The Official Rant Thread

[Aumaan Anubis]

I can still taste the tacos I had 8 hours ago.

[Click16]

except now, it has half taco, half bad-breath

[Gary]

I can still taste the tacos I had 8 hours ago.

Drink a cup of mixed egg yoke and fish oil. I am not responsible if you die.

[Aumaan Anubis]

I'm good, thanks. Your concern is underappreciated.

[Gary]

Ugh, why can't I send a output that is a int to a input that is a string, strings can contain numbers right

[JacksonCougar]

1991.ToString();

[Gary]

It's not the same thing, thanks for tying though.

[Grimdoomer]

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/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for HexEncoding.
	/// </summary>
	public class HexEncoding
	{
		public HexEncoding()
		{
			//
			// TODO: Add constructor logic here
			//
		}
		public static int GetByteCount(string hexString)
		{
			int numHexChars = 0;
			char c;
			// remove all none A-F, 0-9, characters
			for (int i=0; i<hexString.Length; i++)
			{
				c = hexString[i];
				if (IsHexDigit(c))
					numHexChars++;
			}
			// if odd number of characters, discard last character
			if (numHexChars % 2 != 0)
			{
				numHexChars--;
			}
			return numHexChars / 2; // 2 characters per byte
		}
		/// <summary>
		/// Creates a byte array from the hexadecimal string. Each two characters are combined
		/// to create one byte. First two hexadecimal characters become first byte in returned array.
		/// Non-hexadecimal characters are ignored. 
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="hexString">string to convert to byte array</param>
		/// <param name="discarded">number of characters in string ignored</param>
		/// <returns>byte array, in the same left-to-right order as the hexString</returns>
		public static byte[] GetBytes(string hexString, out int discarded)
		{
			discarded = 0;
			string newString = "";
			char c;
			// remove all none A-F, 0-9, characters
			for (int i=0; i<hexString.Length; i++)
			{
				c = hexString[i];
				if (IsHexDigit(c))
					newString += c;
				else
					discarded++;
			}
			// if odd number of characters, discard last character
			if (newString.Length % 2 != 0)
			{
				discarded++;
				newString = newString.Substring(0, newString.Length-1);
			}

			int byteLength = newString.Length / 2;
			byte[] bytes = new byte[byteLength];
			string hex;
			int j = 0;
			for (int i=0; i<bytes.Length; i++)
			{
				hex = new String(new Char[] {newString[j], newString[j+1]});
				bytes[i] = HexToByte(hex);
				j = j+2;
			}
			return bytes;
		}
		public static string ToString(byte[] bytes)
		{
			string hexString = "";
			for (int i=0; i<bytes.Length; i++)
			{
				hexString += bytes[i].ToString("X2");
			}
			return hexString;
		}
		/// <summary>
		/// Determines if given string is in proper hexadecimal string format
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="hexString"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public static bool InHexFormat(string hexString)
		{
			bool hexFormat = true;

			foreach (char digit in hexString)
			{
				if (!IsHexDigit(digit))
				{
					hexFormat = false;
					break;
				}
			}
			return hexFormat;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns true is c is a hexadecimal digit (A-F, a-f, 0-9)
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="c">Character to test</param>
		/// <returns>true if hex digit, false if not</returns>
		public static bool IsHexDigit(Char c)
		{
			int numChar;
			int numA = Convert.ToInt32('A');
			int num1 = Convert.ToInt32('0');
			c = Char.ToUpper(c);
			numChar = Convert.ToInt32(c);
			if (numChar >= numA && numChar < (numA + 6))
				return true;
			if (numChar >= num1 && numChar < (num1 + 10))
				return true;
			return false;
		}
		/// <summary>
		/// Converts 1 or 2 character string into equivalant byte value
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="hex">1 or 2 character string</param>
		/// <returns>byte</returns>
		private static byte HexToByte(string hex)
		{
			if (hex.Length > 2 || hex.Length <= 0)
				throw new ArgumentException("hex must be 1 or 2 characters in length");
			byte newByte = byte.Parse(hex, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
			return newByte;
		}


	}

[Grimdoomer]

Saw Shutter Island, shits gay. After hearing how this and Paranormal Activity got great reviews, then having them suck so much dick, I'm no longer going to see movies.

[Aumaan Anubis]

bah bah bah.

I've had two lucid dreams in the past couple weeks, but my dream self is too idiotic and lazy to actually do anything.

Like, the first time, when I realized it was a dream, I saw this guy get shot in the chest, so I went over and healed him. AND THAT'S IT.
My normal self would be like, "Alright, I can usually remember a solid 15 seconds of a dream before I forget everything or lose lucidity, so I should go do something fucking awesome."
My dream self goes, "I feel really bad for this guy that got shot. Even though this is only a dream, I'm'a go try to heal him. Screw flying or something really cool."
And then I wake up and I'm like "WHYWTFJAHFSJHKAJSHFD DID I DO THAT?"

And last night... man. I was lucid but I was confused as to what was reality and what was a dream. Like, I saw this girl in my dream that I swear I'd known for awhile. And I was like, "hey, I can tell her about this when I wake up."
She doesn't exist.
We talked. I was in lucid dream. I could do anything I wanted.
We talked.

I'm disappointed in myself.

[xxpenguinxx]

I bumped into the "SuperDuperPatcherUpper" and had forgotten what it was. Now my head hurts.

[Gary]

I fucking hate math. I also hate English.

[Click16]

Suck it up, Gary... Life sucks too... Do you see us complaining?

... Wait... Yes you do...

[Gary]

2,614 replies to this topic, yes, I do see you guys complaining.

[Zieon Eslador]

4 hours of sleep, or less, for 5 days straight gives you something that looks very similar to a black eye, well, two black eyes. It looks like I lost a fight or something, this is a problem. Also, when I say "Go to bed guys, I can't sleep with the TV that loud and a lamp two feet from my face. Dallas is already asleep and his alarm wakes me up at 5 even though you two don't seem to hear it." I mean it, especially the 3rd, 4th and 5th times.

[DemonicSandwich]

Wow I forgot February was a 28-day month. >_>
I thought my mind just blanked out for 3 days.

[socrates]

I don't watch to see if a groundhog sees his shadow for Spring, as far as I'm concerned Spring comes when my allergies do... some trees or something make my nose produce more mucus..which the excess runs down my throat, making me cough, giving me a sore throat, which then makes me lose my voice.. all in time for my birthday.. hopefully this year 20 bags of Halls will help.... so yeah.. my rant: Spring is here, my allergies have started...

[DoorM4n]

What happened to http://www.Halomods.com?

[DemonicSandwich]

What happened to http://www.Halomods.com?

A shit storm of faggotry, trolling, and lulz.

SourceGuy was a faggo supreme, we all abandoned Halomods and went to Rework3d, which is a database copy of Halomods.
SourceGuy admitted defeat, quit the internet, and took Halomods with him.

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Rant: I bought a soldering iron from RadioShack. Their brand of cheap irons as it was $8.
I got it home, plugged it in, and within two minutes it started smoking from the base of the handle. A smoke with a very familiar burning rubber smell.

Took it back, swapped it for another and took it home. This one works fine on 20W, but if I set it to 40W, the heat resistant insulation on the wires starts burning. I don't have the money to invest in a good soldering iron. >_>

Moral: Never buy ANYTHING from RadioShack that is MADE by RadioShack.

[xxpenguinxx]

Rant: I bought a soldering iron from RadioShack. Their brand of cheap irons as it was $8.
I got it home, plugged it in, and within two minutes it started smoking from the base of the handle. A smoke with a very familiar burning rubber smell.

Took it back, swapped it for another and took it home. This one works fine on 20W, but if I set it to 40W, the heat resistant insulation on the wires starts burning. I don't have the money to invest in a good soldering iron. >_>

Moral: Never buy ANYTHING from RadioShack that is MADE by RadioShack.

The iron I purchased from radioshack didn't have any problems, although it's only a 15W. Maybe the store near you received a bad batch or something.

[Aumaan Anubis]

Alright, crisis situation. Parents saw my 75 I have in English. I just got two high grades recently, so it should be higher than that, but the site where we can check our grades real-time is down.
My parents are disappointed in me whenever I don't have all 'A's.

Freakin' out freakin' out freakin' out freakin' out.


This crazy person is currently me; except without the triumphant hand-waving.

[xxpenguinxx]

I'm not sure how fast I was going but as I was driving down the highway and I heard a loud crack come from my right side. I looked over to see the window trim just flapping in the wind. Luckily my right mirror caught it. The clips that hold the trim down were all broken so I have to now find new ones and maybe use some waterproof sealant to get it stay in place.

[Aumaan Anubis]

Alright, our relationship is over, Firefox. You've disappointed me for the last time.

[OwnZ joO]

Chrome is pretty solid. I didn't even switch over because Firefox disappointed me, I just liked Chrome better when I tried it for the second time(Tried 1.0 wasn't that impressed, 3.0 switched me over).

[DemonicSandwich]

Matt: *Stumbles out of his room*
Mom: (Slightly Concerned) What's wrong?
Matt: (Groggy) Just need to use the bathroom.

He walks down the hallway, opens my door, and flips on the ceiling fan switch.

Mom: (Slightly Concerned) What's wrong Matthew?
Matt: (Groggy) Just need to use the bathroom.

Matt: *Looks around trying to locate the toilet*
Me: (silent expression: o_O) *slight pause* Uh, not the bathroom...
Mom: (Concerned) Matthew?

Matt: *turns, flips off fan, exits*
Me: (expression: ¬_¬, annoyed, raises voice) Wake up dumbass!

My mother asked me to help him out, so I grabbed him from his room, and lead him to the correct room-of-bath and hoped he didn't piss on the seat.
Ironically he actually was asleep, I didn't catch on that he was sleep walking. He always ignores our commands after all and I've never actually seen him sleepwalk before.
He looked more high than asleep which could prove problematic later on.