Anon is right, it's called CSG substract. And also, it is evil. I don't remember the exact reason why it was evil (I haven't done any mapping for quite a while and I forgot a lot of the theory), but generally on every mapping/modding forum everyone would tell you not to use it.

Drawing floors, walls, and ceilings by hand, no matter how painful may it seem compared to drawing just the inside and hitting the magic button, is the way to go. If you'd be modelling a wall that is visible from both sides (for example a building in an outdoor area which you can enter), you're going to put a little more effort to properly shaping the brushes at the corners anyway, as to avoid either overdraw or texture-caulk z-fighting in the editor (which looks ugly).

It's a shame that building GtkRadiant on linux is virtually impossible these days. Code rot - the project is like, dead. I've once managed to get it running on some another machine, but it broke since then.

Netbrick. You're a genius.

Take out the "net" and all that's left is a "brick".

See these slides about exploiting UTF-aware software.

http://www.casabasecurity.com/files/Chris_Weber_Character%20Transformations%20v1.7_IUC33.pdf

> What if we decided to use different Stars and not the Sun?
>
> Well basically the Mayan Calendar does this - They just use alot
> positions of Constellations to determine where they are in their cycle.

Holy crap. I've just realised how incredibly old their civilisation had to be. TFS mentions 25.800 year cycles...

http://singularity.codeplex.com/ :D

SMP FAQ.

Q: Does the number of processors in a SMP system need to be a power of two/divisible by two?

A: No.

Q: Does the number of processors in a SMP system...

A: Any number of CPUs/cores that is larger than one will make the system an SMP system*.

(* except when it's an asymmetrical architecture)

Q: How do these patterns (power of 2, divisible by 2, etc) of numbers of cores affect performance?

A: Performance depends on the architecture of the system. You cannot judge by simply looking at the number of cores, just as you can't simply look at MHz.

I would never trust a company to keep me healthy when it's most profitable for it to have as many people ill as possible. Therefore, I never take any meds.

related: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/09/07/1526234

Just test it out already!

$ python
>>> from commands import getouput as sh
>>> # i'm too lazy to write my own prime test function:
>>> def is_prime(n): return not bool(sh("factor %d" % n).split()[2:])
>>> # check a few integers to make sure it works:
>>> zip(xrange(10), map(is_prime, xrange(10)))
>>> maybe_primes = [(((i*10)+4)**2)+1 for i in xrange(20)]
>>> zip(maybe_primes, map(is_prime, maybe_primes))

That's what we have computers for.

I couldn't resist the temptation to quote Bill Hicks:

"I'll show you politics in America right here [...]: 'I believe the puppet on the right shares my beliefs.' 'Well, I believe the puppet on the left is more to my liking.' Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding up both puppets!"

> If the universe were indeed so much more complex than we
> imagined (which I fully believe is possible)

No. The nature of the universe is simplicity. Simple solutions Just Work, while (too) complex solutions collapse under their own weight. Of course, there is always a certain treshold for what is simple and for whom.

> I fear that [..] it won't be a magical world of multiverses and time travel.

Seriously. What would you need time travel for?

Why not just plain, old telepathy?

Many people have a tendency to overthink simple problems.

my @months = qw( January February March April May June July August September October November December );

How about:

months = "January February March April May June July August September October November December".split()

Python's full grammar specification fits on two pages of A4.

I've read once that the brain actually doesn't even distinguish between reality and immagination.

Like, you first close your eyes and try to visualise an apple. Then you open your eyes and take a look at a real apple. The magical brain-scanning instruments show that there is virtually no difference between the brain's reactions in both cases.

I got rid of TV five years ago and lived happily ever since. I urge everyone to do the same.