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Don’t Buy Civilization V

Tinsley — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:04:15 +0000

…unless you want to waste countless potentially productive hours. I should have known from playing Civ II and III that it’s not a game, it’s an addiction. For anyone not aware, Civilization is the monopoly of computer games. Starting a … Continue reading →

Representing Time

Tinsley — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:55:12 +0000

1999 AD: Arrrg! Why did those idiots use only two digits to represent the year?! 2037 AD: Who's idea was it to store timestamps as 32-bit integers?! 292,277,026,595 AD: What do you mean we're using signed integers to represent time?! Bring me the last man in the universe who knows C++. I've been to the future and the only thing keeping the universe intact is a

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The Internet Fuels My Laziness

Tinsley — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:52:26 +0000

I wonder if it is raining outside. True story Continue reading →

Comprehensive Guide to Posting on Forums

Tinsley — Thu, 20 May 2010 01:18:01 +0000

Creating Threads

Searching When a rational person has a question or a topic to discuss on a forum that person might think "Maybe I should use the search feature to see if a thread regarding my topic already exists!". This is generally a waste of time, however. The probability of two people on a forum consisting of thousands of members over the span of several years having the Continue reading →

Infinity

Tinsley — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:11:11 +0000

I suddenly recall something interesting a professor of mine pointed out a couple years ago while on a tangent during lecture. It has to do with the nature of infinity and how accepting something perfectly reasonable as true leads to less intuitive, but equally true conclusions. The following expression is true and most people would not argue otherwise: 1/3 = .3333333333 . . . Assume, of Continue reading →

Happy Birthday To Me

Tinsley — Sat, 16 May 2009 08:39:58 +0000

BWI, blogging while intoxicated Continue reading →

Sheep Flu

Tinsley — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:29:26 +0000

Symptons include... Continue reading →

Organic

Tinsley — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:48:13 +0000

I take no issue with cage free eggs or vegetables grown without exposure to pesticides, but I do take issue with the word organic when used to describe food.

"I can't eat that cheeseburger because it is not organic."

"Really!? Its not relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms? To think that I went my whole life thinking beef was from cows." Continue reading →

Semicolons

Tinsley — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:05:02 +0000

You know you've spent too much time programming when you start ending your sentences with a semicolon; Continue reading →

Finals Week

Tinsley — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:39:37 +0000

If coffee were cocaine... I'd be Rick James Continue reading →

In Over My Head

Tinsley — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:00:16 +0000

Every now and then I sit down for a test that I am completely unprepared for. In that moment of desperation I think to myself "Maybe I can infer the required knowledge before time runs out". Continue reading →

WordPress Scheduling

Tinsley — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:01:54 +0000

Should I ever become terminally ill, I plan to make excessive use of the WordPress post scheduling feature so I appear to be blogging from beyond the grave. By the way... I wrote this on the 8th, but it wasn't published until the 13th. I might be dead already. :o Continue reading →

Adjusting the Curve

Tinsley — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:01:04 +0000

Every time I have an exam, I show up to class and place my scan tron and number 2 pencil on my desk, in plain sight. This is perfectly normal for exams that require a scan tron, but in those that don't it may cause people to run to the bookstore and then arrive once again ten minutes late, clearly exhausted. Continue reading →

I’m Not A Crazy Person…

Tinsley — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:00:38 +0000

Some people dream of buying a house so they can raise a family, buy furniture, decor and electronics, or just so they have a place they can call their own. When I think of buying a house only one thing comes to mind: Lawn Gnome Army. Continue reading →

Need I Say More…

Tinsley — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:20:54 +0000

I feel as if my life's aspirations are suddenly within reach. http://www.swordsofhonor.com/ca-30-61.html http://www.swordsofhonor.com/9thcehovihed.html Continue reading →