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2008-04-15T17:10:03Z

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==Standard Ranks==
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<tr><td>NewBe Hacker</td><td style="text-align: right">128</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hacker</td><td style="text-align: right">256</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kick Ass Hacker</td><td style="text-align: right">512</td></tr>
<tr><td>NewBe God</td><td style="text-align: right">768</td></tr>
<tr><td>Programming God</td><td style="text-align: right">1024</td></tr>
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Idiots Invade

2008-03-24T16:52:50Z

Mackie:

Idiots Invade

2008-03-24T16:49:39Z

Mackie:

On March 23, 2008. Karl, a 31 year old computer scientest from New Jersey also known as SupinatorK, came into the IRC and began arguing that the US is more free than Canada. The argument spans the entire posted chat log. He eventually tries to get everyone to sign up for some forum.
<pre>
<Mackie> compsci should have a meet up in newyork city on May 8th!
<Karl> yeah!
<Saurabh> NO!
<dan> no
<Karl> I'm there
<Saad> Thats a little problem since most of us here are in Canada :p
<dan> lets keep our meetings where humman rights are still respected
<Karl> and we can cruise CGBGs
<Mackie> lol
* Saad has 4 monitors in his household
<Saurabh> compsci meetings should be in Canada
<Karl> hey, america has the best freeodms of any nation
<rdrake> Sure.
<Saurabh> ?
<Mackie> lol
<rdrake> had*
<Karl> canada is too big brothery
<Mackie> i think he was being sarcastic
<dan> well you might be the most delisues citzen of any nation
<Karl> delicous citizens? hehehe, ok morbo
<Saurabh> Karl do you know what the world perception of America is?
<Karl> saur, yep
<Saurabh> And don't dis dan
<Karl> but perception is not reality
<rdrake> Oh but it is.
<dan> you have wortentless wire taps
<Karl> perception is due to negative propaganda
<Karl> and who cares what half the world thinks
<Karl> half the worldare idiots
<dan> and torrter and war crimes are legeal there
<Karl> what matters is... what do the GOOD countries think
<Saurabh> the difference between communism and capitalism is that
* rdrake sends dan to Gitmo
<Saad> Define what a good country is
<Karl> countries like the UK and Israel.. nd canada even
<rdrake> Israel is good?
<Karl> good country is a smart country with morals
<Mackie> I think that a good contry is subjective
<Saurabh> poeple of communist governments knew they were being lied to
<Karl> Isreal is amazing
<rdrake> Just double-checking.
<Saad> Morals are again specific to each country
<dan> it is a long stearch to put isreal in the good column
<rdrake> dan, really long.
<Mackie> define a country by what it is, not by what it thinks it is.
<Karl> Morals are not "spefic" theere is objective good and evil
<Karl> and good and evil are easy to see
<dan> but if you have US as being most free, why not
<Karl> hey, prove it wrong
<Saad> Religion is a major factor when it comes to actually defining what morals a country has
<dan> warentless wire taps?
<Karl> to myknowledge US is most free, but may be wrong there
<dan> torret?
<dan> holding peoleop with no trilles?
<Karl> warentless taps are ridiculous
<dan> war crimes?
<Karl> war crimees are war crimes tho
<Saurabh> what would happen to you if you were against the war in Iraq during it early stages?
<rdrake> I'll bet if my name was Ackbar and I went to the US, I'd be put into custody.
<Karl> sory, but hav eyou fougth the terrorists face to face? go talk to a general who's been there
<dan> no flight list that is used agsited peoleop that dissagre with bush?
<dan> taser happy cops
* Karl rolls eyes
<rdrake> dan, that happens in Vancouver too!
<dan> warenless searches
<Karl> ned a search warrent
<Saurabh> crazy lunitics wth guns
<dan> breaking UN treates
<Mackie> There is no war. The US made it up cause they were bored and now they want pity.
<dan> breaking NAFT terates
<Karl> UN is full of crap
<dan> breaking NATO teartes
<Saurabh> Having illegal wars
<Karl> I have not heard that one
<Karl> illegal wars? lol
<Karl> what war is legal
<rdrake> NATO?
<Karl> US is not the UN's pawn
<Mackie> u need to declare a war too the US didn't
<Karl> uuuuh, we got atacked first
<Mackie> the UN is the world court they hold authroity above all else
<dan> raping of the geneive convention
<Saurabh> Iraq (and Veitnam I belive)
<Karl> the Un is full of crap
<Mackie> when did u get attacked by iraq?
<Saurabh> The US government lies to you everyday
<Karl> 91, mackie
<Saurabh> no that was a lie
<Mackie> afganistan
<dan> ummm iraq did not do 911
<Karl> who cares
<Saad> Exactly lol
<Mackie> lol
<dan> even afgainstan did not
<Karl> Saddam Hussein was an evil man
<Saurabh> saddam had nothing to do with the terrorists, he was very secular
<Karl> anyone who DIDN'T want to take out Saddam was a coward
<Mackie> there are evil men in the US to
<Karl> so US did the right thing
<dan> how is kill 100,000s of ires and desotrying all support systems there better then saddam?
<dan> irquies*
<Karl> dan, that's eesy
<Saurabh> kim jon yel is more evil ;)
<Karl> becuase 1, we dind't kill 100k iraqis
<dan> yes you did
<Saurabh> lol
<rdrake> Kim Jong-Il FTW!
<Karl> and 2 if you had lived in iraq under saddm, you'd know why
<dan> probly over now
<Karl> no 100k iraqis that's a bald faced lie
<Saurabh> ?
<dan> condtions are worse in iraw now
<Karl> hey dan, you want to try to argue this, come to the forum
<Mackie> u through a cute puppy off a cliff
<dan> what forum?
<Saurabh> uder saddam iraq was one of the most well developed arab countries
<Karl> right here http://s4.invisionfree.com/Popular_Technology/
<Saad> Well said Saurabh
<dan> why would i debate it there?
<Karl> post political topics and will get responses
<dan> why would i debate there?
<Karl> becuse it can be debated sensibly there
<dan> ummm, that makes no sence to me
<Karl> and cause ther are intelligent computer people there
* jenny20 (jenny20@d033.dhcp212-198-248.noos.fr) has joined #compsci.ca
* X3 gives voice to jenny20
<dan> are you saying every one here is not intelligent?
<Karl> No
<Karl> I am saying the people here are intelligent
<Karl> otherwise I would not invite you over there
<dan> then why debate there and not here?
<Karl> http://www.populartechnology.net/ << lists main ppl
<Karl> Karl (Computer Scientist)
<Karl> aka me
<dan> do you have any points or just spaming the link? :p
<Saad> lol
<Karl> the point is... if you have something to say, let me see you try to argue it there
<rdrake> Kim Jong-Il is a very Ronery man.
<Saurabh> yea keep the discussion here please :P
<Karl> cuase youa re a rational person dan, so you'll contribute to the discussion
<dan> where a debate is had does not effect the vailidy of it's points
* jenny20 has quit (Quit)
<Saurabh> but I don't feel like signing up there
<dan> it makes no sence to randomly change mediumes
<Mackie> ok lets site some sources then
<Karl> debating in foums is better then in chat
<Karl> cause you can form whole arguments and present them without interruption
<Saurabh> chat is real time, it's more engaging
<Karl> and there is a record of what has passed, so do not repeat endlessly
<dan> http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/
<Karl> ok post that in the pop sci forum
<Mackie> ok can we stop debating medium and get back to the point
<dan> Total Wounded: 29395 23000 - 100000
<Karl> I will not try to debate the dozen or so things you've posted here, it's not productive
<Karl> forum debate is productive, tho
<dan> lol, to me it sounds like you are trying to darg me into a basied medium or spam your site
<Saad> lol
<Karl> dan, whatever
<Saurabh> the war in Iraq is illegal and the motive behind it was oil
<Karl> if you are serious about debating politics... that is a good place to do it
<Karl> cause it's fillied iwth comptuer people like us
<Saurabh> no we should go to a neutral place with well informed people
<Karl> and it has both libarl and conservative minded peopel on there already
<Karl> it has well informed people!
<Karl> look at the global warming section for instacne.. best research on the whole net
<Saurabh> I would rather listen to wel informed people than argue myself
<Mackie> Lets take this to the UN
<dan> why would i go to a tech fourm to debate poltics?
<dan> and why would i go to a tech fourm other then compsci.ca?
<Karl> becuase it's a universal forum
<Karl> becuase if you want to promote your ideas, trytheme there
<dan> what and compsci.ca is locked out to non canadians?
<Saurabh> it is?
<Karl> becuase if your ideas have any merit they will be listened too
<Karl> but... if you have any flaws, they will be found
<Karl> so if you have the courage to try, I say try there
<dan> the repsection of ones ideas does not reflect on the vaildit of them
<dan> esptaly in basied mediums
<Karl> what you are saying is illogical
<Saurabh> ghow so?
<dan> look at the case of drawn
<Karl> you post your post, it stays, peopel respond to it
<Karl> see what happens
<Karl> why don't you try it
<dan> he was wildely regarded as wrong, even in the scitegfict comunity and he seems to be more right then they where at the time
<dan> or galolaoe
<Karl> who?
<dan> becues it is obvesly a trolling atment
<dan> to start a masive flame war agsited me on a site ran by you
<Karl> oh galileo (sp)
<Karl> nah about flames
<Karl> hmmmm, I guess you haven't been to a site like this
<Saurabh> he was forced to admit that the helio centric model is correct
<Saurabh> even though it wasn't
<Karl> the site isn't run by me
<Karl> it's run bymy borther
<Saurabh> and no one listened to his rationale
<Karl> who si problaby more like you then like me
<Karl> so think about that
<Karl> ha
<Karl> it would be fun to see you two argue
<Karl> and you'd both learn something, I think
<dan> i am like galileo?
<Karl> you are like my brother
<Mackie> All this to decide what country the compsci meet up will be in... :P
<Karl> mackie, hehehe
* Saad smacks politics
<Saurabh> CANADA!!!!!!!!
<Saad> I say Waterloo, since Im there at the moment :p
<Karl> I'll go to canda only if pure pwnage or college girls are there
<dan> obvesly any meet up for a canadian computer sci orgastion is going to be in canada
<Saurabh> Waterloo is one of the smartest cities in the world
<Mackie> Oshawa is one of the dirtiest
<dan> and so far it has been in waterloo each year :p
<Karl> why is waterloo so smart?
<Saurabh> let's meet there
<Saad> dan should show up :P
<rdrake> Mackie, not quite.
<Mackie> lets meet in oshawa to prommote computer science!
<Saurabh> we don't believe on god :P
<dan> i got ot fight the bears saad
<dan> who will if i go?
<rdrake> Don't forget that Sarnia is our chemical capital.
<Saad> Ah
<Saad> Make another cyborg?
<rdrake> Oshawa is a close second :-)
<rdrake> And damn we're proud of it.
<Saad> lol
<Saurabh> cool
<dan> well i will probly be in waterloo this summer
<dan> so we might be able to do somthing then
<Karl> "The Intelligent Community Forum named Waterloo the Top Intelligent Community of 2007"
<Mackie> We went form a heated political debate to comparing dirt levels of cities :P
<Saad> Heh, curse being away on summer :p
<Karl> "The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) is a nonprofit think tank that focuses on job creation and economic development in the broadband economy."
<dan> well uni summer starts sooner then high school
<Karl> eeeeeh, ok
* Mackie will be there
<Saad> TRue
<Saad> True*
<Karl> ICF... wrong name for the mission
<dan> honstly karl i don't care if you think USA is the most free and such, you are the one that has to live there not me :p
<Saurabh> Man I can't wait till university
* Saad thanks that he's not on IRC
<Karl> ""Intelligent Community” is ICF’s term for what others have called the wired city, smart community, or e-city. It is the community — whether a town, city, county or region — that views Internet bandwidth as the new essential utility, as vital to economic growth and public welfare as clean water and dependable electricity."
<Karl> that's not "intelligent"! gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
<Karl> that's just pro internet
<Karl> stupid so called Intelligent Community
* Karl punches the intelligent community in the head
<Karl> lies
<Karl> all lies
<dan> i wonder what the average intelligence of a usa citzen is vs an canadian one
<dan> i mean you guys have all thos sounther states down there
<Karl> hehe
<Saurabh> lies...like what your government feeds you? ;)
<dan> thats got to lower the bar
<Karl> Saur, you devil's advocate...
<Karl> yeah the conferate sttes are a pain sometimes
<Saurabh> you were lied to about Iraq, you were lied to about Vietnam
<Saad> Gah, can we not go back to politics ._.
<dan> lets move on to a diffrent topic, we obvesly do not adgree
<Saurabh> I like politics
<Saurabh> fine
<Mackie> How about hats?
<rdrake> Let's talk about kitties!
<Saad> PM's are a good system
<Saad> I say cookies
<Karl> hey, you can stae your case on a forum and see
<Karl> no harm done for trying
<rdrake> About kitties?
<dan> wast of my time
<Karl> you can't be sure of that
<Saurabh> so about kitties
<Karl> you might change my mind
<Mackie> dan cant waste time he is an important person
<dan> any good LOL cats lately?
<Karl> :-O
<Saad> I say cookie stealing kittens!
<Karl> teh catz r cool
<rdrake> I want this one: http://gs01.isri.cs.cmu.edu/~zensoul/collection/intrigues/cats/happy_kitty.jpg
<Saurabh> http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wpv01Yo1igA
<Mackie> http://remainsofthedesi.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/lol-cats-2-final.jpg
<Saurabh> ^_^
<rdrake> http://z.about.com/d/cats/1/7/b/x/2/Kitty640x479.jpg
* Saad likes compsci's lolcat :p
<dan> http://compsci.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/dwite_lolcat.jpg
<dan> that evil cat is trying to steal my food right now
<rdrake> I want that cat!
<rdrake> The one in the video.
<Karl> well, professor dan, if you trusted me you'd know it would not be a waste of time.. but eh, I tried
<Mackie> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA3dHi_o7Yw&NR=1
<dan> karl, we are talking about cats now
<Karl> are we
<Karl> it's not stalin's russie
<dan> you can talk to Dr. Dan about the war some other time ;)
<Karl> wwe can talk about whatever we want
<Saad> Its cookie stealing cats dan!
<rdrake> Love the drunk cat.
<Karl> sorry but a totalitian attitude is not good
<Karl> maybe that's the canadian way, but it's not the american way
<Karl> ha!
<Saurabh> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpbtBgLfl90&feature=related I'm hungry for some chicken
<Karl> me dances
<Karl> doh
* Karl dances
<Saad> Sigh, your more arrogant then anything
<Karl> *you're more arrogant
<Karl> hehehe
* Saurabh oh
* Saurabh so thats how you do it
<Karl> heh, arrogance is an easy excuse
<Karl> I know you've got cognitive dissonance
<dan> karl you are starting to get rather anyonying and insualting
<rdrake> Hm... we could talk about calculus instead.
<rdrake> Everybody loves that!
<Saurabh> calcu what?
<Karl> "This CIWF footage shows real examples of animals being slaughtered and may be distressing for many people"
<Mackie> Please? i dont know even the basics of calculus. I hear it's important
<Karl> are you a vegetarian, Saur?
<Saurabh> forgot about that
<Saurabh> kinda
<Karl> cool, like me
<rdrake> Mackie, it is important.
<rdrake> Lots of useful stuff.
<Saurabh> My parents are vegetarian, but I ocasionally eat meat
<md> hey hey
<dan> the only meat i eat is chicken
<Saurabh> why chicken?
<Saad> Hey md
<Saad> How goes?
* Saad loves chicken
<dan> well it is white meat and the least dicusting of all the meats
<Saurabh> are you an animaist?
<Saad> Aswell has cow organs :p
<md> I didn't win hte poker game
<dan> realy i would rather eat no meat but that is not realsitic
<md> but I had lots of fun
<Saad> Damn it md!
<Saurabh> lol
* Saad hates red meat
<Mackie> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo&feature=related
<Saurabh> I eat any meat that's not sea food
<md> red meat?
<md> where?!
* md wants it!
<Karl> ah, it's no big deal
<Saad> If I had some, I would give it ;)
<Karl> people get too worked up
<Karl> lose perspective
<Saad> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snV2_JF4Oes
<Karl> I have learned to debate without getting angry
<Karl> sorry if others gotten angry, tho
<Saurabh> I don't have emotions
<Karl> heh
<dan> karl, this link is for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3_n0B1EaOY
<dan> .k dan
* X3 has kicked dan from #compsci.ca ((dan) Bye.)
<Saad> Hahahaha
* dan (dan@hacker_dan.Users.AfterNET.Org) has joined #compsci.ca
* X3 gives channel operator status to dan
* X3 gives voice to dan
<Karl> hehehe
<Karl> dan kicked by the bot! ooooooooooh
<Saurabh> pwned :P
<dan> acuatly i kicked my self
<Saad> Err he kicked himself
<Saad> ._.
<Karl> dancage!
<Karl> dance-age
<dan> to complie with the rules :p
<Karl> x-x
<Karl> I see
<Karl> interessant
<rdrake> dan, where's Anna?
<Karl> mm anna
<dan> not here, she is busy
<Karl> awwwwwwwwwwww
<dan> :p
<Saurabh> Soo.....what type of music do you gus listen to?
<md> who is karl and why am I already annoyed?
<Karl> hehe
<Karl> clasic rock and hard rock
<Saurabh> Karl anna is a bot
<md> ahh, carl is from new jersy
<md> thus I have no qualms kicking his ass out of my quietness
<dan> rdrake, i have to use the windows side of my laptop for the group project i am working on and anna is on the linux side
<Karl> Anna is a bot... she bans you so hard!
<rdrake> Ah.
* AMailer has quit (Quit)
<Karl> here's a good song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjdEHlhZ6AE
<dan> once the code is more tested i plan on puting it on the server
<Karl> so who is md and why is md annoying himself?
* X3 sets channel limit to 24
<Mackie> i wouldnt do that if i were u karl
<md> I am a foul tempered op, who if you annoy enough will ban you from here
<Saurabh> take it back......
<Karl> Oh ok
<md> and in the mean time...
<md> .k Karl Thanks for playing "Piss of md!" You win a nice big fat kick
* X3 has kicked Karl from #compsci.ca ((md) Thanks for playing "Piss of md!" You win a nice big fat kick)
* Karl (no@c-69-253-64-213.hsd1.nj.comcast.net) has joined #compsci.ca
* X3 gives voice to Karl
<Karl> hey, why is mackie still up a school night?
<Saurabh> no school
<Mackie> easter monday
<Karl> ooh
<dan> zombie jesus day
<rdrake> School for us.
<Saad> None for me
<dan> realy?
<dan> none for me either
<Saad> Although much to do once back
<rdrake> Nobody else I know has it off, either.
<rdrake> I'm glad I don't though... too many lectures lost.
<dan> well i think i have it off >_>
<rdrake> It's only a stat day so you might wish to double-check.
<Karl> aaaaaaaaaah, another revelation!
<Karl> of course... it's all so patterned
<dan> well the lakehead site says we get "Easter Monday" off
<Karl> I must go for now
<Saurabh> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSCVrb9pxA4
<rdrake> Ah.
<Mackie> cya karl
<dan> as well as "Good Friday"
<Karl> talk to you all later
<Karl> have fun, everyone
* Karl waves
<Saurabh> bye
* Karl has quit (Quit)
<Saad> Thank the gods!
<dan> thank god
<Mackie> lol
<Saurabh> whew
* Saad starts a party
* X3 sets channel limit to 23
* Mackie heads to the wiki to document this incedent.
</pre>

Idiots Invade

2008-03-24T16:36:11Z

Mackie:

On March 23, 2008. Karl, a 31 year old computer scientest from New Jersey also known as SupinatorK, came into the IRC and began arguing that the US is more free than Canada. The argument spans the entire posted chat log. He eventually tries to get everyone to sign up for some forum.
<pre>
<Mackie> compsci should have a meet up in newyork city on May 8th!
<Karl> yeah!
<Saurabh> NO!
<dan> no
<Karl> I'm there
<Saad> Thats a little problem since most of us here are in Canada :p
<dan> lets keep our meetings where humman rights are still respected
<Karl> and we can cruise CGBGs
<Mackie> lol
* Saad has 4 monitors in his household
<Saurabh> compsci meetings should be in Canada
<Karl> hey, america has the best freeodms of any nation
<rdrake> Sure.
<Saurabh> ?
<Mackie> lol
<rdrake> had*
<Karl> canada is too big brothery
<Mackie> i think he was being sarcastic
<dan> well you might be the most delisues citzen of any nation
<Karl> delicous citizens? hehehe, ok morbo
<Saurabh> Karl do you know what the world perception of America is?
<Karl> saur, yep
<Saurabh> And don't dis dan
<Karl> but perception is not reality
<rdrake> Oh but it is.
<dan> you have wortentless wire taps
<Karl> perception is due to negative propaganda
<Karl> and who cares what half the world thinks
<Karl> half the worldare idiots
<dan> and torrter and war crimes are legeal there
<Karl> what matters is... what do the GOOD countries think
<Saurabh> the difference between communism and capitalism is that
* rdrake sends dan to Gitmo
<Saad> Define what a good country is
<Karl> countries like the UK and Israel.. nd canada even
<rdrake> Israel is good?
<Karl> good country is a smart country with morals
<Mackie> I think that a good contry is subjective
<Saurabh> poeple of communist governments knew they were being lied to
<Karl> Isreal is amazing
<rdrake> Just double-checking.
<Saad> Morals are again specific to each country
<dan> it is a long stearch to put isreal in the good column
<rdrake> dan, really long.
<Mackie> define a country by what it is, not by what it thinks it is.
<Karl> Morals are not "spefic" theere is objective good and evil
<Karl> and good and evil are easy to see
<dan> but if you have US as being most free, why not
<Karl> hey, prove it wrong
<Saad> Religion is a major factor when it comes to actually defining what morals a country has
<dan> warentless wire taps?
<Karl> to myknowledge US is most free, but may be wrong there
<dan> torret?
<dan> holding peoleop with no trilles?
<Karl> warentless taps are ridiculous
<dan> war crimes?
<Karl> war crimees are war crimes tho
<Saurabh> what would happen to you if you were against the war in Iraq during it early stages?
<rdrake> I'll bet if my name was Ackbar and I went to the US, I'd be put into custody.
<Karl> sory, but hav eyou fougth the terrorists face to face? go talk to a general who's been there
<dan> no flight list that is used agsited peoleop that dissagre with bush?
<dan> taser happy cops
* Karl rolls eyes
<rdrake> dan, that happens in Vancouver too!
<dan> warenless searches
<Karl> ned a search warrent
<Saurabh> crazy lunitics wth guns
<dan> breaking UN treates
<Mackie> There is no war. The US made it up cause they were bored and now they want pity.
<dan> breaking NAFT terates
<Karl> UN is full of crap
<dan> breaking NATO teartes
<Saurabh> Having illegal wars
<Karl> I have not heard that one
<Karl> illegal wars? lol
<Karl> what war is legal
<rdrake> NATO?
<Karl> US is not the UN's pawn
<Mackie> u need to declare a war too the US didn't
<Karl> uuuuh, we got atacked first
<Mackie> the UN is the world court they hold authroity above all else
<dan> raping of the geneive convention
<Saurabh> Iraq (and Veitnam I belive)
<Karl> the Un is full of crap
<Mackie> when did u get attacked by iraq?
<Saurabh> The US government lies to you everyday
<Karl> 91, mackie
<Saurabh> no that was a lie
<Mackie> afganistan
<dan> ummm iraq did not do 911
<Karl> who cares
<Saad> Exactly lol
<Mackie> lol
<dan> even afgainstan did not
<Karl> Saddam Hussein was an evil man
<Saurabh> saddam had nothing to do with the terrorists, he was very secular
<Karl> anyone who DIDN'T want to take out Saddam was a coward
<Mackie> there are evil men in the US to
<Karl> so US did the right thing
<dan> how is kill 100,000s of ires and desotrying all support systems there better then saddam?
<dan> irquies*
<Karl> dan, that's eesy
<Saurabh> kim jon yel is more evil ;)
<Karl> becuase 1, we dind't kill 100k iraqis
<dan> yes you did
<Saurabh> lol
<rdrake> Kim Jong-Il FTW!
<Karl> and 2 if you had lived in iraq under saddm, you'd know why
<dan> probly over now
<Karl> no 100k iraqis that's a bald faced lie
<Saurabh> ?
<dan> condtions are worse in iraw now
<Karl> hey dan, you want to try to argue this, come to the forum
<Mackie> u through a cute puppy off a cliff
<dan> what forum?
<Saurabh> uder saddam iraq was one of the most well developed arab countries
<Karl> right here http://s4.invisionfree.com/Popular_Technology/
<Saad> Well said Saurabh
<dan> why would i debate it there?
<Karl> post political topics and will get responses
<dan> why would i debate there?
<Karl> becuse it can be debated sensibly there
<dan> ummm, that makes no sence to me
<Karl> and cause ther are intelligent computer people there
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* X3 gives voice to jenny20
<dan> are you saying every one here is not intelligent?
<Karl> No
<Karl> I am saying the people here are intelligent
<Karl> otherwise I would not invite you over there
<dan> then why debate there and not here?
<Karl> http://www.populartechnology.net/ << lists main ppl
<Karl> Karl (Computer Scientist)
<Karl> aka me
<dan> do you have any points or just spaming the link? :p
<Saad> lol
<Karl> the point is... if you have something to say, let me see you try to argue it there
<rdrake> Kim Jong-Il is a very Ronery man.
<Saurabh> yea keep the discussion here please :P
<Karl> cuase youa re a rational person dan, so you'll contribute to the discussion
<dan> where a debate is had does not effect the vailidy of it's points
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<Saurabh> but I don't feel like signing up there
<dan> it makes no sence to randomly change mediumes
<Mackie> ok lets site some sources then
<Karl> debating in foums is better then in chat
<Karl> cause you can form whole arguments and present them without interruption
<Saurabh> chat is real time, it's more engaging
<Karl> and there is a record of what has passed, so do not repeat endlessly
<dan> http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/
<Karl> ok post that in the pop sci forum
<Mackie> ok can we stop debating medium and get back to the point
<dan> Total Wounded: 29395 23000 - 100000
<Karl> I will not try to debate the dozen or so things you've posted here, it's not productive
<Karl> forum debate is productive, tho
<dan> lol, to me it sounds like you are trying to darg me into a basied medium or spam your site
<Saad> lol
<Karl> dan, whatever
<Saurabh> the war in Iraq is illegal and the motive behind it was oil
<Karl> if you are serious about debating politics... that is a good place to do it
<Karl> cause it's fillied iwth comptuer people like us
<Saurabh> no we should go to a neutral place with well informed people
<Karl> and it has both libarl and conservative minded peopel on there already
<Karl> it has well informed people!
<Karl> look at the global warming section for instacne.. best research on the whole net
<Saurabh> I would rather listen to wel informed people than argue myself
<Mackie> Lets take this to the UN
<dan> why would i go to a tech fourm to debate poltics?
<dan> and why would i go to a tech fourm other then compsci.ca?
<Karl> becuase it's a universal forum
<Karl> becuase if you want to promote your ideas, trytheme there
<dan> what and compsci.ca is locked out to non canadians?
<Saurabh> it is?
<Karl> becuase if your ideas have any merit they will be listened too
<Karl> but... if you have any flaws, they will be found
<Karl> so if you have the courage to try, I say try there
<dan> the repsection of ones ideas does not reflect on the vaildit of them
<dan> esptaly in basied mediums
<Karl> what you are saying is illogical
<Saurabh> ghow so?
<dan> look at the case of drawn
<Karl> you post your post, it stays, peopel respond to it
<Karl> see what happens
<Karl> why don't you try it
<dan> he was wildely regarded as wrong, even in the scitegfict comunity and he seems to be more right then they where at the time
<dan> or galolaoe
<Karl> who?
<dan> becues it is obvesly a trolling atment
<dan> to start a masive flame war agsited me on a site ran by you
<Karl> oh galileo (sp)
<Karl> nah about flames
<Karl> hmmmm, I guess you haven't been to a site like this
<Saurabh> he was forced to admit that the helio centric model is correct
<Saurabh> even though it wasn't
<Karl> the site isn't run by me
<Karl> it's run bymy borther
<Saurabh> and no one listened to his rationale
<Karl> who si problaby more like you then like me
<Karl> so think about that
<Karl> ha
<Karl> it would be fun to see you two argue
<Karl> and you'd both learn something, I think
<dan> i am like galileo?
<Karl> you are like my brother
<Mackie> All this to decide what country the compsci meet up will be in... :P
<Karl> mackie, hehehe
* Saad smacks politics
<Saurabh> CANADA!!!!!!!!
<Saad> I say Waterloo, since Im there at the moment :p
<Karl> I'll go to canda only if pure pwnage or college girls are there
<dan> obvesly any meet up for a canadian computer sci orgastion is going to be in canada
<Saurabh> Waterloo is one of the smartest cities in the world
<Mackie> Oshawa is one of the dirtiest
<dan> and so far it has been in waterloo each year :p
<Karl> why is waterloo so smart?
<Saurabh> let's meet there
<Saad> dan should show up :P
<rdrake> Mackie, not quite.
<Mackie> lets meet in oshawa to prommote computer science!
<Saurabh> we don't believe on god :P
<dan> i got ot fight the bears saad
<dan> who will if i go?
<rdrake> Don't forget that Sarnia is our chemical capital.
<Saad> Ah
<Saad> Make another cyborg?
<rdrake> Oshawa is a close second :-)
<rdrake> And damn we're proud of it.
<Saad> lol
<Saurabh> cool
<dan> well i will probly be in waterloo this summer
<dan> so we might be able to do somthing then
<Karl> "The Intelligent Community Forum named Waterloo the Top Intelligent Community of 2007"
<Mackie> We went form a heated political debate to comparing dirt levels of cities :P
<Saad> Heh, curse being away on summer :p
<Karl> "The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) is a nonprofit think tank that focuses on job creation and economic development in the broadband economy."
<dan> well uni summer starts sooner then high school
<Karl> eeeeeh, ok
* Mackie will be there
<Saad> TRue
<Saad> True*
* Saad will probably come, noone reveal this to AJ! :P
<Karl> ICF... wrong name for the mission
<dan> honstly karl i don't care if you think USA is the most free and such, you are the one that has to live there not me :p
<Mackie> lol, im inviting him right now!
<Mackie> jks :P
<Saurabh> Man I can't wait till university
* Saad thanks that he's not on IRC
<Karl> ""Intelligent Community” is ICF’s term for what others have called the wired city, smart community, or e-city. It is the community — whether a town, city, county or region — that views Internet bandwidth as the new essential utility, as vital to economic growth and public welfare as clean water and dependable electricity."
<Karl> that's not "intelligent"! gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
<Karl> that's just pro internet
<Karl> stupid so called Intelligent Community
* Karl punches the intelligent community in the head
<Karl> lies
<Karl> all lies
<dan> i wonder what the average intelligence of a usa citzen is vs an canadian one
<dan> i mean you guys have all thos sounther states down there
<Karl> hehe
<Saurabh> lies...like what your government feeds you? ;)
<dan> thats got to lower the bar
<Karl> Saur, you devil's advocate...
<Karl> yeah the conferate sttes are a pain sometimes
<Saurabh> you were lied to about Iraq, you were lied to about Vietnam
<Saad> Gah, can we not go back to politics ._.
<dan> lets move on to a diffrent topic, we obvesly do not adgree
<Saurabh> I like politics
<Saurabh> fine
<Mackie> How about hats?
<rdrake> Let's talk about kitties!
<Saad> PM's are a good system
<Saad> I say cookies
<Karl> hey, you can stae your case on a forum and see
<Karl> no harm done for trying
<rdrake> About kitties?
<dan> wast of my time
<Karl> you can't be sure of that
<Saurabh> so about kitties
<Karl> you might change my mind
<Mackie> dan cant waste time he is an important person
<dan> any good LOL cats lately?
<Karl> :-O
<Saad> I say cookie stealing kittens!
<Karl> teh catz r cool
<rdrake> I want this one: http://gs01.isri.cs.cmu.edu/~zensoul/collection/intrigues/cats/happy_kitty.jpg
<Saurabh> http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wpv01Yo1igA
<Mackie> http://remainsofthedesi.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/lol-cats-2-final.jpg
<Saurabh> ^_^
<rdrake> http://z.about.com/d/cats/1/7/b/x/2/Kitty640x479.jpg
* Saad likes compsci's lolcat :p
<dan> http://compsci.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/dwite_lolcat.jpg
<dan> that evil cat is trying to steal my food right now
<rdrake> I want that cat!
<rdrake> The one in the video.
<Karl> well, professor dan, if you trusted me you'd know it would not be a waste of time.. but eh, I tried
<Mackie> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA3dHi_o7Yw&NR=1
<dan> karl, we are talking about cats now
<Karl> are we
<Karl> it's not stalin's russie
<dan> you can talk to Dr. Dan about the war some other time ;)
<Karl> wwe can talk about whatever we want
<Saad> Its cookie stealing cats dan!
<rdrake> Love the drunk cat.
<Karl> sorry but a totalitian attitude is not good
<Karl> maybe that's the canadian way, but it's not the american way
<Karl> ha!
<Saurabh> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpbtBgLfl90&feature=related I'm hungry for some chicken
<Karl> me dances
<Karl> doh
* Karl dances
<Saad> Sigh, your more arrogant then anything
<Karl> *you're more arrogant
<Karl> hehehe
* Saurabh oh
* Saurabh so thats how you do it
<Karl> heh, arrogance is an easy excuse
<Karl> I know you've got cognitive dissonance
<dan> karl you are starting to get rather anyonying and insualting
<rdrake> Hm... we could talk about calculus instead.
<rdrake> Everybody loves that!
<Saurabh> calcu what?
<Karl> "This CIWF footage shows real examples of animals being slaughtered and may be distressing for many people"
<Mackie> Please? i dont know even the basics of calculus. I hear it's important
<Karl> are you a vegetarian, Saur?
<Saurabh> forgot about that
<Saurabh> kinda
<Karl> cool, like me
<rdrake> Mackie, it is important.
<rdrake> Lots of useful stuff.
<Saurabh> My parents are vegetarian, but I ocasionally eat meat
<md> hey hey
<dan> the only meat i eat is chicken
<Saurabh> why chicken?
<Saad> Hey md
<Saad> How goes?
* Saad loves chicken
<dan> well it is white meat and the least dicusting of all the meats
<Saurabh> are you an animaist?
<Saad> Aswell has cow organs :p
<md> I didn't win hte poker game
<dan> realy i would rather eat no meat but that is not realsitic
<md> but I had lots of fun
<Saad> Damn it md!
<Saurabh> lol
* Saad hates red meat
<Mackie> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo&feature=related
<Saurabh> I eat any meat that's not sea food
<md> red meat?
<md> where?!
* md wants it!
<Karl> ah, it's no big deal
<Saad> If I had some, I would give it ;)
<Karl> people get too worked up
<Karl> lose perspective
<Saad> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snV2_JF4Oes
<Karl> I have learned to debate without getting angry
<Karl> sorry if others gotten angry, tho
<Saurabh> I don't have emotions
<Karl> heh
<dan> karl, this link is for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3_n0B1EaOY
<dan> .k dan
* X3 has kicked dan from #compsci.ca ((dan) Bye.)
<Saad> Hahahaha
* dan (dan@hacker_dan.Users.AfterNET.Org) has joined #compsci.ca
* X3 gives channel operator status to dan
* X3 gives voice to dan
<Karl> hehehe
<Karl> dan kicked by the bot! ooooooooooh
<Saurabh> pwned :P
<dan> acuatly i kicked my self
<Saad> Err he kicked himself
<Saad> ._.
<Karl> dancage!
<Karl> dance-age
<dan> to complie with the rules :p
<Karl> x-x
<Karl> I see
<Karl> interessant
<rdrake> dan, where's Anna?
<Karl> mm anna
<dan> not here, she is busy
<Karl> awwwwwwwwwwww
<dan> :p
<Saurabh> Soo.....what type of music do you gus listen to?
<md> who is karl and why am I already annoyed?
<Karl> hehe
<Karl> clasic rock and hard rock
<Saurabh> Karl anna is a bot
<md> ahh, carl is from new jersy
<md> thus I have no qualms kicking his ass out of my quietness
<dan> rdrake, i have to use the windows side of my laptop for the group project i am working on and anna is on the linux side
<Karl> Anna is a bot... she bans you so hard!
<rdrake> Ah.
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<Karl> here's a good song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjdEHlhZ6AE
<dan> once the code is more tested i plan on puting it on the server
<Karl> so who is md and why is md annoying himself?
* X3 sets channel limit to 24
<Mackie> i wouldnt do that if i were u karl
<md> I am a foul tempered op, who if you annoy enough will ban you from here
<Saurabh> take it back......
<Karl> Oh ok
<md> and in the mean time...
<md> .k Karl Thanks for playing "Piss of md!" You win a nice big fat kick
* X3 has kicked Karl from #compsci.ca ((md) Thanks for playing "Piss of md!" You win a nice big fat kick)
* Karl (no@c-69-253-64-213.hsd1.nj.comcast.net) has joined #compsci.ca
* X3 gives voice to Karl
<Karl> hey, why is mackie still up a school night?
<Saurabh> no school
<Mackie> easter monday
<Karl> ooh
<dan> zombie jesus day
<rdrake> School for us.
<Saad> None for me
<dan> realy?
<dan> none for me either
<Saad> Although much to do once back
<rdrake> Nobody else I know has it off, either.
<rdrake> I'm glad I don't though... too many lectures lost.
<dan> well i think i have it off >_>
<rdrake> It's only a stat day so you might wish to double-check.
<Karl> aaaaaaaaaah, another revelation!
<Karl> of course... it's all so patterned
<dan> well the lakehead site says we get "Easter Monday" off
<Karl> I must go for now
<Saurabh> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSCVrb9pxA4
<rdrake> Ah.
<Mackie> cya karl
<dan> as well as "Good Friday"
<Karl> talk to you all later
<Karl> have fun, everyone
* Karl waves
<Saurabh> bye
* Karl has quit (Quit)
<Saad> Thank the gods!
<dan> thank god
<Mackie> lol
<Saurabh> whew
* Saad starts a party
* X3 sets channel limit to 23
* Mackie heads to the wiki to document this incedent.
</pre>

El Comandante

2008-03-24T06:26:46Z

Mackie:

El Comandante is widely held to be [[the]] most newbish user of compsci (with many exception). Everything he says can be safely ignored, but sometimes it isn't safe not to ignore what he says since it's so dumb it hurts. He is solely responsible for the title of "newbcake".

El Comandante is also experiance in 3D design using program like Blender.

El Comandante is currently known as [[MihaiG]].

CompSci.ca News

2008-03-22T11:14:33Z

Mackie:

== March 22nd, 2008 ==
There is a target release date for [[the]] next installment of [[the]] The [[CompSci Comic]] is March 29th, 2008. This date conveniently is four years from [[the]] time [[the]] last story related comic was released. [[Mackie]] Drew, is drawing the comic for now.

--[[User:Mackie|Mackie]] 07:13, 22 March 2008 (EDT)

== March 18th, 2008 ==
The [http://compsci.ca/ CompSci.ca] [[favicon]] was recently updated. The new [[favicon]], was designed by Mackie, and chosen/implemented by Dan.

--[[User:Mackie|Mackie]] 01:20, 18 March 2008 (EDT)

== May 10th, 2006 ==
[http://compsci.ca/ CompSci.ca] will be hosting and administering the [[DWITE]] programming contest starting Fall 2006.

We have set up a [http://blog.compsci.ca/ Blog] to publish information about the progress of contest's implemintation, as well as other [http://compsci.ca/ CompSci.ca] news, and [[Tony]]'s rants. It is likely that it will be much more up-to-date and detailed than this news sniplet here.

--Tony 12:20, 10 May 2006 (EST)

== December 11th, 2005 ==
Big updates are coming over the x-mas break, starting with new software installed on the server like this wiki, a compsci.ca blog and much more. Though due to these upgrades, the site may be down for some time during the break. Hopefully everything will go over well and we will have a brand new verson to come back to in the new year.

In other news there are serveral virii going around that may slow down the site, especially relating to the mail server. The 1st one affects phpbb installs and is slowing down the site searching for exploits, though this virus can not actually harm the site due to our scripts but it's trying could slow us down a bit. The 2nd is yet another e-mail based virus which is overwelming our host's mail server, making all e-mail based activities on our site delayed up to a few hours.

--Hacker Dan 17:20, 11 December 2005 (PST)

Main Page

2008-03-22T11:13:36Z

Mackie: /* CompSci.ca Current News */

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== CompSci.ca Current News ==
There is a target release date for [[the]] next installment of [[the]] The [[CompSci Comic]] is March 29th, 2008. This date conveniently is four years from [[the]] time [[the]] last story related comic was released. [[Mackie]] Drew, is drawing the comic for now.

--[[User:Mackie|Mackie]] 07:13, 22 March 2008 (EDT)

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Saad

2008-03-22T11:05:38Z

Mackie:

== Who is Saad? ==
Saad is a mysterious adventurer who has come from the depth of the internet looking for milk. He is often seen in the IRC with not talking, or giving us the face ":o".

Mackie

2008-03-22T00:58:26Z

Mackie:

== Comunity Involvment ==
* Designer of CompSci.ca's favicon.
* Active forum member.
* Active in IRC.
* Member of the [[The Turing Initiative]]
* Currently creating the CompSci.ca Comic.

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* [http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=17171 Gradient Module]
* [http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=17531 File Browser Function]
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== Current Projects ==
* Project Internet - Internet Game, has no name yet.
* Ocean - Web Browser
* Compsci.ca Comic
* Evolutionary - Life Simulator
* File Browser Function

== External Links ==
[http://www.mackiedrew.com Personal Website]

Ubuntu

2008-03-21T06:29:25Z

Mackie:

Ubuntu is a [[Debian]] based distribution of [[linux]]. It is [http://shipit.ubuntu.com/ free], [[Ubuntu_Users|popular among CompSci.ca users]], and has a great [http://www.ubuntuforums.org community].

Ubuntu updates every six months. [[The]] current release is Gutsy Gibbon, released 2007-10-18. Next release is Hardy Heron.

[[Image:Dapper.png|thumb|175px|right|[[Dapper Drake]]]]

Ubuntu Users

2008-03-19T18:30:52Z

Mackie:

The following [[CompSci.ca]] members use [[Ubuntu]]:

<ul>
<li>[[wtd]]</li>
<li>[[Cervantes]]</li>
<li>[[Timmytheturtle]]</li>
<li>[[Tony]]</li>
<li>[[Hikaru79]]</li>
<li>[[A-Pomb]]</li>
<li>[[El Comandante]]</li>
<li>[[Freakman]]</li>
<li>[[Mackie]]</li>
</ul>

Sobe

2008-03-19T11:35:04Z

Mackie:

Sobe is a strange drink, it is flavored with rabbit butts, and carrot juice.

BBCode

2008-03-19T11:20:51Z

Mackie: /* Syntax Highlighting */

==What is BBCode?==
BBCode is a special implementation of HTML. Whether you can actually use BBCode in your posts on the forum is determined by the administrator. In addition, you can disable BBCode on a per post basis via the posting form. BBCode itself is similar in style to HTML: tags are enclosed in square braces [ and ] rather than < and > and it offers greater control over what and how something is displayed. Depending on the template you are using you may find adding BBCode to your posts is made much easier through a clickable interface above the message area on the posting form. Even with this you may find the following guide useful.

Please note that BBCode is '''not''' used in editing '''wiki''' pages. For information on how to edit wiki pages, please go [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page here].

==Text Formatting==
BBCode includes tags to allow you to quickly change the basic style of your text.
===Bold Text===
To make a piece of text bold enclose it in '''[b][/b]'''. For example:
:<code>[b]Hello World[/b]</code> becomes
:'''Hello World'''

===Underlining===
To make a piece of text underlined, use '''[u][/u]'''. For example:
:<code>[u]Calvin and Hobbes[/u]</code>
:Calvin and Hobbes

===Italics===
To italicise text, use '''[i][/i]'''. For example:
:<code>I [i]like[/i] green [i]olives[/i] and ham, Sam I am.</code>
:I ''like'' green ''olives'' and ham, Sam I am.

===Colour===
Changing the colour of text is achieved by wrapping it in '''[color=][/color]'''. You can specify either a recognised colour name (eg. red, blue, yellow, etc.) or the hexadecimal triplet alternative, eg. #FFFFFF, #000000. For example, to create blue text you could use the following:
:<code>The colour [color=blue]blue[/color] is over used on the internet (and windows XP)</code>
:The colour blue is over used on the internet (and windows XP)
:::---''Anyone know how to add colour to a wiki page?''

:<code>[color=#00DEAD]This text is written in the colour 00DEAD[/color]</code>

===Size===
Changing the text size is achieved in a similar way using '''[size=][/size]'''. This tag is dependent on the template you are using but the recommended format is a numerical value representing the text size in pixels, starting at 1 (so tiny you will not see it) through to 29 (very large). For example:
:<code>[size=9]small[/size]</code>
:small

:<code>[size=16]BIG[/size]</code>
:<big>BIG</big>

===Centred Text===
Text can be centred by wrapping it in '''[center][/center]''' tags. For example:
:<code>[center]Welcome to CompSci.ca[/center]</code>

==Coding==
There are two ways of displaying code in a friendly manner that will not get you yelled at.

===Basic Monospaced Code Tags===
If you want to output a piece of code or in fact anything that requires a fixed width with a Courier-type font, you can enclose the text in '''[code][/code]''' tags. The following is some Ruby code, as you would type it into the reply box:
[[Image:BBCode_Code_Image.JPG|thumbnail|300px|right|Making a class method private in [[Ruby]]]]
[code]
class << Foo
def class_method
puts "class method"
end
private :class_method
end
Foo.class_method # --> Error!
[/code]

===Syntax Highlighting===
[[CompSci.ca]] also supports syntax highlighting. To use it, wrap your code in '''[syntax="language_name"][/syntax]''' tags. For example:
[[Image:Syntax_highlighting.JPG|thumbnail|300px|right|Hello World in [[Java]]]]
[syntax="java"]
public class HelloWorld
{
public static void main(Str
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ing[] args)
{
System.out.println("Hello world!");
}
}
[/syntax]

Syntax highlighting will not work unless specific conditions are met.
*Do not start the string with an upper case letter. "java" is used, not "Java".
*Insert non-formatted text hereUse letters only. "cpp" is used, not <nowiki>"c++"</nowiki>
*Not all languages are supported.

*The supported languages include: French ActionScript ("actionscript-french"), ActionScript ("actionscript"), ADA ("ada"), Apache ("apache"), AppleScript ("applescript"), ASM ("asm"), ASP ("asp"), AutoIt("autoit"), Bash ("bash"), Blitz Basic ("blitzbasic"), C ("c"), ("caddcl"), CadLisp("cadlisp"), CFM ("cfm"), C++ ("cpp"), C# ("csharp"), CSS ("css"), C Mac("c_mac"), D ("d"), Delphi ("delphi"), Diff ("diff"), Div ("div"), Dos ("dos"), Eiffel ("eiffel"), Free Basic("freebasic"), GML ("gml"), Haskell("haskell"), HTML 4 - Strict ("html4strict"), INI ("ini"), INNO ("inno"), Java ("java"), Java 5("java5"), JavaScript("javascript"), Lisp("lisp"), LUA("lua"), MatLab("matlab"), MPasm("mpasm"), MySQL("mysql"), NSIS ("nsis"), Objective C("objc"), O'Caml-Brief("ocaml-brief"), O'Caml ("ocaml"), OOBas ("oobas"), ("oracle8"), PASCAL ("pascal"), Perl ("perl"), PHP-Brief ("php-brief"), PHP("php"), Python ("python"), QBasic("qbasic"), Robots("robots"), Ruby ("ruby"), Scheme ("scheme"), SDL Basic("sdlbasic"), Smarty ("smarty"), SQL ("sql"), TSQL ("tsql"), Turing("turing"), Visual Basic ("vb"), Visual Basic.Net ("vbnet"), VHDL ("vhdl"), Visual FoxPro("visualfoxpro"), and XML ("xml").

*Some of these tags require special formatting to work, thy will will posted in due time.

==Quoting==
There are two ways you can quote text: with a reference or without.

===Basic Quoting===
To create a basic quote, wrap the quotation in '''[quote][/quote]''' tags. For example:
[[Image:Basic_Quote.JPG|thumbnail|300px|right|An anonymous quotation]]
[quote]
God is man's way of glorifying his own importance.
[/quote]

===Reference Quoting===
To create a quotation and show who said it, wrap the quotation in '''[quote="name"][/quote]''' tags, where ''name'' represents the name of the person or thing that said the quotation. For example:
[[Image:Reference_quote.JPG|thumbnail|250px|right|[[wtd]]'s famous quote]]
[quote="wtd"]
Don't reinvent the wheel if there's an existing library function to do it for you.
[/quote]

==Lists==
We can create ordered and un-ordered lists with BBCode.

===Un-ordered Lists===
There are two types of unordered lists.

====Non-bulleted Lists====
To create an un-ordered, non-bulleted list, wrap the contents in '''[list][/list]''' tags. This will indent all text within the list tags. For example:
[list]
Pirate
Ninja
Foo
[/list]
:This produces the following each of the three words on their own line, indented. [[Cervantes]] has used this to indent sections of his tutorials. A good example of this can be seen in [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=9634 The Introduction to Turing] tutorial.

====Bulleted Lists====
To create an un-ordered, bulleted list, wrap the contents in '''[list][/list]''' tags. A bullet is represented by '''[*]'''. For example:
[[Image:Bullets.JPG|thumbnail|100px|right|A bulleted list on [[CompSci.ca]]]]
[list]
[*]Pirate
[*]Ninja
[*]Foo
[/list]

===Ordered Lists===
There are two types of ordered lists. They are quite similar to the non-ordered, bulleted list, except instead of bullets, they use digits or letters. To create an ordered list, wrap the contents in either '''[list=1][/list]''' or '''[list=a][/list]''' tags. Each line is prefixed by a '''[*]''', as in the non-ordered, bulleted list. For example:
[[Image:Ordered_list.JPG|thumbnail|100px|right|An ordered list on [[CompSci.ca]]]]
[list=1]
[*]Pirate
[*]Ninja
[*]Foo
[/list]

==URL Links==
BBCode allows us to insert links, or hypertext. There are two types of links.

===Basic Link===
To create a basic link, wrap the URL in '''[url][/url]''' tags. For example:
:<code><nowiki>[url]http://www.google.ca[/url]</nowiki></code>
:This produces the phpBB equivalent of [http://www.google.ca http://www.google.ca]

===Named Link===
To make text link to a webpage, wrap the text in '''[url="place complete URL here"][/url]''' tags. For example:
:<code><nowiki>[url=http://maddox.xmission.com/]The Worst Page in the Universe[/url]</nowiki></code>
:This produces the phpBB equivalent of [http://maddox.xmission.com/ The Worst Page in the Universe]

==Inserting Images==
[[Image:OniTony.jpg|thumbnail|100px|right|Oni [[Tony]]]]
BBCode allows us to insert images into th
1000
e forums. Go easy on this, however. Inserting large images will get you in trouble. If you want to insert a large image, you can make a [[thumbnail]] of it.

To insert an image, wrap the URL to the image in '''[img][/img]''' tags. For example:
:<code><nowiki>[img]http://www.compsci.ca/wiki/images/7/7d/OniTony.jpg[/img]</nowiki></code>
:This inserts the image into the forum, located at the left.

==Combining Formatting Tags==
BBCode tags may be combined to produce, for example, bold, italicized, and large text. To do this, place all the initial tags one after each other, followed by the text, followed by the closing tags. For example:
:<code>This text will [b][i][size=16]really[/size][/i][/b] stick out!</code>
:This text will '''''<big>really</big>''''' stick out!

[[Image:Logo phpBB-6.gif|thumbnail|200px|right|[[CompSci.ca]] logo]]
:<code><nowiki>[url=http://www.compsci.ca/v3/index.php]</nowiki></code>

:<code><nowiki>[img]http://compsci.ca/v3/templates/subSilver/images/logo_phpBB.gif[/img]</nowiki></code>

:<code>[/url]</code>

:This produces the CompSci.ca logo, and the image links to the CompSci.ca forum index.

==Staff Only BBCodes==
Curently (as of [[V2]]) there is only one bbcode that can only be used by some of the staff. However this may chage come the adadtion of [[V3]] and many new BBCodes (see V3 BBCodes).

===Mod Tag===
This tag can only be used by a user who has mod powers in the forum in question. It places a message in a box like the qoute and code tags but stands out more. Also it has the nice effect of making the post uneditable by anyone who dose not have mod powers in the fourm. The mod tag can be used anonymously or it can state a name the same way the qoute tag works. An exmaple of the mod tag is as fallows:
:<code>[mod="Hacker Dan"]All your base are belong to us.[/mod]</code>
:This will put a big red box with the text "All your base are belong to us." in it and a title of "Moderator by Hacker Dan:".

==V3 BBCodes==
The fallowing are some of the bbcodes being introduced in Verson 3 of the CompSci.ca software. Thess BBCodes are still in testing and may or may not aucatly be in [[V3]] and deftaly will not work on [[V2]].

===Wiki Tag===
This tag allows us to quickly make a link to a page on the CompSci.ca Wiki by using the falowing tag and the page name. For Example:
:<code>[wiki]BBcode[/wiki]</code>
:This will make a link to this page on the wiki.

===Google Tag===
Like the wiki tag this will make a link to sreach [[Google]] for the given text. This is usefull when directing users to sreach google for help. Example:
:<code>[Google]CompSci[/google]</code>
:This will make a link to sreach google for CompSci

===Yahoo Tag===
Excatly like the Google tag but uses the [[Yahoo]] sreach engion. Example:
:<code>[Yahoo]CompSci[/Yahoo]</code>
:This will make a link to sreach yahoo for CompSci

===Ebay Tag===
Like the above tags the ebay tag will sreach [[Ebay]] for an item listed. Example:
:<code>[Ebay]Laptops[/Ebay]</code>
:This will make a link to sreach ebay for laptops

===Username Tag===
Simpley puts your username inplace of the tag. Example:
:<code>[username]</code>
:Will put your username in place of the tag.

===Strike Tag===
Atacks the same as the the strike html tag and puts a strike threw the text. Example:
:<code>[strike]Tony is the coolest[/strike]</code>
:Will output <strike>Tony is the coolest</strike>

===Footnote Tag===
This atacks much like footnotes in word processors and will put a number with the footnote at the bottom of the post. Example:
:<code>Dan[footnote]Dan is a hacker[/footnote] likes popcorn.</code>
:Will put "Dan^1 likes popcorn" with ^1 being an supercased 1 and "1. Dan is a Hacker" at the end of the post.

===Offtopic Tag===
This puts th
1000
e words Offtopic in front of the taged text as well as making it italicesed and blue. Example:
:<code>[offtopic]Martin is a lamer mod[/offtopic]</code>
:Will output "Offtopic: Martin is a lamer mod" in a blue color. Pic to come when v3 realsed.

===Spoiler Tag===
Ment for posts that may give somthing away the user may not whont to see right away. Like some tutorals or moive/game reviews (not that we get many of them). Example:
:<code>[spoiler]Neo is the one[/spoiler]</code>
:This will output a black box with the title spolier that can only be read when the text is highlighted with a mouse. Pic to come when v3 realsted.

===Tab Tag===
Alows for tabs to be placed in posts, witch can be quite usefull some times esptaly with code exmaples.
:<code>[Tab]Hello World</code>
:Will out put " Hello World" where the space is one tab length.

PG13

2008-03-18T10:38:50Z

Mackie:

PG-13, is CompSci's rating. All content should dwell within this domain. PG-13 is defined loosely, basically by these points by the film industry:
* Can contain drug references.
* Can contain single uses of sexually derived words, as long as not in sexual context.
* Anything in between PG and R.
* Material should be safe for people as young as 13.
* In some films f*ck has been allowed.

== References ==
[http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/question467.htm How Stuff Works]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pg_13 Wikipedia]
[http://www.filmratings.com/questions.htm Film Ratings]

CompSci Comic

2008-03-18T06:44:52Z

Mackie:

Being so new, I feel that I owe it to the community to try and resurrect this old project. I'll be making 10 comics. Before any plans are drawn up.

--[[User:Mackie|Mackie]] 02:44, 18 March 2008 (EDT)

CompSci Comic

2008-03-18T06:44:39Z

Mackie:

Being so new, I feel that I owe it to the community to try and resurrect this old project. I'll be making 10 comics. Before any plans are drawn up.

IRC channel

2008-03-18T06:24:34Z

Mackie: /* 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.

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===

''Note: As far as I know, none of these servers actually work. Use the AfterNET servers, down below''

'''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.

'''Update2''': irc.compsci.ca is no longer in use. Use #compsci.ca on irc.afternet.org instead.

===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.

''Please note: The above rule of 'off topic discussion' rarely holds, and don't think you've gotta be a stickler. That doesn't mean you can be a jackass, though. And there often is a lot of programming talk, or otherwise geeky conversations, usually [[wtd]] dispensing out some parcel of [[wtd's infinite wisdom]].

===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], or the short but horrifing [[vibrator incident]].

== IRC Names to CompSci.ca User Names ==
*'''[[wtd]]''' - wtd, Lotho ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=wtd&small=1 Status])
*'''[[Cornflake]]''' - God, md, or cornflake ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=minor_deity&small=1 Status])
*'''[[Mazer]]''' - [niko|Stukkm] ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=ncout1&small=1 Status])
*'''[[Cervantes]]''' - Cervantes, [[Minsc]], and 100's of other variations that come up ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=cervantes&small=1 Status])*
*'''[[Gandalf]]''' - Gandalf, [Gandalf] ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=gandalf11111&small=1 Status])
*'''[[Hikaru79]]''' - Hikaru79 ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=hikaru79&small=1 Status])*
*'''[[Hacker Dan]]''' - Hacker_Dan, Dan ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=hacker_dan&small=1 Status])*
*'''[[timmytheturtle]]''' - timmy, timmytheturtle, timmythetortoise ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=timmytheturtle&small=1 Status])
*'''[[Amailer]]''' - Amailer ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=amailer&small=1 Status])*
*'''[[TheFerret]]''' - TheFerret, Furo ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=TheFerret&small=1 Status])
*'''[[Martin]]''' - mdkess ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=mdkess&small=1 Status])*
*'''[[rdrake]]''' - rdrake ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=rdrake&small=1 Status])
*'''[[rizzix]]''' - rizzix ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=rizzix&small=1 Status])*
*Compwiz333 - '''[[A-Pomb]]''' ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=compwiz333&small=1 Status])*
*'''[[Bored]]''' - Bored, Confused ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=bored&small=1 Status])*
*'''[[Aziz]]''' - Aziz ([http://www.afternet.org/afternet_status/?account=aziz&small=1 Status])*
*'''[[ZeroPaladn]]''' - ZeroPaladn, ZeroWeapon
*'''[[StealthArcher]]''' - StealthArcher
*'''[[Mackie]]''' - [[Mackie]]

 *Please update your account= with the proper account name if necessary.

==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]].

Pepsi

2008-03-18T06:14:46Z

Mackie: /* 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 in the past <<insert time here>>
* [[Wtd]]
* [[Mackie]] - I just want to be on a list, Coke is way better.

12

2008-03-18T06:12:49Z

Mackie:

#REDIRECT [[12 years old]]

12 years old

2008-03-18T06:11:58Z

Mackie:

== Definition ==
This is the greatest insult on the internet, and is a sin to be as such.

==Examples==
* What are you 12?
* What are you 12 years old?
* How old are you 12?
* Look at the 12 year old!
* Poor Baby. *cough* 12 *cough*
* How 12 are you?
* You're 12.
* 12!
* I'm not 12 you're 12.
* Get out of here 12 year old.

Caffeine

2008-03-18T06:02:35Z

Mackie:

Caffeine, like [[Food]], is a key resource that programmers turn into code. There is a forumla for determining how much food and how much caffeine it takes for each line of code, but that forumla has yet to be perfected.

A chart of the happiness content of various drinks can be found here.[http://wilstar.com/caffeine.htm]

''See also: [[Food]], [[Java]], [[Coke]], [[Pepsi]], [[Sobe]]''

== External Links ==
Some great [[caffeine]] related products can be found at [http://thinkgeek.com ThinkGeek].

Links

2008-03-18T05:58:35Z

Mackie: /* User Links */

Post links to anything here, just put them under a good heading.

== Computer Science Links ==
===CompSci.ca Links===
*[http://www.compsci.ca/ CompSci.ca]
*[http://blog.compsci.ca/ blog.CompSci.ca]
*[http://wiki.compsci.ca/ wiki.CompSci.ca]
*[http://dwite.ca dwite.ca]

==User Links==
* [http://mackiedrew.com Mackie's Personal Site]

User:Mackie

2008-03-18T05:55:23Z

Mackie:

#REDIRECT [[Mackie]]

Mackie

2008-03-18T05:55:00Z

Mackie:

== Comunity Involvment ==
* Designer of CompSci.ca's favicon.
* Active forum member.
* Active in IRC.
* Member of the [[The Turing Initiative]]

== Released Applications ==
* [http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=17171 Gradient Module]
* [http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=17531 File Browser Function]
* [http://mackiedrew.com/tinit/Ocean Ocean Web Browser]

== External Links ==
[http://www.mackiedrew.com Personal Website]

The Turing Initiative

2008-03-18T05:51:26Z

Mackie: /* Members */

== Idea ==
The idea behind [[The Turing Initiative]] is to squeeze that last breathe out of Turing before it fades in the sands of time. It is a series of potentially amazing applications. It is open source and completely free from restriction. All source is available [http://mackiedrew.com/tinit here].
== Members ==
* StealthArcher - Project Manager/Picoss
* [[User:Mackie|Mackie]] - Ocean
* Vilament - Research and Development

== Applications ==
* Ocean - Web Browser
* Gleam - Ruby Interpretor
* ToyBox - Game Making Tools
** King Guard - Chess Made with ToyBox
* MegaPix - Image Tools
* Picoss - Image Editor
* Datamaster - Excel Type Application

== References ==
[http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=17458 Original Thread]

== External Threads ==
[http://mackiedrew.com/tinit Source Code]

The Turing Initiative

2008-03-18T05:51:14Z

Mackie: /* Members */

== Idea ==
The idea behind [[The Turing Initiative]] is to squeeze that last breathe out of Turing before it fades in the sands of time. It is a series of potentially amazing applications. It is open source and completely free from restriction. All source is available [http://mackiedrew.com/tinit here].
== Members ==
* StealthArcher - Project Manager/Picoss
* [[User:Mackie Mackie]] - Ocean
* Vilament - Research and Development

== Applications ==
* Ocean - Web Browser
* Gleam - Ruby Interpretor
* ToyBox - Game Making Tools
** King Guard - Chess Made with ToyBox
* MegaPix - Image Tools
* Picoss - Image Editor
* Datamaster - Excel Type Application

== References ==
[http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=17458 Original Thread]

== External Threads ==
[http://mackiedrew.com/tinit Source Code]

The Turing Initiative

2008-03-18T05:50:55Z

Mackie: /* Members */

== Idea ==
The idea behind [[The Turing Initiative]] is to squeeze that last breathe out of Turing before it fades in the sands of time. It is a series of potentially amazing applications. It is open source and completely free from restriction. All source is available [http://mackiedrew.com/tinit here].
== Members ==
* StealthArcher - Project Manager/Picoss
* [[User:Mackie]] - Ocean
* Vilament - Research and Development

== Applications ==
* Ocean - Web Browser
* Gleam - Ruby Interpretor
* ToyBox - Game Making Tools
** King Guard - Chess Made with ToyBox
* MegaPix - Image Tools
* Picoss - Image Editor
* Datamaster - Excel Type Application

== References ==
[http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=17458 Original Thread]

== External Threads ==
[http://mackiedrew.com/tinit Source Code]

The Turing Initiative

2008-03-18T05:50:13Z

Mackie:

== Idea ==
The idea behind [[The Turing Initiative]] is to squeeze that last breathe out of Turing before it fades in the sands of time. It is a series of potentially amazing applications. It is open source and completely free from restriction. All source is available [http://mackiedrew.com/tinit here].
== Members ==
* StealthArcher - Project Manager/Picoss
* [[Mackie]] - Ocean
* Vilament - Research and Development

== Applications ==
* Ocean - Web Browser
* Gleam - Ruby Interpretor
* ToyBox - Game Making Tools
** King Guard - Chess Made with ToyBox
* MegaPix - Image Tools
* Picoss - Image Editor
* Datamaster - Excel Type Application

== References ==
[http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=17458 Original Thread]

== External Threads ==
[http://mackiedrew.com/tinit Source Code]

User:Mackie

2008-03-18T05:39:41Z

Mackie:

CompSci.ca News

2008-03-18T05:33:46Z

Mackie:

== March 18th, 2008 ==
The [http://compsci.ca/ CompSci.ca] [[favicon]] was recently updated. The new [[favicon]], was designed by Mackie, and chosen/implemented by Dan.

--[[User:Mackie|Mackie]] 01:20, 18 March 2008 (EDT)

== May 10th, 2006 ==
[http://compsci.ca/ CompSci.ca] will be hosting and administering the [[DWITE]] programming contest starting Fall 2006.

We have set up a [http://blog.compsci.ca/ Blog] to publish information about the progress of contest's implemintation, as well as other [http://compsci.ca/ CompSci.ca] news, and [[Tony]]'s rants. It is likely that it will be much more up-to-date and detailed than this news sniplet here.

--Tony 12:20, 10 May 2006 (EST)

== December 11th, 2005 ==
Big updates are coming over the x-mas break, starting with new software installed on the server like this wiki, a compsci.ca blog and much more. Though due to these upgrades, the site may be down for some time during the break. Hopefully everything will go over well and we will have a brand new verson to come back to in the new year.

In other news there are serveral virii going around that may slow down the site, especially relating to the mail server. The 1st one affects phpbb installs and is slowing down the site searching for exploits, though this virus can not actually harm the site due to our scripts but it's trying could slow us down a bit. The 2nd is yet another e-mail based virus which is overwelming our host's mail server, making all e-mail based activities on our site delayed up to a few hours.

--Hacker Dan 17:20, 11 December 2005 (PST)

Talk:Favicon

2008-03-18T05:32:31Z

Mackie:

Favicon

2008-03-18T05:32:16Z

Mackie:

The [[favicon]] is [[the]] small 16px by 16px, Windows .ico file. It is stored in the root directory of the website. It is displayed in the bookmarks, in each tab and beside the address bar. It is important that the [[favicon]], is called "favicon.ico" in all lowercase.

A problem with the [[favicon]]s are that they are very strictly held in browser cache. Updates are not often seen, unless intentional action is taken.

Talk:Favicon

2008-03-18T05:30:12Z

Mackie:

Main Page

2008-03-18T05:20:59Z

Mackie: /* CompSci.ca Current News */

== Welcome to the CompSci.ca Wiki ==
This Wiki is for anything relating to Computer Science, [[the]] site [http://compsci.ca/ CompSci.ca], any technology-related stuff, or anything you want that is within reason. It is free to edit for everyone as long as they respect others and the site. We welcome any new pages you can think of, or anything you can add to our existing ones (incuding this one!). This wiki is for the users of [http://compsci.ca/ CompSci.ca]; it is up to you to add or update the content of this wiki!

== CompSci.ca Current News ==
The [http://compsci.ca/ CompSci.ca] [[favicon]] was recently updated. The new [[favicon]], was designed by Mackie, and chosen/implemented by Dan.

--[[User:Mackie|Mackie]] 01:20, 18 March 2008 (EDT)

The [[CompSci.ca News]] Page.

== Highlighted Pages ==
[[IRC channel|IRC Channel]] - Info on the IRC Channel

[[BBCode]] Learn to use BBCode to format your posts

[[Tutorials]] - All your favourite [[CompSci.ca]] tutorials, only here instead!

[[WCG]] - World Community Grid

[[Dictionary of Dan]] - The New Dictionary of Dan project.

[[DuckFest]] - What The Duck?

'''''[[Special:Allpages]] - All Pages'''''

Want to write a new page? Then check out [[Special:Wantedpages]]. It is a list of all the pages people want to be writen up. So if you have no idea about what to write about, try here.

== How to use the CompSci.ca Wiki ==
The CompSci.ca Wiki works like many other popular wikis and is self explainatory for the most part. Though below are some tips on it's use:

'''Adding a page'''

<ol>
<li>Go to the page you want the new page to be linked from.</li>
<li>Click on the edit tab to edit the page. Add a link to the page you wish to create. The way to create a link is to place the new page's title in brackets. [ [ Page title ] ] (without the spaces)</li>
<li>Save the page. Your link will show up as a red link which, when clicked, will bring you to an edit page for your new page.</li>
<li>Edit and save your new page.</li>
</ol>
'''OR'''
<ol>
<li>Type the following into your browser, where [Page Title] is the title of the page you wish to create.</li>
<blockquote>http://www.compsci.ca/wiki/index.php?title= [Page Title]</blockquote>
<li>Add content and save.</li>
</ol>

== Computer Science Links ==
[http://www.compsci.ca CompSci.ca]

'''''[[Links]] - Links Page'''''

BBCode

2008-03-18T04:38:49Z

Mackie: Updated image.

==What is BBCode?==
BBCode is a special implementation of HTML. Whether you can actually use BBCode in your posts on the forum is determined by the administrator. In addition, you can disable BBCode on a per post basis via the posting form. BBCode itself is similar in style to HTML: tags are enclosed in square braces [ and ] rather than < and > and it offers greater control over what and how something is displayed. Depending on the template you are using you may find adding BBCode to your posts is made much easier through a clickable interface above the message area on the posting form. Even with this you may find the following guide useful.

Please note that BBCode is '''not''' used in editing '''wiki''' pages. For information on how to edit wiki pages, please go [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page here].

==Text Formatting==
BBCode includes tags to allow you to quickly change the basic style of your text.
===Bold Text===
To make a piece of text bold enclose it in '''[b][/b]'''. For example:
:<code>[b]Hello World[/b]</code> becomes
:'''Hello World'''

===Underlining===
To make a piece of text underlined, use '''[u][/u]'''. For example:
:<code>[u]Calvin and Hobbes[/u]</code>
:Calvin and Hobbes

===Italics===
To italicise text, use '''[i][/i]'''. For example:
:<code>I [i]like[/i] green [i]olives[/i] and ham, Sam I am.</code>
:I ''like'' green ''olives'' and ham, Sam I am.

===Colour===
Changing the colour of text is achieved by wrapping it in '''[color=][/color]'''. You can specify either a recognised colour name (eg. red, blue, yellow, etc.) or the hexadecimal triplet alternative, eg. #FFFFFF, #000000. For example, to create blue text you could use the following:
:<code>The colour [color=blue]blue[/color] is over used on the internet (and windows XP)</code>
:The colour blue is over used on the internet (and windows XP)
:::---''Anyone know how to add colour to a wiki page?''

:<code>[color=#00DEAD]This text is written in the colour 00DEAD[/color]</code>

===Size===
Changing the text size is achieved in a similar way using '''[size=][/size]'''. This tag is dependent on the template you are using but the recommended format is a numerical value representing the text size in pixels, starting at 1 (so tiny you will not see it) through to 29 (very large). For example:
:<code>[size=9]small[/size]</code>
:small

:<code>[size=16]BIG[/size]</code>
:<big>BIG</big>

===Centred Text===
Text can be centred by wrapping it in '''[center][/center]''' tags. For example:
:<code>[center]Welcome to CompSci.ca[/center]</code>

==Coding==
There are two ways of displaying code in a friendly manner that will not get you yelled at.

===Basic Monospaced Code Tags===
If you want to output a piece of code or in fact anything that requires a fixed width with a Courier-type font, you can enclose the text in '''[code][/code]''' tags. The following is some Ruby code, as you would type it into the reply box:
[[Image:BBCode_Code_Image.JPG|thumbnail|300px|right|Making a class method private in [[Ruby]]]]
[code]
class << Foo
def class_method
puts "class method"
end
private :class_method
end
Foo.class_method # --> Error!
[/code]

===Syntax Highlighting===
[[CompSci.ca]] also supports syntax highlighting. To use it, wrap your code in '''[syntax="language_name"][/syntax]''' tags. For example:
[[Image:Syntax_highlighting.JPG|thumbnail|300px|right|Hello World in [[Java]]]]
[syntax="java"]
public class HelloWorld
{
public static void main(Str
1000
ing[] args)
{
System.out.println("Hello world!");
}
}
[/syntax]

Syntax highlighting will not work unless specific conditions are met.
*Do not start the string with an upper case letter. "java" is used, not "Java".
*Use letters only. "cpp" is used, not "c "
*Not all languages are supported.
*The supported languages include: French ActionScript ("actionscript-french"), ActionScript ("actionscript"), ADA ("ada"), Apache ("apache"), AppleScript ("applescript"), ASM ("asm"), ASP ("asp"), AutoIt("autoit"), Bash ("bash"), Blitz Basic ("blitzbasic"), C ("c"), ("caddcl"), CadLisp("cadlisp"), CFM ("cfm"), C++ ("cpp"), C# ("csharp"), CSS ("css"), C Mac("c_mac"), D ("d"), Delphi ("delphi"), Diff ("diff"), Div ("div"), Dos ("dos"), Eiffel ("eiffel"), Free Basic("freebasic"), GML ("gml"), Haskell("haskell"), HTML 4 - Strict ("html4strict"), INI ("ini"), INNO ("inno"), Java ("java"), Java 5("java5"), JavaScript("javascript"), Lisp("lisp"), LUA("lua"), MatLab("matlab"), MPasm("mpasm"), MySQL("mysql"), NSIS ("nsis"), Objective C("objc"), O'Caml-Brief("ocaml-brief"), O'Caml ("ocaml"), OOBas ("oobas"), ("oracle8"), PASCAL ("pascal"), Perl ("perl"), PHP-Brief ("php-brief"), PHP("php"), Python ("python"), QBasic("qbasic"), Robots("robots"), Ruby ("ruby"), Scheme ("scheme"), SDL Basic("sdlbasic"), Smarty ("smarty"), SQL ("sql"), TSQL ("tsql"), Turing("turing"), Visual Basic ("vb"), Visual Basic.Net ("vbnet"), VHDL ("vhdl"), Visual FoxPro("visualfoxpro"), and XML ("xml").

==Quoting==
There are two ways you can quote text: with a reference or without.

===Basic Quoting===
To create a basic quote, wrap the quotation in '''[quote][/quote]''' tags. For example:
[[Image:Basic_Quote.JPG|thumbnail|300px|right|An anonymous quotation]]
[quote]
God is man's way of glorifying his own importance.
[/quote]

===Reference Quoting===
To create a quotation and show who said it, wrap the quotation in '''[quote="name"][/quote]''' tags, where ''name'' represents the name of the person or thing that said the quotation. For example:
[[Image:Reference_quote.JPG|thumbnail|250px|right|[[wtd]]'s famous quote]]
[quote="wtd"]
Don't reinvent the wheel if there's an existing library function to do it for you.
[/quote]

==Lists==
We can create ordered and un-ordered lists with BBCode.

===Un-ordered Lists===
There are two types of unordered lists.

====Non-bulleted Lists====
To create an un-ordered, non-bulleted list, wrap the contents in '''[list][/list]''' tags. This will indent all text within the list tags. For example:
[list]
Pirate
Ninja
Foo
[/list]
:This produces the following each of the three words on their own line, indented. [[Cervantes]] has used this to indent sections of his tutorials. A good example of this can be seen in [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=9634 The Introduction to Turing] tutorial.

====Bulleted Lists====
To create an un-ordered, bulleted list, wrap the contents in '''[list][/list]''' tags. A bullet is represented by '''[*]'''. For example:
[[Image:Bullets.JPG|thumbnail|100px|right|A bulleted list on [[CompSci.ca]]]]
[list]
[*]Pirate
[*]Ninja
[*]Foo
[/list]

===Ordered Lists===
There are two types of ordered lists. They are quite similar to the non-ordered, bulleted list, except instead of bullets, they use digits or letters. To create an ordered list, wrap the contents in either '''[list=1][/list]''' or '''[list=a][/list]''' tags. Each line is prefixed by a '''[*]''', as in the non-ordered, bulleted list. For example:
[[Image:Ordered_list.JPG|thumbnail|100px|right|An ordered list on [[CompSci.ca]]]]
[list=1]
[*]Pirate
[*]Ninja
[*]Foo
[/list]

==URL Links==
BBCode allows us to insert links, or hypertext. There are two types of links.

===Basic Link===
To create a basic link, wrap the URL in '''[url][/url]''' tags. For example:
:<code><nowiki>[url]http://www.google.ca[/url]</nowiki></code>
:This produces the phpBB equivalent of [http://www.google.ca http://www.google.ca]

===Named Link===
To make text link to a webpage, wrap the text in '''[url="place complete URL here"][/url]''' tags. For example:
:<code><nowiki>[url=http://maddox.xmission.com/]The Worst Page in the Universe[/url]</nowiki></code>
:This produces the phpBB equivalent of [http://maddox.xmission.com/ The Worst Page in the Universe]

==Inserting Images==
[[Image:OniTony.jpg|thumbnail|100px|right|Oni [[Tony]]]]
BBCode allows us to insert images into th
1000
e forums. Go easy on this, however. Inserting large images will get you in trouble. If you want to insert a large image, you can make a [[thumbnail]] of it.

To insert an image, wrap the URL to the image in '''[img][/img]''' tags. For example:
:<code><nowiki>[img]http://www.compsci.ca/wiki/images/7/7d/OniTony.jpg[/img]</nowiki></code>
:This inserts the image into the forum, located at the left.

==Combining Formatting Tags==
BBCode tags may be combined to produce, for example, bold, italicized, and large text. To do this, place all the initial tags one after each other, followed by the text, followed by the closing tags. For example:
:<code>This text will [b][i][size=16]really[/size][/i][/b] stick out!</code>
:This text will '''''<big>really</big>''''' stick out!

[[Image:Logo phpBB-6.gif|thumbnail|200px|right|[[CompSci.ca]] logo]]
:<code><nowiki>[url=http://www.compsci.ca/v3/index.php]</nowiki></code>

:<code><nowiki>[img]http://compsci.ca/v3/templates/subSilver/images/logo_phpBB.gif[/img]</nowiki></code>

:<code>[/url]</code>

:This produces the CompSci.ca logo, and the image links to the CompSci.ca forum index.

==Staff Only BBCodes==
Curently (as of [[V2]]) there is only one bbcode that can only be used by some of the staff. However this may chage come the adadtion of [[V3]] and many new BBCodes (see V3 BBCodes).

===Mod Tag===
This tag can only be used by a user who has mod powers in the forum in question. It places a message in a box like the qoute and code tags but stands out more. Also it has the nice effect of making the post uneditable by anyone who dose not have mod powers in the fourm. The mod tag can be used anonymously or it can state a name the same way the qoute tag works. An exmaple of the mod tag is as fallows:
:<code>[mod="Hacker Dan"]All your base are belong to us.[/mod]</code>
:This will put a big red box with the text "All your base are belong to us." in it and a title of "Moderator by Hacker Dan:".

==V3 BBCodes==
The fallowing are some of the bbcodes being introduced in Verson 3 of the CompSci.ca software. Thess BBCodes are still in testing and may or may not aucatly be in [[V3]] and deftaly will not work on [[V2]].

===Wiki Tag===
This tag allows us to quickly make a link to a page on the CompSci.ca Wiki by using the falowing tag and the page name. For Example:
:<code>[wiki]BBcode[/wiki]</code>
:This will make a link to this page on the wiki.

===Google Tag===
Like the wiki tag this will make a link to sreach [[Google]] for the given text. This is usefull when directing users to sreach google for help. Example:
:<code>[Google]CompSci[/google]</code>
:This will make a link to sreach google for CompSci

===Yahoo Tag===
Excatly like the Google tag but uses the [[Yahoo]] sreach engion. Example:
:<code>[Yahoo]CompSci[/Yahoo]</code>
:This will make a link to sreach yahoo for CompSci

===Ebay Tag===
Like the above tags the ebay tag will sreach [[Ebay]] for an item listed. Example:
:<code>[Ebay]Laptops[/Ebay]</code>
:This will make a link to sreach ebay for laptops

===Username Tag===
Simpley puts your username inplace of the tag. Example:
:<code>[username]</code>
:Will put your username in place of the tag.

===Strike Tag===
Atacks the same as the the strike html tag and puts a strike threw the text. Example:
:<code>[strike]Tony is the coolest[/strike]</code>
:Will output <strike>Tony is the coolest</strike>

===Footnote Tag===
This atacks much like footnotes in word processors and will put a number with the footnote at the bottom of the post. Example:
:<code>Dan[footnote]Dan is a hacker[/footnote] likes popcorn.</code>
:Will put "Dan^1 likes popcorn" with ^1 being an supercased 1 and "1. Dan is a Hacker" at the end of the post.

===Offtopic Tag===
This puts th
1000
e words Offtopic in front of the taged text as well as making it italicesed and blue. Example:
:<code>[offtopic]Martin is a lamer mod[/offtopic]</code>
:Will output "Offtopic: Martin is a lamer mod" in a blue color. Pic to come when v3 realsed.

===Spoiler Tag===
Ment for posts that may give somthing away the user may not whont to see right away. Like some tutorals or moive/game reviews (not that we get many of them). Example:
:<code>[spoiler]Neo is the one[/spoiler]</code>
:This will output a black box with the title spolier that can only be read when the text is highlighted with a mouse. Pic to come when v3 realsted.

===Tab Tag===
Alows for tabs to be placed in posts, witch can be quite usefull some times esptaly with code exmaples.
:<code>[Tab]Hello World</code>
:Will out put " Hello World" where the space is one tab length.

File:Logo phpBB-6.gif

2008-03-18T04:36:42Z

Mackie: This is an updated logo for the updated site.

This is an updated logo for the updated site.

BBCode

2008-03-18T04:33:31Z

Mackie: /* Combining Formatting Tags */

==What is BBCode?==
BBCode is a special implementation of HTML. Whether you can actually use BBCode in your posts on the forum is determined by the administrator. In addition, you can disable BBCode on a per post basis via the posting form. BBCode itself is similar in style to HTML: tags are enclosed in square braces [ and ] rather than < and > and it offers greater control over what and how something is displayed. Depending on the template you are using you may find adding BBCode to your posts is made much easier through a clickable interface above the message area on the posting form. Even with this you may find the following guide useful.

Please note that BBCode is '''not''' used in editing '''wiki''' pages. For information on how to edit wiki pages, please go [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page here].

==Text Formatting==
BBCode includes tags to allow you to quickly change the basic style of your text.
===Bold Text===
To make a piece of text bold enclose it in '''[b][/b]'''. For example:
:<code>[b]Hello World[/b]</code> becomes
:'''Hello World'''

===Underlining===
To make a piece of text underlined, use '''[u][/u]'''. For example:
:<code>[u]Calvin and Hobbes[/u]</code>
:Calvin and Hobbes

===Italics===
To italicise text, use '''[i][/i]'''. For example:
:<code>I [i]like[/i] green [i]olives[/i] and ham, Sam I am.</code>
:I ''like'' green ''olives'' and ham, Sam I am.

===Colour===
Changing the colour of text is achieved by wrapping it in '''[color=][/color]'''. You can specify either a recognised colour name (eg. red, blue, yellow, etc.) or the hexadecimal triplet alternative, eg. #FFFFFF, #000000. For example, to create blue text you could use the following:
:<code>The colour [color=blue]blue[/color] is over used on the internet (and windows XP)</code>
:The colour blue is over used on the internet (and windows XP)
:::---''Anyone know how to add colour to a wiki page?''

:<code>[color=#00DEAD]This text is written in the colour 00DEAD[/color]</code>

===Size===
Changing the text size is achieved in a similar way using '''[size=][/size]'''. This tag is dependent on the template you are using but the recommended format is a numerical value representing the text size in pixels, starting at 1 (so tiny you will not see it) through to 29 (very large). For example:
:<code>[size=9]small[/size]</code>
:small

:<code>[size=16]BIG[/size]</code>
:<big>BIG</big>

===Centred Text===
Text can be centred by wrapping it in '''[center][/center]''' tags. For example:
:<code>[center]Welcome to CompSci.ca[/center]</code>

==Coding==
There are two ways of displaying code in a friendly manner that will not get you yelled at.

===Basic Monospaced Code Tags===
If you want to output a piece of code or in fact anything that requires a fixed width with a Courier-type font, you can enclose the text in '''[code][/code]''' tags. The following is some Ruby code, as you would type it into the reply box:
[[Image:BBCode_Code_Image.JPG|thumbnail|300px|right|Making a class method private in [[Ruby]]]]
[code]
class << Foo
def class_method
puts "class method"
end
private :class_method
end
Foo.class_method # --> Error!
[/code]

===Syntax Highlighting===
[[CompSci.ca]] also supports syntax highlighting. To use it, wrap your code in '''[syntax="language_name"][/syntax]''' tags. For example:
[[Image:Syntax_highlighting.JPG|thumbnail|300px|right|Hello World in [[Java]]]]
[syntax="java"]
public class HelloWorld
{
public static void main(Str
1000
ing[] args)
{
System.out.println("Hello world!");
}
}
[/syntax]

Syntax highlighting will not work unless specific conditions are met.
*Do not start the string with an upper case letter. "java" is used, not "Java".
*Use letters only. "cpp" is used, not "c "
*Not all languages are supported.
*The supported languages include: French ActionScript ("actionscript-french"), ActionScript ("actionscript"), ADA ("ada"), Apache ("apache"), AppleScript ("applescript"), ASM ("asm"), ASP ("asp"), AutoIt("autoit"), Bash ("bash"), Blitz Basic ("blitzbasic"), C ("c"), ("caddcl"), CadLisp("cadlisp"), CFM ("cfm"), C++ ("cpp"), C# ("csharp"), CSS ("css"), C Mac("c_mac"), D ("d"), Delphi ("delphi"), Diff ("diff"), Div ("div"), Dos ("dos"), Eiffel ("eiffel"), Free Basic("freebasic"), GML ("gml"), Haskell("haskell"), HTML 4 - Strict ("html4strict"), INI ("ini"), INNO ("inno"), Java ("java"), Java 5("java5"), JavaScript("javascript"), Lisp("lisp"), LUA("lua"), MatLab("matlab"), MPasm("mpasm"), MySQL("mysql"), NSIS ("nsis"), Objective C("objc"), O'Caml-Brief("ocaml-brief"), O'Caml ("ocaml"), OOBas ("oobas"), ("oracle8"), PASCAL ("pascal"), Perl ("perl"), PHP-Brief ("php-brief"), PHP("php"), Python ("python"), QBasic("qbasic"), Robots("robots"), Ruby ("ruby"), Scheme ("scheme"), SDL Basic("sdlbasic"), Smarty ("smarty"), SQL ("sql"), TSQL ("tsql"), Turing("turing"), Visual Basic ("vb"), Visual Basic.Net ("vbnet"), VHDL ("vhdl"), Visual FoxPro("visualfoxpro"), and XML ("xml").

==Quoting==
There are two ways you can quote text: with a reference or without.

===Basic Quoting===
To create a basic quote, wrap the quotation in '''[quote][/quote]''' tags. For example:
[[Image:Basic_Quote.JPG|thumbnail|300px|right|An anonymous quotation]]
[quote]
God is man's way of glorifying his own importance.
[/quote]

===Reference Quoting===
To create a quotation and show who said it, wrap the quotation in '''[quote="name"][/quote]''' tags, where ''name'' represents the name of the person or thing that said the quotation. For example:
[[Image:Reference_quote.JPG|thumbnail|250px|right|[[wtd]]'s famous quote]]
[quote="wtd"]
Don't reinvent the wheel if there's an existing library function to do it for you.
[/quote]

==Lists==
We can create ordered and un-ordered lists with BBCode.

===Un-ordered Lists===
There are two types of unordered lists.

====Non-bulleted Lists====
To create an un-ordered, non-bulleted list, wrap the contents in '''[list][/list]''' tags. This will indent all text within the list tags. For example:
[list]
Pirate
Ninja
Foo
[/list]
:This produces the following each of the three words on their own line, indented. [[Cervantes]] has used this to indent sections of his tutorials. A good example of this can be seen in [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=9634 The Introduction to Turing] tutorial.

====Bulleted Lists====
To create an un-ordered, bulleted list, wrap the contents in '''[list][/list]''' tags. A bullet is represented by '''[*]'''. For example:
[[Image:Bullets.JPG|thumbnail|100px|right|A bulleted list on [[CompSci.ca]]]]
[list]
[*]Pirate
[*]Ninja
[*]Foo
[/list]

===Ordered Lists===
There are two types of ordered lists. They are quite similar to the non-ordered, bulleted list, except instead of bullets, they use digits or letters. To create an ordered list, wrap the contents in either '''[list=1][/list]''' or '''[list=a][/list]''' tags. Each line is prefixed by a '''[*]''', as in the non-ordered, bulleted list. For example:
[[Image:Ordered_list.JPG|thumbnail|100px|right|An ordered list on [[CompSci.ca]]]]
[list=1]
[*]Pirate
[*]Ninja
[*]Foo
[/list]

==URL Links==
BBCode allows us to insert links, or hypertext. There are two types of links.

===Basic Link===
To create a basic link, wrap the URL in '''[url][/url]''' tags. For example:
:<code><nowiki>[url]http://www.google.ca[/url]</nowiki></code>
:This produces the phpBB equivalent of [http://www.google.ca http://www.google.ca]

===Named Link===
To make text link to a webpage, wrap the text in '''[url="place complete URL here"][/url]''' tags. For example:
:<code><nowiki>[url=http://maddox.xmission.com/]The Worst Page in the Universe[/url]</nowiki></code>
:This produces the phpBB equivalent of [http://maddox.xmission.com/ The Worst Page in the Universe]

==Inserting Images==
[[Image:OniTony.jpg|thumbnail|100px|right|Oni [[Tony]]]]
BBCode allows us to insert images into th
1000
e forums. Go easy on this, however. Inserting large images will get you in trouble. If you want to insert a large image, you can make a [[thumbnail]] of it.

To insert an image, wrap the URL to the image in '''[img][/img]''' tags. For example:
:<code><nowiki>[img]http://www.compsci.ca/wiki/images/7/7d/OniTony.jpg[/img]</nowiki></code>
:This inserts the image into the forum, located at the left.

==Combining Formatting Tags==
BBCode tags may be combined to produce, for example, bold, italicized, and large text. To do this, place all the initial tags one after each other, followed by the text, followed by the closing tags. For example:
:<code>This text will [b][i][size=16]really[/size][/i][/b] stick out!</code>
:This text will '''''<big>really</big>''''' stick out!

[[Image:Logo2.gif|thumbnail|200px|right|[[CompSci.ca]] logo]]
:<code><nowiki>[url=http://www.compsci.ca/v3/index.php]</nowiki></code>

:<code><nowiki>[img]http://compsci.ca/v3/templates/subSilver/images/logo_phpBB.gif[/img]</nowiki></code>

:<code>[/url]</code>

:This produces the CompSci.ca logo, and the image links to the CompSci.ca forum index.

==Staff Only BBCodes==
Curently (as of [[V2]]) there is only one bbcode that can only be used by some of the staff. However this may chage come the adadtion of [[V3]] and many new BBCodes (see V3 BBCodes).

===Mod Tag===
This tag can only be used by a user who has mod powers in the forum in question. It places a message in a box like the qoute and code tags but stands out more. Also it has the nice effect of making the post uneditable by anyone who dose not have mod powers in the fourm. The mod tag can be used anonymously or it can state a name the same way the qoute tag works. An exmaple of the mod tag is as fallows:
:<code>[mod="Hacker Dan"]All your base are belong to us.[/mod]</code>
:This will put a big red box with the text "All your base are belong to us." in it and a title of "Moderator by Hacker Dan:".

==V3 BBCodes==
The fallowing are some of the bbcodes being introduced in Verson 3 of the CompSci.ca software. Thess BBCodes are still in testing and may or may not aucatly be in [[V3]] and deftaly will not work on [[V2]].

===Wiki Tag===
This tag allows us to quickly make a link to a page on the CompSci.ca Wiki by using the falowing tag and the page name. For Example:
:<code>[wiki]BBcode[/wiki]</code>
:This will make a link to this page on the wiki.

===Google Tag===
Like the wiki tag this will make a link to sreach [[Google]] for the given text. This is usefull when directing users to sreach google for help. Example:
:<code>[Google]CompSci[/google]</code>
:This will make a link to sreach google for CompSci

===Yahoo Tag===
Excatly like the Google tag but uses the [[Yahoo]] sreach engion. Example:
:<code>[Yahoo]CompSci[/Yahoo]</code>
:This will make a link to sreach yahoo for CompSci

===Ebay Tag===
Like the above tags the ebay tag will sreach [[Ebay]] for an item listed. Example:
:<code>[Ebay]Laptops[/Ebay]</code>
:This will make a link to sreach ebay for laptops

===Username Tag===
Simpley puts your username inplace of the tag. Example:
:<code>[username]</code>
:Will put your username in place of the tag.

===Strike Tag===
Atacks the same as the the strike html tag and puts a strike threw the text. Example:
:<code>[strike]Tony is the coolest[/strike]</code>
:Will output <strike>Tony is the coolest</strike>

===Footnote Tag===
This atacks much like footnotes in word processors and will put a number with the footnote at the bottom of the post. Example:
:<code>Dan[footnote]Dan is a hacker[/footnote] likes popcorn.</code>
:Will put "Dan^1 likes popcorn" with ^1 being an supercased 1 and "1. Dan is a Hacker" at the end of the post.

===Offtopic Tag===
This puts th
1000
e words Offtopic in front of the taged text as well as making it italicesed and blue. Example:
:<code>[offtopic]Martin is a lamer mod[/offtopic]</code>
:Will output "Offtopic: Martin is a lamer mod" in a blue color. Pic to come when v3 realsed.

===Spoiler Tag===
Ment for posts that may give somthing away the user may not whont to see right away. Like some tutorals or moive/game reviews (not that we get many of them). Example:
:<code>[spoiler]Neo is the one[/spoiler]</code>
:This will output a black box with the title spolier that can only be read when the text is highlighted with a mouse. Pic to come when v3 realsted.

===Tab Tag===
Alows for tabs to be placed in posts, witch can be quite usefull some times esptaly with code exmaples.
:<code>[Tab]Hello World</code>
:Will out put " Hello World" where the space is one tab length.

BBCode

2008-03-18T04:29:03Z

Mackie: Updated syntax highlighting supported languages. Like 100's of them were not listed.

==What is BBCode?==
BBCode is a special implementation of HTML. Whether you can actually use BBCode in your posts on the forum is determined by the administrator. In addition, you can disable BBCode on a per post basis via the posting form. BBCode itself is similar in style to HTML: tags are enclosed in square braces [ and ] rather than < and > and it offers greater control over what and how something is displayed. Depending on the template you are using you may find adding BBCode to your posts is made much easier through a clickable interface above the message area on the posting form. Even with this you may find the following guide useful.

Please note that BBCode is '''not''' used in editing '''wiki''' pages. For information on how to edit wiki pages, please go [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page here].

==Text Formatting==
BBCode includes tags to allow you to quickly change the basic style of your text.
===Bold Text===
To make a piece of text bold enclose it in '''[b][/b]'''. For example:
:<code>[b]Hello World[/b]</code> becomes
:'''Hello World'''

===Underlining===
To make a piece of text underlined, use '''[u][/u]'''. For example:
:<code>[u]Calvin and Hobbes[/u]</code>
:Calvin and Hobbes

===Italics===
To italicise text, use '''[i][/i]'''. For example:
:<code>I [i]like[/i] green [i]olives[/i] and ham, Sam I am.</code>
:I ''like'' green ''olives'' and ham, Sam I am.

===Colour===
Changing the colour of text is achieved by wrapping it in '''[color=][/color]'''. You can specify either a recognised colour name (eg. red, blue, yellow, etc.) or the hexadecimal triplet alternative, eg. #FFFFFF, #000000. For example, to create blue text you could use the following:
:<code>The colour [color=blue]blue[/color] is over used on the internet (and windows XP)</code>
:The colour blue is over used on the internet (and windows XP)
:::---''Anyone know how to add colour to a wiki page?''

:<code>[color=#00DEAD]This text is written in the colour 00DEAD[/color]</code>

===Size===
Changing the text size is achieved in a similar way using '''[size=][/size]'''. This tag is dependent on the template you are using but the recommended format is a numerical value representing the text size in pixels, starting at 1 (so tiny you will not see it) through to 29 (very large). For example:
:<code>[size=9]small[/size]</code>
:small

:<code>[size=16]BIG[/size]</code>
:<big>BIG</big>

===Centred Text===
Text can be centred by wrapping it in '''[center][/center]''' tags. For example:
:<code>[center]Welcome to CompSci.ca[/center]</code>

==Coding==
There are two ways of displaying code in a friendly manner that will not get you yelled at.

===Basic Monospaced Code Tags===
If you want to output a piece of code or in fact anything that requires a fixed width with a Courier-type font, you can enclose the text in '''[code][/code]''' tags. The following is some Ruby code, as you would type it into the reply box:
[[Image:BBCode_Code_Image.JPG|thumbnail|300px|right|Making a class method private in [[Ruby]]]]
[code]
class << Foo
def class_method
puts "class method"
end
private :class_method
end
Foo.class_method # --> Error!
[/code]

===Syntax Highlighting===
[[CompSci.ca]] also supports syntax highlighting. To use it, wrap your code in '''[syntax="language_name"][/syntax]''' tags. For example:
[[Image:Syntax_highlighting.JPG|thumbnail|300px|right|Hello World in [[Java]]]]
[syntax="java"]
public class HelloWorld
{
public static void main(Str
1000
ing[] args)
{
System.out.println("Hello world!");
}
}
[/syntax]

Syntax highlighting will not work unless specific conditions are met.
*Do not start the string with an upper case letter. "java" is used, not "Java".
*Use letters only. "cpp" is used, not "c "
*Not all languages are supported.
*The supported languages include: French ActionScript ("actionscript-french"), ActionScript ("actionscript"), ADA ("ada"), Apache ("apache"), AppleScript ("applescript"), ASM ("asm"), ASP ("asp"), AutoIt("autoit"), Bash ("bash"), Blitz Basic ("blitzbasic"), C ("c"), ("caddcl"), CadLisp("cadlisp"), CFM ("cfm"), C++ ("cpp"), C# ("csharp"), CSS ("css"), C Mac("c_mac"), D ("d"), Delphi ("delphi"), Diff ("diff"), Div ("div"), Dos ("dos"), Eiffel ("eiffel"), Free Basic("freebasic"), GML ("gml"), Haskell("haskell"), HTML 4 - Strict ("html4strict"), INI ("ini"), INNO ("inno"), Java ("java"), Java 5("java5"), JavaScript("javascript"), Lisp("lisp"), LUA("lua"), MatLab("matlab"), MPasm("mpasm"), MySQL("mysql"), NSIS ("nsis"), Objective C("objc"), O'Caml-Brief("ocaml-brief"), O'Caml ("ocaml"), OOBas ("oobas"), ("oracle8"), PASCAL ("pascal"), Perl ("perl"), PHP-Brief ("php-brief"), PHP("php"), Python ("python"), QBasic("qbasic"), Robots("robots"), Ruby ("ruby"), Scheme ("scheme"), SDL Basic("sdlbasic"), Smarty ("smarty"), SQL ("sql"), TSQL ("tsql"), Turing("turing"), Visual Basic ("vb"), Visual Basic.Net ("vbnet"), VHDL ("vhdl"), Visual FoxPro("visualfoxpro"), and XML ("xml").

==Quoting==
There are two ways you can quote text: with a reference or without.

===Basic Quoting===
To create a basic quote, wrap the quotation in '''[quote][/quote]''' tags. For example:
[[Image:Basic_Quote.JPG|thumbnail|300px|right|An anonymous quotation]]
[quote]
God is man's way of glorifying his own importance.
[/quote]

===Reference Quoting===
To create a quotation and show who said it, wrap the quotation in '''[quote="name"][/quote]''' tags, where ''name'' represents the name of the person or thing that said the quotation. For example:
[[Image:Reference_quote.JPG|thumbnail|250px|right|[[wtd]]'s famous quote]]
[quote="wtd"]
Don't reinvent the wheel if there's an existing library function to do it for you.
[/quote]

==Lists==
We can create ordered and un-ordered lists with BBCode.

===Un-ordered Lists===
There are two types of unordered lists.

====Non-bulleted Lists====
To create an un-ordered, non-bulleted list, wrap the contents in '''[list][/list]''' tags. This will indent all text within the list tags. For example:
[list]
Pirate
Ninja
Foo
[/list]
:This produces the following each of the three words on their own line, indented. [[Cervantes]] has used this to indent sections of his tutorials. A good example of this can be seen in [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=9634 The Introduction to Turing] tutorial.

====Bulleted Lists====
To create an un-ordered, bulleted list, wrap the contents in '''[list][/list]''' tags. A bullet is represented by '''[*]'''. For example:
[[Image:Bullets.JPG|thumbnail|100px|right|A bulleted list on [[CompSci.ca]]]]
[list]
[*]Pirate
[*]Ninja
[*]Foo
[/list]

===Ordered Lists===
There are two types of ordered lists. They are quite similar to the non-ordered, bulleted list, except instead of bullets, they use digits or letters. To create an ordered list, wrap the contents in either '''[list=1][/list]''' or '''[list=a][/list]''' tags. Each line is prefixed by a '''[*]''', as in the non-ordered, bulleted list. For example:
[[Image:Ordered_list.JPG|thumbnail|100px|right|An ordered list on [[CompSci.ca]]]]
[list=1]
[*]Pirate
[*]Ninja
[*]Foo
[/list]

==URL Links==
BBCode allows us to insert links, or hypertext. There are two types of links.

===Basic Link===
To create a basic link, wrap the URL in '''[url][/url]''' tags. For example:
:<code><nowiki>[url]http://www.google.ca[/url]</nowiki></code>
:This produces the phpBB equivalent of [http://www.google.ca http://www.google.ca]

===Named Link===
To make text link to a webpage, wrap the text in '''[url="place complete URL here"][/url]''' tags. For example:
:<code><nowiki>[url=http://maddox.xmission.com/]The Worst Page in the Universe[/url]</nowiki></code>
:This produces the phpBB equivalent of [http://maddox.xmission.com/ The Worst Page in the Universe]

==Inserting Images==
[[Image:OniTony.jpg|thumbnail|100px|right|Oni [[Tony]]]]
BBCode allows us to insert images into th
1000
e forums. Go easy on this, however. Inserting large images will get you in trouble. If you want to insert a large image, you can make a [[thumbnail]] of it.

To insert an image, wrap the URL to the image in '''[img][/img]''' tags. For example:
:<code><nowiki>[img]http://www.compsci.ca/wiki/images/7/7d/OniTony.jpg[/img]</nowiki></code>
:This inserts the image into the forum, located at the left.

==Combining Formatting Tags==
BBCode tags may be combined to produce, for example, bold, italicized, and large text. To do this, place all the initial tags one after each other, followed by the text, followed by the closing tags. For example:
:<code>This text will [b][i][size=16]really[/size][/i][/b] stick out!</code>
:This text will '''''<big>really</big>''''' stick out!

[[Image:Logo2.gif|thumbnail|200px|right|[[CompSci.ca]] logo]]
:<code><nowiki>[url=http://www.compsci.ca/v2/index.php]</nowiki></code>

:<code><nowiki>[img]http://www.compsci.ca/v2/templates/Appalachia/images/logo_phpBB.gif[/img]</nowiki></code>

:<code>[/url]</code>

:This produces the CompSci.ca logo, and the image links to the CompSci.ca forum index.

==Staff Only BBCodes==
Curently (as of [[V2]]) there is only one bbcode that can only be used by some of the staff. However this may chage come the adadtion of [[V3]] and many new BBCodes (see V3 BBCodes).

===Mod Tag===
This tag can only be used by a user who has mod powers in the forum in question. It places a message in a box like the qoute and code tags but stands out more. Also it has the nice effect of making the post uneditable by anyone who dose not have mod powers in the fourm. The mod tag can be used anonymously or it can state a name the same way the qoute tag works. An exmaple of the mod tag is as fallows:
:<code>[mod="Hacker Dan"]All your base are belong to us.[/mod]</code>
:This will put a big red box with the text "All your base are belong to us." in it and a title of "Moderator by Hacker Dan:".

==V3 BBCodes==
The fallowing are some of the bbcodes being introduced in Verson 3 of the CompSci.ca software. Thess BBCodes are still in testing and may or may not aucatly be in [[V3]] and deftaly will not work on [[V2]].

===Wiki Tag===
This tag allows us to quickly make a link to a page on the CompSci.ca Wiki by using the falowing tag and the page name. For Example:
:<code>[wiki]BBcode[/wiki]</code>
:This will make a link to this page on the wiki.

===Google Tag===
Like the wiki tag this will make a link to sreach [[Google]] for the given text. This is usefull when directing users to sreach google for help. Example:
:<code>[Google]CompSci[/google]</code>
:This will make a link to sreach google for CompSci

===Yahoo Tag===
Excatly like the Google tag but uses the [[Yahoo]] sreach engion. Example:
:<code>[Yahoo]CompSci[/Yahoo]</code>
:This will make a link to sreach yahoo for CompSci

===Ebay Tag===
Like the above tags the ebay tag will sreach [[Ebay]] for an item listed. Example:
:<code>[Ebay]Laptops[/Ebay]</code>
:This will make a link to sreach ebay for laptops

===Username Tag===
Simpley puts your username inplace of the tag. Example:
:<code>[username]</code>
:Will put your username in place of the tag.

===Strike Tag===
Atacks the same as the the strike html tag and puts a strike threw the text. Example:
:<code>[strike]Tony is the coolest[/strike]</code>
:Will output <strike>Tony is the coolest</strike>

===Footnote Tag===
This atacks much like footnotes in word processors and will put a number with the footnote at the bottom of the post. Example:
:<code>Dan[footnote]Dan is a hacker[/footnote] likes popcorn.</code>
:Will put "Dan^1 likes popcorn" with ^1 being an supercased 1 and "1. Dan is a Hacker" at the end of the post.

===Offtopic Tag===
This puts th
1000
e words Offtopic in front of the taged text as well as making it italicesed and blue. Example:
:<code>[offtopic]Martin is a lamer mod[/offtopic]</code>
:Will output "Offtopic: Martin is a lamer mod" in a blue color. Pic to come when v3 realsed.

===Spoiler Tag===
Ment for posts that may give somthing away the user may not whont to see right away. Like some tutorals or moive/game reviews (not that we get many of them). Example:
:<code>[spoiler]Neo is the one[/spoiler]</code>
:This will output a black box with the title spolier that can only be read when the text is highlighted with a mouse. Pic to come when v3 realsted.

===Tab Tag===
Alows for tabs to be placed in posts, witch can be quite usefull some times esptaly with code exmaples.
:<code>[Tab]Hello World</code>
:Will out put " Hello World" where the space is one tab length.