Life tips....

[flammableBen]

Everybody must have some information to impart which has helped get them through life. Maybe made it easier or more enjoyable.

Being the nicest bloke on the tef, I've got a few I'd love to impart.

1) Multiply out those square routes!
Writing a bit of code which calculates the square routes of something? If it's just for comparison, don't!

Say you've been using a bit of pythagoras to find out if something is more than a certain distance away from something else. It's too easy to end up with something like this

if (sqrt(dx^2 + dy^2) > C)

Square routes are slow my crazy foolish friend. Square the whole thing out!. The same can be achieved with.

if (dx^2 + dy^2 > C^2) then....

Optimized!


2) If you've been chopping up chilli's don't scratch your arse

Same goes for eyes, nose and ears!. Enough said really


3) Turn Life into a drinking game

Take a few cans with you every where you go. See a yellow car? Drink! See a fat girl wearing inappropriate clothing? Drink! Spot a shop sign with incorrect punctuation? Nominate a friend to Drink!

Single-player works but multi-player is so much more fun. You can play the power of 2 rule. So if you get nominated twice in a row it double the amount you have to drink! Keep going and it can get messy. 2x 4x 8x 16x. It's like that crazy dude who filled a chess board with rice!


4) If Ash has been drinking, tell him he owes you a pint

It's crazy! It always works. I've told him I do it all the time and he still buys me one the next time. Crazy midget fool. I love him though. Haven't had a chance to do it for a while because I haven't seen him about. Don't you love me any more baby?


5) When posting on the TEF, set your self a challenge

Make a post sound like a badly written advert! Try and get in loads of obscure sci-fi references! A thread got to long and you think it should just go away but you don't have mod powers (or don't want to use them)? Try and derail or stop it dead with a bizarre post! Don't do something lame like try not to use the letter "e". It's super gay and nobody will even notice!

That's all for now. I might have some more if anybody wants to live the crazy life like me!

[sonic youth]

kill yourself.

it's the only way, kids.

[flammableBen]

Well that's a thread stopper. I'm trying to learn more life lessons my watching The Fresh Prince. So far I've got that in the early 1990's racism in America was still prevalent enough for black people to be arrested for no reason, that you get some reverse racism when black ladies marry white men,  and that you may have a bit of a banter rivalry with your geeky cousin but you love him really.

It's a brilliant show.

[Lumps]

2) If you've been chopping up chilli's don't scratch your arse

Same goes for eyes, nose and ears!. Enough said really

Best not to take a piss either without thoroughly washing your hands first.

[Lumps]

Multiply out those square routes!

Square roots surely?

[flammableBen]

probably.

[Ralphy]

You haven't mentioned death recipes.

[Reg Smeeton]

If you're an astronaut don't  take 398  first day edition stamps to the moon with you, then flog them to a German dealer o return...for large sums of deutschmarks.

  Because Nasa  will ground you from all future flights....David Scott did this, I suppose he must have Scottish in his ancestory.

 You'll get to bone Anna Ford though, which I guess would be some compensation.

  BTW FB this is a tip.

[Mexicano Rojo]

god i would love to bone anna ford. used to love her northern soul and was often seen at allnighters dancing til dawn.

[Reg Smeeton]

god i would love to bone anna ford. used to love her northern soul and was often seen at allnighters dancing til dawn.

  She'd be 65 now Mex....bit old for you I suspect.    Do for me though.