons/syna2g.html

Dev-C++ - Pretty bulky in file size IDE. "It's a buggy product, and makes the whole process far more complex than it need be." Still, if you insist, this is a pretty popular free one, and it comes with an editor and compiler. Since this one is not recommended, I will make you search for it by yourself.

lccWin-32 - this one is for C, and possibly C++ (youll have to check). Do a Google search for it, it's free, and its really small and simple to use. http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/

Crimson Editor - another free and easy to use, small editor. This one also supports a wide variety of languages. http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

==Compiling==
If you want to compile your source code, here is the best, most straight-forward way. We will be working with GCC (via MinGW) - probably the most popular compiler for all operating systems used on Windows. It can compile quite a few different languages.

First, what you need to do is download it from here:
http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/MinGW-4.1.0.exe?download

Next, just install it, I hope you know how to do that. Just keep all the configurations and settings to default, it should be good enough.

Alright, now is the part that you need to pay attention to. To use the compiler through command prompt, you will need to edit the Windows PATH environmental variable. If you are using Windows 2000 or Windows XP then you have to:
1. Right click on My Computer from the desktop. 
2. Select properties. 
3. Go to advanced. 
4. Click environmental variables. 
5. Under system variables select Path 
6. Click edit. 
7. Add ; and then where you installed MinGW to. If it was C:/Program Files/MinGW then you would add ;C/Program Files/MinGW/bin to the end of what is already there, do not overwrite what is already there! 

Now you're done. To test to see if it worked, and compile programs, open command prompt. If you don't already have a shortcut then it should be somewhere in the accessories folder in the start menu.

When you are already there, you will see the director which you are already in. Now what you need to do is browse to where the source file is. You will be using DOS style commands, if you are not already familiar with them then:
type cd/<directory> to open a folder and browse it.
type cd.. to go up, 'back' into a more general directory.
type dir to see what folders and files are already in the directory

Now, once you are at the location of your source file, to compile it you have to type: 
For C++: 
g++ <nameoffile>.cpp -o <nameoffile>.exe 
For C: 
gcc <nameoffile>.c -o <nameoffile>.exe 
For Java (not sure about this one): 
gcj <nameoffile>.java -o <nameoffile>.exe 

This just specifies which compiler you are using, the source file, and what the outputted executable file will be called.

==Discussion==
To Discuss this tutorial visit [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=9420 here].

==Credits==
Tutorial written by [[Gandalf]], moved to wiki by [[Cornflake]]

Pepsi

2005-12-15T23:08:57Z

Gandalf: /* Users that like Pepsi more then Coke */

'''Pepsi''':

1. Is believed by some to be better than [[Coke]]

2. Has more [[Caffeine]] than [[Coke]] but not as much as [[Sobe]].[http://intraspec.ca/caffeine.php]

== Users that like Pepsi more then Coke ==
*[[Timmytheturtle]]
*[[Amailer]]
*[[Boo-chan]] -depending on the day
*[[Tony]] -depending on preference of the company
*[[Gandalf]] -depending on how much he has has in the past <<insert time here>>

Editing and Compiling programs on windows via MinGW

2005-12-15T23:05:39Z

Gandalf: /* Editors */ Removed smilie remains

So, you are new to C and/or C++ and you want to figure out how to get started? How to create executables? Well, here is all you need to know.

==Editors==
There are quite a few editors for C, C++, and some even support other programming languages.

Some I am aware of are:
TextPad (recommended) - has syntax highlighting for many languages. Just get it off the website www.textpad.com (who figured) and get the proper plugin from here: http://www.textpad.com/add-ons/syna2g.html

Dev-C++ - Pretty bulky in file size IDE. "It's a buggy product, and makes the whole process far more complex than it need be." Still, if you insist, this is a pretty popular free one, and it comes with an editor and compiler. Since this one is not recommended, I will make you search for it by yourself.

lccWin-32 - this one is for C, and possibly C++ (youll have to check). Do a Google search for it, it's free, and its really small and simple to use. http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/

Crimson Editor - another free and easy to use, small editor. This one also supports a wide variety of languages. http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

==Compiling==
If you want to compile your source code, here is the best, most straight-forward way. We will be working with GCC (via MinGW) - probably the most popular compiler for all operating systems used on Windows. It can compile quite a few different languages.

First, what you need to do is download it from here:
http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/MinGW-4.1.0.exe?download

Next, just install it, I hope you know how to do that. Just keep all the configurations and settings to default, it should be good enough.

Alright, now is the part that you need to pay attention to. To use the compiler through command prompt, you will need to edit the Windows PATH environmental variable. If you are using Windows 2000 or Windows XP then you have to:
1. Right click on My Computer from the desktop.
2. Select properties.
3. Go to advanced.
4. Click environmental variables.
5. Under system variables select Path
6. Click edit.
7. Add ; and then where you installed MinGW to. If it was C:/Program Files/MinGW then you would add ;C/Program Files/MinGW/bin to the end of what is already there, do not overwrite what is already there!

Now your done. To test to see if it worked, and compile programs, open command prompt. If you don't already have a shortcut then it should be somewhere in the accessories folder in the start menu.

When you are already there, you will see the director which you are already in. Now what you need to do is browse to where the source file is. You will be using DOS style commands, if you are not already familiar with them then:
type cd/<directory> to open a folder and browse it.
type cd.. to go up, 'back' into a more general directory.
type dir to see what folders and files are already in the directory

Now, once you are at the location of your source file, to compile it you have to type:
For C++:
g++ <nameoffile>.cpp -o <nameoffile>.exe
For C:
gcc <nameoffile>.c -o <nameoffile>.exe
For Java (not sure about this one):
gcj <nameoffile>.java -o <nameoffile>.exe

This just specifies which compiler you are using, the source file, and what the outputted executable file will be called.

==Discussion==
To Discuss this tutorial visit [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=9420 here].

==Credits==
Tutorial written by [[Gandalf]], moved to wiki by [[Cornflake]]

Ubuntu Users

2005-12-13T06:18:49Z

Gandalf:

The following [[CompSci.ca]] members use [[Ubuntu]]:
<ul>
<li>[[wtd]]</li>
<li>[[Cervantes]]</li>
<li>[[Timmytheturtle]]</li>
<li>[[Tony]]</li>
<li>[[Hikaru79]]</li>
</ul>

Talk:Ubuntu Users

2005-12-13T06:18:23Z

Gandalf:

[[Hikaru79]]: Do I count as an Ubuntu user? Although I only use Ubuntu on a server at the moment, preffering Gentoo for my desktop, my total usage of Ubuntu over the year(s) is about equal to the other people listed (I started using Ubuntu the same month Warty was first released). Additionally, I am still active on the Ubuntu Forums, mailing lists, and IRC channel. And I evangelize Ubuntu -- alot! So can I add myself?

[[Cornflake]]: I say go for it! Just be sure to add yourself to the gentoo user list too... if/when one is created...

[[Timmytheturtle]]: I Agree with Cornflake, You should yourself to the list. Your still using Ubuntu, it doesn't say you have to be using it on your desktop.

[[Gandalf]]: You know what? I'll just do it for you ;)

Turing

2005-12-12T06:28:44Z

Gandalf: /* Features */

Turing is an interpreted pseudo-[[Programming Language]] developed by [[Holt Software Associates]] in 1982. It is intentionally similar to [[Pascal]] in syntax.

==History==

The primary developers of the Turing language were [[Ric Holt]] and [[James Cordy]], although it was later maintained by a larger group of people. Ric and James wrote it as an extension of the [[Euclid Programming Language]], an earlier project they had worked on at the University of Toronto. The original Turing variant was written largely to replace [[Pascal]] in Canadian high schools and universities, a goal that it has achieved quite admirably. Although originally written as a DOS-only compiler, the language has evolved over time, spreading to other platforms, and including an [[Object-oriented]] model. In 2001, Turing became "Object-Oriented Turing," and this is the version that largely dominates Canadian high-school classrooms today.

==Features==

Turing is first and foremost a learning language, so it is lacking some of the features present in most 'modern' languages. Although Turing [[interpreters]] exist, there is no real Turing [[compiler]]. The one built into the standard Turing editor actually takes the Turing code and converts it to a machine-dependent "[[pseudo-code]]", and then compiles that together with a stand-alone execution environment. This means that whenever a program is compiled, because of the inclusion of the execution environment, even a simple "Hello, World" program will take up approximately 700kb of disk space.

However, for first-time programmers, it is a useful language. It contains all the essential programming features -- Input/Output, Control Flow, Iteration, graphics, etc. It strives to make common tasks (such as recieving keyboard input) as simple as possible, so that the student can focus on the logic of the program rather than details about the implementation. Most interestingly, it also offers direct access to the PC Parallel port, making it an ideal choice for high-school level Computer Engineering courses.

==Version History==

The latest version of Turing, according to Holt Software Associates, it 4.0.4c. However, there was an unofficial release of a 4.0.5 (4.0.4d) version of Turing, which is the most recent available. It is currently believed that no further versions of Turing will be produced, although rumours have surfaced that a Turing 4.1 is currently being used in some high schools.

==External Links==
*[http://www.holtsoft.com/turing/ Turing home page]

Turing

2005-12-12T06:15:44Z

Gandalf: /* Version History */

Turing is an interpreted pseudo-[[Programming Language]] developed by [[Holt Software Associates]] in 1982. It is intentionally similar to [[Pascal]] in syntax.

==History==

The primary developers of the Turing language were [[Ric Holt]] and [[James Cordy]], although it was later maintained by a larger group of people. Ric and James wrote it as an extension of the [[Euclid Programming Language]], an earlier project they had worked on at the University of Toronto. The original Turing variant was written largely to replace [[Pascal]] in Canadian high schools and universities, a goal that it has achieved quite admirably. Although originally written as a DOS-only compiler, the language has evolved over time, spreading to other platforms, and including an [[Object-oriented]] model. In 2001, Turing became "Object-Oriented Turing," and this is the version that largely dominates Canadian high-school classrooms today.

==Features==

Turing is first and foremost a learning language, so it is lacking some of the features present in most 'modern' languages. Although Turing [[interpreters]] exist, there is no real Turing [[compiler]]. The one built into the standard Turing editor actually takes the Turing code and converts it to a machine-dependent "pseudo-code", and then compiles that together with a stand-alone execution environment. This means that whenever a program is compiled, because of the inclusion of the execution environment, even a simple "Hello, World" program can take up well over 300 kb of disk space.

However, for first-time programmers, it is a useful language. It contains all the essential programming features -- Input/Output, Control Flow, Iteration, graphics, etc. It strives to make common tasks (such as recieving keyboard input) as simple as possible, so that the student can focus on the logic of the program rather than details about the implementation. Most interestingly, it also offers direct access to the PC Parallel port, making it an ideal choice for high-school level Computer Engineering courses.

==Version History==

The latest version of Turing, according to Holt Software Associates, it 4.0.4c. However, there was an unofficial release of a 4.0.5 (4.0.4d) version of Turing, which is the most recent available. It is currently believed that no further versions of Turing will be produced, although rumours have surfaced that a Turing 4.1 is currently being used in some high schools.

==External Links==
*[http://www.holtsoft.com/turing/ Turing home page]

Talk:IRC channel

2005-12-12T06:10:44Z

Gandalf:

[[Hikaru79]]: Dan, glad to hear about that Java-client plan :) Sounds good! You're really working hard on compsci.ca lately, eh? :)

[[Hacker Dan]]: Yep, i had a day off studying for exams today and affter my last exam i am planing on doing alot of updating.

[[Gandalf]]: Indeed, great work. It's becoming hard to catch up to all these new updates :).

IRC channel

2005-12-12T06:08:46Z

Gandalf: /* IRC Names to CompSci.ca User Names */

The #compsci.ca channel on IRC is where all the cool members are hanging out. Chances are, if you're not there, you're missing something exciting and important.

==Information==

'''Server:''' irc.afternet.org

'''Channel:''' #compsci.ca

==History==

Much of #compsci.ca's early history is shrouded in mystery. Nobody is quite sure the exact time when it was created, but rumour has it that [[Coutsos]] was its founder, although he did not begin to regularly attend it until quite some time later. Its first regular inhabitants were [[wtd]] and a mysterious lurker named [[Ultrahex]], who doesn't seem to be a bona fide member of the CompSci.ca community, although he's always in the channel.
Things took off sometime in early 2005, when a wave of members, including [[Hikaru79]], [[Coutsos]], [[Cervantes]], and [[Gandalf]] started regularly attending the channel. At present, #compsci.ca has a regular population of about seven, give or take, although it is subject to occasional flurries of activity, often when the moon is full.

==Daily Life==

Much of #compsci.ca's time is spent in utter silence (while its members spend time in deep personal reflection and thought), broken periodically by outbursts of conversation, instruction, and wierdness. Hilarity often ensues. On a good day, [[wtd]] can be observed teaching some interesting, mind-blowing new concept.

== IRC Names to CompSci.ca User Names ==
'''[[wtd]]''' - wtd, Lotho 
'''[[Cornflake]]''' - md 
'''[[Coutsos]]''' - Coutsos, Stukkm 
'''[[Cervantes]]''' - Cervantes, Minsc, and 100's of other variations that come up 
'''[[Gandalf]]''' - Gandalf, [Gandalf] 
'''[[Hikaru79]]''' - Hikaru79 
'''[[Hacker Dan]]''' - Hacker_Dan, Dan 
'''[[timmytheturtle]]''' - timmy, timmytheturtle, timmythetortoise 

*Note: May vary greatly when name-switching game is in progress.

==The Future==

The future for #compsci.ca is looking bright, as it recieves more and more attention in the compsci.ca community, particularly through the siggies and evangelism of [[Cervantes]], [[Coutsos]], and [[Hikaru79]]. With any luck, it will soon be as integral a part of the compsci.ca experience as the forum has come to be.

[[Hacker Dan]] has made plans to integrate a Java-based IRC client that will send users to the channel directly from the forums. The feature is planned to be included in the new forum software, [[V3]], that hopefully will be completed over the 2005/2006 Christmas break.