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Good thing the kids look like your wife

You're not bad looking at all. You can do much better than that dude though.

First off I want to make clear this is not to brag or be egotistical because that is a trait I simply do not like and would never be that type of person. This is just to help myself keep track of progress mainly and to share it with others. Calling this "part 2" because if you guys remember part1 was 2 yrs ago when I decided to lose weight and ended up losing about 145lbs. Now I consider this part 2 lol. Since I lost all the weight I have been wanting to try to build back up some good muscle (that way Dave will not be able to resist me when he comes to clean my pool ) but with running my own business which takes up 8-12 hrs per day it's so hard to try to make time to get to the gym to workout. So having about 300lbs in free weights that use to be my Dad's which I got after he passed away, I decided to put them to use and incorporate lifting weights in between my daily rod work. So what I did was picked out three main exercises to focus on my upper body to start, Curls(for biceps) behind the head curls(for triceps) and standing rows(for traps/shoulders). I started out a few months ago with 20lbs doing 100 reps per day in between rod work. In other words work on rods for 30 mins then take a break and pound out some curls etc etc. I also took a measurement of my arms for a reference/starting point so I could gauge progress. After almost 3 months now I went from 14.5" biceps and doing 100 reps per day with 20lbs (actual 300 reps 100 per 3 muscle groups bicep/tricep/traps) to where I currently am at which is 15.75" biceps doing 300 curls with 32.5lbs (actual 900 reps 300 per muscle group). For only about 90 days into it I think that is a pretty good bit of progress for a workout routine that is basically in between business work. My goal is to try to reach 17" biceps, plus lose another 40 lbs both by the end of 2014.

Poor Iron Mike.

Watcha gonna do? When the 17 inch pythons and Driftermania destroy you! *puts hand to ear* I like the low weight high rep idea.

A lot of math functions are now library functions. People try to no re-invent the wheel as mentioned previously. What you need to learn is how to find and use these functions and subroutines. I've never used code academy so I am not aware of the content but I suspect it can be helpful. My kids took programming in High school with grade 10 math. They did fine with it and had some cool examples. My daughter even created a rather basic video game. I'm not try to brag, but that should give you an idea of the prerequisites in order to be able to code something. Also you are doing this to learn, so as long as you are persistent and somewhat enjoy it who cares if you make mistakes along the way, you probably will learn more from those then getting it right anyways. My opinion of programming is that you get good at it by doing it.

Oh thank god! I thought it was an abbreviation for 'wanking on the laptop keys'

Nevermind, it works now. I tried just after I made that post

Yeah there is, but I love making new characters so I have the option to switch playstyles when I get bored. I'm thinking about either a Strength or dex build. I'm not at college tomorrow so part 1 will be up then

Damn it, now I have to listen to Blondie.

I think it's a great idea! £64 for 90 days may seem steep off the bat but with support and donations, an FG server would be badass. One of the conditions should be; No fucking French allowed

Another load of fixes in preparation for Naval Strike BF4 March 25 Xbox One / Xbox 360 / PS4 / PS3 Patch NotesGeneral Fixes General stability improvements Fix for a crash that could occur when players were customizing vehicles. Fix for an issue in the Rush game mode where end-of-round screen would always indicate that there were 60 minutes left of the game. Fix for an issue where the splash damage for IFV shells, Helicopter rockets, and Mortar rounds was unable to destroy deployed equipment. Fix for an issue that could cause the quad bike to explode when it hit indestructible objects. Fix for an issue that would cause sniper rifles to display too much bloom when aiming in snowy conditions, especially the outside areas of Operation Locker. Fix for an issue where the ECM would sometimes fail to jam incoming missiles. Shortened the take-off distances for jets to match the length of the runways in Second Assault maps. Fix for going above ceiling exploits in Operation Metro. Fix for a new MAV riding exploit. Fix for kill camera jittering/strobing sometimes if colliding with other world objects or terrain. Fix for soldiers getting catapulted when walking on steep surfaces “Netcode” Fix for an issue where the kill camera would display the incorrect killer. Fix for an issue where the kill card won’t show up when playing on servers which have the kill camera turned off. Fixed an issue where other soldiers would appear to fire in the wrong direction when turning quickly. Fix for weapons firing twice, or not at all in some instances. Fix for an issue where explosions didn’t do any damage to infantry and vehicles that were outside of the combat area. Fix for an issue where late-joining players wouldn’t correctly experience Levolution events on Paracel Storm and Flood Zone. Fix for an issue that could cause packet loss. Progressions Added Gold Battlepacks as rewards for Class Service Stars, allowing players that have reached the max Rank to continue earning new Battlepacks.Weapons / Gadget Tweaks Increased the damage of the normal buckshot against targets with Body Armor. Reduced the vertical recoil of the M4 and M16A4 to give these burst fire weapons a tighter burst accuracy in their mid- to long range role. Reduced the side-to-side and first shot recoil of the G36C. This weapon now has the lowest side-to-side recoil of the carbines, giving it a clear controllable low rate of fire role, especially when compared to the AK5C, Type-95B-1 and the AKU-12. Tweaked the detonation time of the 40mm LVG so it bounces less before going off. The maximum damage has however been reduced to 80 like the RGO. Reduced the number of how many 40mm HE and LVG rounds players can carry, from 4 to 3. Increased the time it takes to get new 40mm round from ammo boxes. The time is longer for HE and LVG grenades and shorter for utility grenades like SMK and FLASH. Grenade Tweaks Increased the time it takes to get new RGO IMPACT, V40 MINI, M84 FLASHBANG and M18 SMOKE grenades from ammo boxes. Since the player now carries more of these grenades, the resupply delay needed to be longer to prevent grenade spamming.Vehicle Tweaks Significantly improved the suppression from mounted vehicle weapons, including miniguns, HMGs, LMGs, and all shells types for all armored vehicles.Aircraft Tweaks Further reduced the repair rate for the Scout Helicopters and the Transport Helicopters. Significantly increased the damage of Transport Helicopter miniguns. Changed the flight ceilings on Gulf of Oman, Caspian Border and Operation Firestorm to better match the height of the structures in those levels. Adjusted the damage of the 25mm and 30mm cannons for both Stealth Jets and Mobile AA to be equal in Damage Per Second to the 20mm default weapons. These weapons were clearly poorer choices in all circumstances, and their different rates of fire are intended to be the player’s choice factor for these weapon systems. AC-130 Gunship Tweaks Increased the splash damage and the range at which the JDAM bombs can achieve max splash damage. The JDAM’s power was not properly balanced with its difficulty to use. The JDAM remains a primarily anti-vehicle weapon, though this change will increase the effectiveness against all targets. Increased the accuracy and direct hit damage of the AC130 40mm cannons. 40mm cannons can now be used to fire pinpoint shots in 2-3 round bursts, enabling them to provide accurate fire on infantry and vehicle targets. Their velocity has also been marginally increased to aid their accuracy. Increased the splash damage and range of the AC130 25mm cannons. These cannons now do approximately 50% more damage, in a slightly increased area of impact. The increased damage as well as increased suppression effects will allow the 25mm cannon to fill its role as an area of effect weapon against infantry.

I completely misread Chris Thought he couldn't see the vids. *facepalm*

I'm in NY so I'm used to being hextuple taxed but that's bull shit! I'm against taxing items you can't hold in your hands to begin with.

Now "I am a real American" is playing in my head.

I suppose it depends on what you're coding, like Cyber mentions. A lot of the programming principles/basics don't require a masters in maths. Basic math will get you through the majority, if not all, basic programming examples. My recommendation is to use codeacademy and just start working through examples. See how you get on, share what you've learned here and ask questions. If you find something you struggle with, someone here can help explain. You seem keen to learn so go in with an open mind with it, knowing you have support here, and forget about what level your maths is currently at.

I'll add them to spoilers in the future. That said you're doing yourself a disservice by not reading the comics, you've a less than 50% chance that what happens in the comics will happen on the show. The people involved can talk for days about how great they and the show are but it's terrible in comparison. This last 2 episodes have been just ok. Action packed end of season coming up. Wooooo

OK so I'm through 1963 From Russia with Love and 1:28:xx into 1964 Goldfinger. My girl fell asleep last night. FRWL was pretty boring but I'm liking Goldfinger. The movies are starting to get more and more of what I thought Bond was about (a spy with cool toys and a bad ass car who gets it in with all the hot bitches where and whenever he can) There are a few 1 liners so far but I really laughed in the beginning of Goldfinger when JB spun the ho he was kissing on around so she gets knocked out then fights and throws the attacker and a fan into the tub only to finish up with "Shocking. Positively shocking." O also there was a worst music in a bond film thread here, I think, and I want to nominate the Goldfinger score/theme. I think the ba ba ba's are supposed to be like the music is saying Goldfinger but it keeps reminding me of Moon River.

You'd have to be pretty strong for scientific applications but thankfully that isn't the majority of application. You don't have to be able to figure out the dot product of a 3 dimensional vector matrix to make a bird flap up and down

Nice job, Bart. You're the man!

so i wanted to try the JDAM now ive unlocked it, so i joined Haian resort, and someone is already in the jet. nevermind , ill take the chopper. - enemy chopper tango starts. i planned to seat switch with my stinger, (as i run with laser guided for the secondary), but someone spawned in on me. nevermind, i managed somehow to get the double kill with the main cannons and the enemy chopper slowly glides to the ground. - take out a few ontop of the hotel. theres fucking loads of these fuckers ontop of the hote this game. - start dancing with an LAV, and after a bit of a battle take it out. - i strafe the hotel again, and there are atleast 4-5 dudes still up there, so i pick off a few more, and rack up maybe 3-4 kills from them. - start attacking another LAV, have to hide and repair a few times, but im still going. Eventually i get shot down by an LAV drive who keeps hoping out with his stinger (bitch!). so im 10-1 and the game is coming to a close. - hoping to get in the jet still, theres still someone in it tho. take the chopper again (favourite part of this game) - fly back over to the hotel, and they are still up there. i strafe across and get a few hit markers, and the start panicing. i turn back for my reverse strafe......... they all get into the lift for cover, i take my aim, make it true, and empty 30 explosive rounds into the lift. Multi kill, 4 enemies dead, squad wipe.....HAZZAR !

go here: http://interactivepython.org/runestone/static/thinkcspy/index.html There's also this, but I haven't actually gone through it as I have the one above. http://interactivepython.org/courselib/static/diveintopython3/index.html Also go here, be careful though, some of these are Python 2 and some are Python 3. https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers If and when you get to the point of wanting to use an IDE, the free version of PyCharm is excellent. http://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/ Cheers, have fun!

Thank you Sennex, that sh*t was driving me bonkers. x)

I know right, that's exactly what I said!

It's fixxored thanks to Sennex. ALL HAIL SENNEX!!!!!!!!

~Cough~ Ahem I fixed some broke SQL shit ~Sits back down~

*stands and cheers* Speech, speech, speech!

My half of an art trade for one of my favorite artists.

OH GOD, I'M ON A BLONDIE KICK SOMEBODY STOP ME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxpe1oSp_sg /she's hot, too