paizo.com Favorited Posts by Jess Doorpaizo.com Favorited Posts by Jess Door2022-10-01T21:11:23Z2022-10-01T21:11:23ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3714?Deep-6-FaWtL#1856622018-03-05T13:52:19Z2018-03-03T07:25:24Z<p>anybody else ever accidently typed "animate date" instead of "animate dead" on a monster sheet?</p>
<p>...</p>
<p>I"m sure it means nothing.</p>anybody else ever accidently typed "animate date" instead of "animate dead" on a monster sheet?
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I"m sure it means nothing.Jess Door2018-03-03T07:25:24ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJesszilla (alias of Jess Door)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3714?Deep-6-FaWtL#1856562018-03-05T13:51:46Z2018-03-03T05:00:31Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Peeks in</span></p>Peeks inJesszilla (alias of Jess Door)2018-03-03T05:00:31ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: The Monkey's TreefortJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tavo&page=343?The-Monkeys-Treefort#171102018-03-03T12:08:14Z2018-03-03T04:53:56Z<p>It was cold and unpleasant here. We didn't even hit 80 degrees. :/</p>It was cold and unpleasant here. We didn't even hit 80 degrees. :/Jess Door2018-03-03T04:53:56ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3714?Deep-6-FaWtL#1856552018-03-05T13:44:19Z2018-03-03T04:52:57Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Tequila Sunrise wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Ancient-modern politics:
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•• spoiler omitted •• </blockquote><p>Our next game is supposed to feature us, as inter-planetary aliens, come to convert a polytheistic Egyptian based world to our monotheism.
<p>This GM likes to present very limited options, all of them bad, in order to drive some moralistic point home. This time he says the idea is how far will go you in the name of a "good cause".</p>
<p>My first character is going to be a paladin bard, and she will be unwilling to break any eggs to make that omelet. No eggs. No compromise on being good.</p>
<p>He's going to kill her quickly, I think.</p>
<p>My next character is also already planned. Based on Reddington from The Blacklist.</p>
<p>:D</p>Tequila Sunrise wrote:Ancient-modern politics:
** spoiler omitted **
Our next game is supposed to feature us, as inter-planetary aliens, come to convert a polytheistic Egyptian based world to our monotheism. This GM likes to present very limited options, all of them bad, in order to drive some moralistic point home. This time he says the idea is how far will go you in the name of a "good cause".
My first character is going to be a paladin bard, and she will be unwilling to break any eggs...Jess Door2018-03-03T04:52:57ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3714?Deep-6-FaWtL#1856522018-03-05T13:43:53Z2018-03-03T04:49:26Z<p>NEKKID! YES! BEST GAME PREP EVA!</p>NEKKID! YES! BEST GAME PREP EVA!Jess Door2018-03-03T04:49:26ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3714?Deep-6-FaWtL#1856512018-03-03T20:19:37Z2018-03-03T04:49:04Z<p>Hard Apple Cider and monster building for tomorrow's game! Whoo!</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>sings</span></p>Hard Apple Cider and monster building for tomorrow's game! Whoo!
singsJess Door2018-03-03T04:49:04ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3711?Deep-6-FaWtL#1855032018-03-02T14:40:56Z2018-03-02T05:20:06Z<p>makes sense.</p>makes sense.Jess Door2018-03-02T05:20:06ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3710?Deep-6-FaWtL#1854912018-03-02T05:44:40Z2018-03-02T03:24:24Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Just a Mort wrote:</div><blockquote> I personally don't think you can get drunk on beer. It's frothy so you'd get full before you get drunk. </blockquote><p>I personally don't think you can get drunk on beer because beer is gross.
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>sips wine</span></p>Just a Mort wrote:I personally don't think you can get drunk on beer. It's frothy so you'd get full before you get drunk.
I personally don't think you can get drunk on beer because beer is gross. sips wineJess Door2018-03-02T03:24:24ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3710?Deep-6-FaWtL#1854872018-03-02T04:32:55Z2018-03-02T03:00:59Z<p>I missed the Naruto thing, it started after I left Japan. So I decided to watch it. There are...a lot if episodes.</p>I missed the Naruto thing, it started after I left Japan. So I decided to watch it. There are...a lot if episodes.Jess Door2018-03-02T03:00:59ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3710?Deep-6-FaWtL#1854842018-05-25T02:00:05Z2018-03-02T02:55:06Z<p>I feel bad. Let me 'splain. Not all Lexus drivers are insufferable - but if I find a driver to be insufferable,they are more often than not driving a Lexus.</p>I feel bad. Let me 'splain. Not all Lexus drivers are insufferable - but if I find a driver to be insufferable,they are more often than not driving a Lexus.Jess Door2018-03-02T02:55:06ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3710?Deep-6-FaWtL#1854822018-03-02T04:31:53Z2018-03-02T02:46:20Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Orthos wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">NobodysHome wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">John Napier 698 wrote:</div><blockquote> Not sure how to respond to that. </blockquote><p>Oh, I'm sure we'd end up in politics and Freehold would throw things at us, but...
</p>
</blockquote>I admit I got an amused snort out of "one of the reasons [Californians] fare so poorly is because they're insufferable"...</blockquote><p>I find Lexus drivers insufferable...Orthos wrote:NobodysHome wrote: John Napier 698 wrote: Not sure how to respond to that.
Oh, I'm sure we'd end up in politics and Freehold would throw things at us, but...
I admit I got an amused snort out of "one of the reasons [Californians] fare so poorly is because they're insufferable"...I find Lexus drivers insufferable...Jess Door2018-03-02T02:46:20ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3709?Deep-6-FaWtL#1854492018-03-02T01:11:24Z2018-03-01T22:56:20Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Just a Mort wrote:</div><blockquote> It's Friday here. </blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>is jealous</span>Just a Mort wrote:It's Friday here.
is jealousJess Door2018-03-01T22:56:20ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3709?Deep-6-FaWtL#1854352018-03-02T01:09:56Z2018-03-01T22:08:59Z<p>Is it Friday yet? My brain says it's Friday.</p>Is it Friday yet? My brain says it's Friday.Jess Door2018-03-01T22:08:59ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3709?Deep-6-FaWtL#1854252018-03-02T02:33:15Z2018-03-01T20:53:14Z<p>Look, until California Man is as amazing as Florida Man, you haven't really won.</p>Look, until California Man is as amazing as Florida Man, you haven't really won.Jess Door2018-03-01T20:53:14ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3709?Deep-6-FaWtL#1854052018-03-02T00:43:11Z2018-03-01T15:43:24Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Just a Mort wrote:</div><blockquote><p> On a side note:</p>
<p>I don't really get why people say you shouldn't GM for your BF/GF. </blockquote><p>I have a game where it was reeeeeeally bad. The GM was so terrified of getting a reaction from his SO that the game was "GM's SO Heroic Story: How To Make Everyone Else In The Party An Ineffectual And Nameless Lackey"
<p>It almost ruined a multi-year campaign. By the time he finally corrected some of the issues, the SO's power loss did upset her - even if she understood why everyone else had a problem.</p>
<p>The GM has to be sure of not only their own ability to run the game well, but also their SO's understanding and acceptance of the situation.</p>Just a Mort wrote:On a side note:
I don't really get why people say you shouldn't GM for your BF/GF.
I have a game where it was reeeeeeally bad. The GM was so terrified of getting a reaction from his SO that the game was "GM's SO Heroic Story: How To Make Everyone Else In The Party An Ineffectual And Nameless Lackey" It almost ruined a multi-year campaign. By the time he finally corrected some of the issues, the SO's power loss did upset her - even if she understood why everyone else had a...Jess Door2018-03-01T15:43:24ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3708?Deep-6-FaWtL#1853562018-03-02T00:38:16Z2018-03-01T04:00:06Z<p>Boo!</p>
<p>Had to check out the new look.</p>
<p>Really, I'm waiting for the laundry to be done so I can move it to the dryer and get some sleep.</p>Boo!
Had to check out the new look.
Really, I'm waiting for the laundry to be done so I can move it to the dryer and get some sleep.Jess Door2018-03-01T04:00:06ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3515?Deep-6-FaWtL#1757292017-12-02T19:35:37Z2017-12-02T17:54:14Z<p>I have enough for one more turkey pot pie!</p>I have enough for one more turkey pot pie!Jess Door2017-12-02T17:54:14ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3515?Deep-6-FaWtL#1757262017-12-04T22:32:21Z2017-12-02T17:23:31Z<p>I am alive. steroids are weird, but I was able to get into my soprano voice - badly, weakly and out of control - but I was able to! yay!</p>I am alive. steroids are weird, but I was able to get into my soprano voice - badly, weakly and out of control - but I was able to! yay!Jess Door2017-12-02T17:23:31ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3512?Deep-6-FaWtL#1755652017-12-01T03:57:01Z2017-11-30T23:37:48Z<p>My best suggestion, make a lust of specific examples, and tell him your frustration. Have the examples ready for if he doesn't realize he's doing it. Then ask for / suggest ways to solve the miscommunication.</p>
<p>You know him better than we do. If he's a fair guy, he's just making assumptions, and not thinking about how they affect you. I'm turning 40 in less than two weeks, and my dad still has a hard time my adulthood seriously when I try to help him with a problem</p>
<p>(Getting them to allow me to come home and help when my dad fell and tore his thigh muscle off his knee completely while my mom was recovering from her second brain surgery took determination, recruit of family allies to pressure them, and a refusal to stop asking them to let me help until I wore them down.) </p>
<p>Go in with clear definition of the issue, a positive attitude and determination to find a solution for both of you, and you're making finding a solution easier. </p>
<p>It's hopefully just a misunderstanding / oversight.</p>My best suggestion, make a lust of specific examples, and tell him your frustration. Have the examples ready for if he doesn't realize he's doing it. Then ask for / suggest ways to solve the miscommunication.
You know him better than we do. If he's a fair guy, he's just making assumptions, and not thinking about how they affect you. I'm turning 40 in less than two weeks, and my dad still has a hard time my adulthood seriously when I try to help him with a problem
(Getting them to allow me...Jess Door2017-11-30T23:37:48ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3511?Deep-6-FaWtL#1755322017-11-30T23:37:07Z2017-11-30T19:41:03Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Tequila Sunrise wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Jess Door wrote:</div><blockquote><p> And, while programming often utilizes math, it's more like logic.</p>
<p>Programming is like giving instructions to a person with a very narrow and literal ability to think, and perfect obedience. They won't recognize that you asked for something stupid or misspoke. They will try to do it anyway. So be careful what you ask it to do. </blockquote><p>The analogy my C prof used was "like a genie of old — it does exactly what you tell it to. Nothing more, nothing less." :)
<p>Anyway, this seems like part of a reply to my question about coding v. programming...? </blockquote><p>also a response to freeholders comment hat it sounded like math.Tequila Sunrise wrote:Jess Door wrote:And, while programming often utilizes math, it's more like logic.
Programming is like giving instructions to a person with a very narrow and literal ability to think, and perfect obedience. They won't recognize that you asked for something stupid or misspoke. They will try to do it anyway. So be careful what you ask it to do.
The analogy my C prof used was "like a genie of old -- it does exactly what you tell it to. Nothing more, nothing less." :)...Jess Door2017-11-30T19:41:03ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3510?Deep-6-FaWtL#1754962017-11-30T17:10:35Z2017-11-30T16:07:47Z<p>And, while programming often utilizes math, it's more like logic.</p>
<p>Programming is like giving instructions to a person with a very narrow and literal ability to think, and perfect obedience. They won't recognize that you asked for something stupid or misspoke. They will try to do it anyway. So be careful what you ask it to do.</p>And, while programming often utilizes math, it's more like logic.
Programming is like giving instructions to a person with a very narrow and literal ability to think, and perfect obedience. They won't recognize that you asked for something stupid or misspoke. They will try to do it anyway. So be careful what you ask it to do.Jess Door2017-11-30T16:07:47ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3510?Deep-6-FaWtL#1754952017-12-01T02:31:12Z2017-11-30T16:03:17Z<p>Nope. But I'm guessing you(r friend) would not enjoy Houston weather.</p>
<p>It's 75 F today.</p>Nope. But I'm guessing you(r friend) would not enjoy Houston weather.
It's 75 F today.Jess Door2017-11-30T16:03:17ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3510?Deep-6-FaWtL#1754932017-11-30T16:56:13Z2017-11-30T15:42:38Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">lynora wrote:</div><blockquote><p> The good news: the hair loss is most likely the result of a vitamin deficiency
</p>
The bad news: figuring out what's causing the deficiency and other anomalies in my blood-work. Yet more stuff to deal with on the Medical Mystery Tour.</p>
<p>But hey, some of the scary stuff has been eliminated as possibilities, so that's something. And this means my hair is likely to grow back once we've addressed the vitamin deficiency. Which is a relief. </blockquote><p>I noticed increased hair loss rates when I was dieting. I have been lazy and gained most of my weight back - but I have an amazing number of long, luxurious locks of red hair. :)lynora wrote:The good news: the hair loss is most likely the result of a vitamin deficiency
The bad news: figuring out what's causing the deficiency and other anomalies in my blood-work. Yet more stuff to deal with on the Medical Mystery Tour.But hey, some of the scary stuff has been eliminated as possibilities, so that's something. And this means my hair is likely to grow back once we've addressed the vitamin deficiency. Which is a relief.
I noticed increased hair loss rates when I was...Jess Door2017-11-30T15:42:38ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3509?Deep-6-FaWtL#1754072017-11-29T23:27:17Z2017-11-29T18:33:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Tequila Sunrise wrote:</div><blockquote><p>Maybe I had bad profs then, they were both first-timers. All I know is I stumbled my way thru C — or was it C+? Or C++? I don't even know the difference — and then would have completely failed Assembly if not for my partner who did 99% of the work. In an effort to explain how an algorithm can be written to count — oh, and this was after the prof explained to me what 'algorithm' means (why not just say "program"?!) — my Assembly prof asked me "How do you count things?"</p>
<p>To which I replied "I count them one by one...and then, um, they're counted."</p>
<p>It was that class that prompted me to switch to the electrical engineering program, which I was infinitely better at. </blockquote><p>Re: Algorithms
<p>An algorithm is a process used to solve a particular problem </p>
<p>"Sort this list of strings into alphabetical order"
<br />
"Solve this equation"
<br />
"Search this org chart to retrieve everyone who reports to the person John Smith."</p>
<p>depending on how granular you want to go, a program contains an algorithm, algorithms, and algorithms of algorithms.</p>Tequila Sunrise wrote:Maybe I had bad profs then, they were both first-timers. All I know is I stumbled my way thru C -- or was it C+? Or C++? I don't even know the difference -- and then would have completely failed Assembly if not for my partner who did 99% of the work. In an effort to explain how an algorithm can be written to count -- oh, and this was after the prof explained to me what 'algorithm' means (why not just say "program"?!) -- my Assembly prof asked me "How do you count
...Jess Door2017-11-29T18:33:17ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3508?Deep-6-FaWtL#1754002017-11-29T18:14:42Z2017-11-29T17:00:33Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Tequila Sunrise wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Maybe I had bad profs then, they were both first-timers. All I know is I stumbled my way thru C — or was it C+? Or C++? I don't even know the difference — and then would have completely failed Assembly if not for my partner who did 99% of the work. In an effort to explain how an algorithm can be written to count — oh, and this was after the prof explained to me what 'algorithm' means (why not just say "program"?!) — my Assembly prof asked me "How do you count things?"</p>
<p>To which I replied "I count them one by one...and then, um, they're counted."</p>
<p>It was that class that prompted me to switch to the electrical engineering program, which I was infinitely better at. </blockquote><p>I was just the opposite! My degree is Computer Science & Engineering, but my least favorite classes were the hardware theory and design classes, so my work has been nearly all software. :). Thank goodness the world has both kinds of people! I leave hardware to you!Tequila Sunrise wrote:Maybe I had bad profs then, they were both first-timers. All I know is I stumbled my way thru C -- or was it C+? Or C++? I don't even know the difference -- and then would have completely failed Assembly if not for my partner who did 99% of the work. In an effort to explain how an algorithm can be written to count -- oh, and this was after the prof explained to me what 'algorithm' means (why not just say "program"?!) -- my Assembly prof asked me "How do you count
...Jess Door2017-11-29T17:00:33ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3507?Deep-6-FaWtL#1753182017-11-29T00:51:13Z2017-11-29T00:21:52Z<p>About to do it on vinge. :). Thinking of buying all the manga for this show from Amazon.co.jp.</p>About to do it on vinge. :). Thinking of buying all the manga for this show from Amazon.co.jp.Jess Door2017-11-29T00:21:52ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3507?Deep-6-FaWtL#1753112017-11-29T08:10:43Z2017-11-28T23:44:11Z<p>I started teaching myself programming with a book on basic and an Atari 800 at around 9. I still fail on a lot of the lingo myself, I have to admit. I've ended up a jack of all trades and master of none, but I like having my fingers in ten different pies at once, generally.</p>
<p>God, I'm old. 14 years of software dev experience. Would be more, but who doesn't want to teach English for a couple of years in Japan, no matter how much it sets their career back?</p>
<p>^_-</p>I started teaching myself programming with a book on basic and an Atari 800 at around 9. I still fail on a lot of the lingo myself, I have to admit. I've ended up a jack of all trades and master of none, but I like having my fingers in ten different pies at once, generally.
God, I'm old. 14 years of software dev experience. Would be more, but who doesn't want to teach English for a couple of years in Japan, no matter how much it sets their career back?
^_-Jess Door2017-11-28T23:44:11ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3506?Deep-6-FaWtL#1752942017-11-28T21:24:49Z2017-11-28T20:28:16Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">John Napier 698 wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Jess Door wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">John Napier 698 wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Jess Door wrote:</div><blockquote><p> "Using recursion in TSQL is like sumo wrestlers doing ballet. It is possible, but not pretty." </p>
<p>- Phil Factor </blockquote><p>Mainly because (T)SQL is more like BASIC than C / C++.
<p>Of course I'm undressed. Hard to take a shower wearing clothes. Gotta get ready for work. </blockquote>I would disagree. I think it is more caused by SQL being optimized for set based operations over a more procedural approach. </blockquote>Having no experience with (T)SQL, I concede your point. My area of interest is more in the line of Systems Programming. </blockquote><p>. Mostly, though, I enjoy imagining sumo wrestlers performing ballet.John Napier 698 wrote:Jess Door wrote: John Napier 698 wrote: Jess Door wrote:"Using recursion in TSQL is like sumo wrestlers doing ballet. It is possible, but not pretty."
- Phil Factor
Mainly because (T)SQL is more like BASIC than C / C++. Of course I'm undressed. Hard to take a shower wearing clothes. Gotta get ready for work. I would disagree. I think it is more caused by SQL being optimized for set based operations over a more procedural approach. Having no experience with (T)SQL, I...Jess Door2017-11-28T20:28:16ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3506?Deep-6-FaWtL#1752832017-11-28T19:33:07Z2017-11-28T18:59:54Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">lynora wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Thanks guys. Mostly just trying to be patient while waiting for answers now. And trying not to freak out because some of the options are scary. </p>
<p>Obviously I’m great at patient as evidenced by my impulsive behavior today :P </blockquote><p>:(. Hope you get answers soon! I've had laryngitis for a month now, and am seriously annoyed.lynora wrote:Thanks guys. Mostly just trying to be patient while waiting for answers now. And trying not to freak out because some of the options are scary.
Obviously I’m great at patient as evidenced by my impulsive behavior today :P
:(. Hope you get answers soon! I've had laryngitis for a month now, and am seriously annoyed.Jess Door2017-11-28T18:59:54ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3506?Deep-6-FaWtL#1752802017-11-29T00:32:51Z2017-11-28T18:40:21Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Freehold DM wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">John Napier 698 wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Jess Door wrote:</div><blockquote><p> "Using recursion in TSQL is like sumo wrestlers doing ballet. It is possible, but not pretty." </p>
<p>- Phil Factor </blockquote><p>Mainly because (T)SQL is more like BASIC than C / C++.
<p>Of course I'm undressed. Hard to take a shower wearing clothes. Gotta get ready for work. </blockquote>it's all greek to me. </blockquote><p>Wait, didn't you mean to say "It's all <b>geek</b> to me." ?Freehold DM wrote:John Napier 698 wrote: Jess Door wrote:"Using recursion in TSQL is like sumo wrestlers doing ballet. It is possible, but not pretty."
- Phil Factor
Mainly because (T)SQL is more like BASIC than C / C++. Of course I'm undressed. Hard to take a shower wearing clothes. Gotta get ready for work. it's all greek to me. Wait, didn't you mean to say "It's all geek to me." ?Jess Door2017-11-28T18:40:21ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3506?Deep-6-FaWtL#1752792017-11-28T19:09:37Z2017-11-28T18:36:41Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">John Napier 698 wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Jess Door wrote:</div><blockquote><p> "Using recursion in TSQL is like sumo wrestlers doing ballet. It is possible, but not pretty." </p>
<p>- Phil Factor </blockquote><p>Mainly because (T)SQL is more like BASIC than C / C++.
<p>Of course I'm undressed. Hard to take a shower wearing clothes. Gotta get ready for work. </blockquote><p>I would disagree. I think it is more caused by SQL being optimized for set based operations over a more procedural approach.John Napier 698 wrote:Jess Door wrote:"Using recursion in TSQL is like sumo wrestlers doing ballet. It is possible, but not pretty."
- Phil Factor
Mainly because (T)SQL is more like BASIC than C / C++. Of course I'm undressed. Hard to take a shower wearing clothes. Gotta get ready for work. I would disagree. I think it is more caused by SQL being optimized for set based operations over a more procedural approach.Jess Door2017-11-28T18:36:41ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3505?Deep-6-FaWtL#1752452017-11-28T17:55:08Z2017-11-28T16:42:04Z<p>"Using recursion in TSQL is like sumo wrestlers doing ballet. It is possible, but not pretty." </p>
<p>- Phil Factor</p>"Using recursion in TSQL is like sumo wrestlers doing ballet. It is possible, but not pretty."
- Phil FactorJess Door2017-11-28T16:42:04ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3500?Deep-6-FaWtL#1749862017-11-27T19:13:44Z2017-11-26T02:25:29Z<p>Sooo....black friday....</p>
<p>Everything i want, I really can't justify spending money on right now. Everything i need, i already have, or am saving for.</p>
<p>it was an excellent day of playing Minecraft.</p>Sooo....black friday....
Everything i want, I really can't justify spending money on right now. Everything i need, i already have, or am saving for.
it was an excellent day of playing Minecraft.Jess Door2017-11-26T02:25:29ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3500?Deep-6-FaWtL#1749852017-11-27T19:11:20Z2017-11-26T02:24:12Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Orthos wrote:</div><blockquote> LEGO isn't big anymore? </blockquote><p>If that's true, I don't wanna live in the world anymore.Orthos wrote:LEGO isn't big anymore?
If that's true, I don't wanna live in the world anymore.Jess Door2017-11-26T02:24:12ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3499?Deep-6-FaWtL#1749302017-11-25T05:37:40Z2017-11-25T03:18:42Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Scintillae wrote:</div><blockquote> I have acquired medications for the plague. Huzzargh. </blockquote><p>I have too. Thus far, minimal progress.
<p>:(</p>Scintillae wrote:I have acquired medications for the plague. Huzzargh.
I have too. Thus far, minimal progress. :(Jess Door2017-11-25T03:18:42ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3497?Deep-6-FaWtL#1748432017-11-24T16:36:48Z2017-11-23T22:32:14Z<p>it's amazing to see the difference between a place that sees it's workers as a nuisance or problem, versus those that understand you're people.</p>
<p>Night and day.</p>it's amazing to see the difference between a place that sees it's workers as a nuisance or problem, versus those that understand you're people.
Night and day.Jess Door2017-11-23T22:32:14ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3497?Deep-6-FaWtL#1748382017-11-24T16:35:21Z2017-11-23T22:05:11Z<p>Happy thanksgiving, all!</p>Happy thanksgiving, all!Jess Door2017-11-23T22:05:11ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3495?Deep-6-FaWtL#1747222017-11-22T22:37:14Z2017-11-22T20:25:22Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">gran rey de los mono wrote:</div><blockquote> When it comes to novels, I'm a fan of David Weber's Honor Harrington series. Also John Ringo's Paladin of Shadows (the first 5 anyways, I didn't think the 6th one was anywhere as good as the others). </blockquote><p>Ringo can be pretty fun. I enjoyed the zombie apocalypse and the series that started with Live Free or Die.gran rey de los mono wrote:When it comes to novels, I'm a fan of David Weber's Honor Harrington series. Also John Ringo's Paladin of Shadows (the first 5 anyways, I didn't think the 6th one was anywhere as good as the others).
Ringo can be pretty fun. I enjoyed the zombie apocalypse and the series that started with Live Free or Die.Jess Door2017-11-22T20:25:22ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3494?Deep-6-FaWtL#1746572017-11-22T02:47:16Z2017-11-22T02:37:53Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Syrus Terrigan wrote:</div><blockquote>Huge? Pfft. I've gone through Martin's works, and <i>Anathem</i>, too. I can tear through 500+ pages of dense reading in about 4 hours.</blockquote><p>yeah, this is me. :) Makes long series really fun to read...and reread...Syrus Terrigan wrote:Huge? Pfft. I've gone through Martin's works, and Anathem, too. I can tear through 500+ pages of dense reading in about 4 hours.
yeah, this is me. :) Makes long series really fun to read...and reread...Jess Door2017-11-22T02:37:53ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3494?Deep-6-FaWtL#1746552017-11-22T22:14:21Z2017-11-22T02:08:01Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">lisamarlene wrote:</div><blockquote> Everyone has their "the holiday season is upon us, ergo I must watch this" film. Or set of films.</blockquote><p>My Christmas movies are Die Hard and The Long Kiss Goodnight.
<p><b><span class=messageboard-bigger>BAM.</span></b></p>lisamarlene wrote:Everyone has their "the holiday season is upon us, ergo I must watch this" film. Or set of films.
My Christmas movies are Die Hard and The Long Kiss Goodnight. BAM.Jess Door2017-11-22T02:08:01ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Chronicles of the Silver Rose Company discussion threadJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2i2g0&page=62?Chronicles-of-the-Silver-Rose-Company#30872017-11-21T19:32:58Z2017-11-21T04:23:17Z<p>well, as the average is 40 + 5.5 x 9 = 89.5, that went surprisingly well.</p>
<p>::subtracts hit point::</p>well, as the average is 40 + 5.5 x 9 = 89.5, that went surprisingly well.
::subtracts hit point::Jess Door2017-11-21T04:23:17ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3491?Deep-6-FaWtL#1745232017-11-22T20:14:42Z2017-11-21T02:15:47Z<p>yaaaaay, starting a course of antibiotics to try to defeat this sickness (I think it's bird flu plague ebola or something). maybe I'll get my voice back for Christmas...</p>yaaaaay, starting a course of antibiotics to try to defeat this sickness (I think it's bird flu plague ebola or something). maybe I'll get my voice back for Christmas...Jess Door2017-11-21T02:15:47ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3488?Deep-6-FaWtL#1744002017-11-19T05:11:58Z2017-11-19T04:59:22Z<p>one more episode of punisher! Raaaaah!</p>one more episode of punisher! Raaaaah!Jess Door2017-11-19T04:59:22ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3486?Deep-6-FaWtL#1742962017-11-18T00:39:00Z2017-11-17T21:20:22Z<p>It was nice to see Sailormoon Crystal. I got out all my original manga and went over them. :)</p>It was nice to see Sailormoon Crystal. I got out all my original manga and went over them. :)Jess Door2017-11-17T21:20:22ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLCrazy Cat Lady (alias of Jess Door)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3486?Deep-6-FaWtL#1742952017-11-18T00:38:56Z2017-11-17T21:16:14Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Sharoth wrote:</div><blockquote> Well, I did not realize that I would turn into the crazy cat lady after getting married. </blockquote><p>You say that like it's a <i>bad</i> thing!Sharoth wrote:Well, I did not realize that I would turn into the crazy cat lady after getting married.
You say that like it's a bad thing!Crazy Cat Lady (alias of Jess Door)2017-11-17T21:16:14ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3485?Deep-6-FaWtL#1742042017-11-17T14:24:46Z2017-11-17T05:32:31Z<p>Parchisi?</p>
<p>...</p>
<p>Is that how you spell parchisi?</p>Parchisi?
...
Is that how you spell parchisi?Jess Door2017-11-17T05:32:31ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: The Kitty Thread.Jess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ues5&page=3?The-Kitty-Thread#1332017-12-17T17:09:13Z2017-11-15T22:36:47Z<p>When I am sick, my cats bring me their toys, and pile them around my head like offerings. :)</p>When I am sick, my cats bring me their toys, and pile them around my head like offerings. :)Jess Door2017-11-15T22:36:47ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3482?Deep-6-FaWtL#1740622017-11-16T04:12:39Z2017-11-15T22:32:22Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Tacticslion wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Jess Door wrote:</div><blockquote>I saw Imagine Dragons </blockquote>SQUEEE~! </blockquote><p>INORITE?!?!?!?!?!?!?Tacticslion wrote:Jess Door wrote:I saw Imagine Dragons
SQUEEE~! INORITE?!?!?!?!?!?!?Jess Door2017-11-15T22:32:22ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3482?Deep-6-FaWtL#1740602017-11-16T04:11:01Z2017-11-15T22:30:53Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Freehold DM wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">NobodysHome wrote:</div><blockquote><p> So, Lucky has now joined Mercedes Benz in my "too early Christmas" boycott. Again, not a store I ever darken the doors of, but it's the principle of the thing, darn it!</p>
<p>Their sin? Selling Christmas trees starting on November 24.</p>
<p>Considering I buy my tree the week before (usually the 21st or 22nd) and then keep it for the 12 days of Christmas (which I'm likely getting wrong) and after just over two weeks the thing is already showing obvious signs of dying, I cannot imagine buying a tree a <i>full month before Christmas</i> and expecting anything other than a nasty brown rotting <i>thing</i> in the living room for Christmas morning.</p>
<p>•• spoiler omitted ••
<br />
</blockquote>...all y'all are crazy. </blockquote><p>...
<p>...and...?</p>Freehold DM wrote:NobodysHome wrote:So, Lucky has now joined Mercedes Benz in my "too early Christmas" boycott. Again, not a store I ever darken the doors of, but it's the principle of the thing, darn it!
Their sin? Selling Christmas trees starting on November 24.
Considering I buy my tree the week before (usually the 21st or 22nd) and then keep it for the 12 days of Christmas (which I'm likely getting wrong) and after just over two weeks the thing is already showing obvious signs of dying,...Jess Door2017-11-15T22:30:53ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Deep 6 FaWtLJess Doorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lusz&page=3482?Deep-6-FaWtL#1740552017-11-16T04:10:36Z2017-11-15T22:26:20Z<p>It is 80 degrees today.</p>
<p>I saw Imagine Dragons in Houston Sunday. it was amazing. I still don't have my voice back, so I couldn't sing along, but the band got through it fine anyway. I helped by air drumming vigorously.</p>
<p>I have had laryngitis for over two weeks now.</p>
<p>Fortunately, I'm a cat, so it's not a huge loss.</p>
<p>I finally saw Attack on Titan season 2. Too short. :/</p>
<p>Mushishi is amazing. each episode is a beautiful Japanese fairy-tale based vignette.</p>
<p>the best, most beautiful and yet alien thing ever. <i><b>ever.</b></i></p>It is 80 degrees today.
I saw Imagine Dragons in Houston Sunday. it was amazing. I still don't have my voice back, so I couldn't sing along, but the band got through it fine anyway. I helped by air drumming vigorously.
I have had laryngitis for over two weeks now.
Fortunately, I'm a cat, so it's not a huge loss.
I finally saw Attack on Titan season 2. Too short. :/
Mushishi is amazing. each episode is a beautiful Japanese fairy-tale based vignette.
the best, most beautiful and yet alien...Jess Door2017-11-15T22:26:20Z