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Week Fifteen: Taking Care of Business Hey guys, it's been an insane week, and next week will be even worse. I'm crunching big time on trying to get my ULTRA-SECRET UBER PROJECT done ... so maybe we'll get to see it soon! That also somewhat accounts for my lateness posting this (mixed with the fact that I'm wicked tired today). It's also not going to be very meaty, on account of everything I have to do. Sorry guys! Deadlines: The Dark Side of Gaia The deadline for my project is coming up and it has me (and the 2 others who are helping me code it) going nuts trying to make sure everything works as expected. So while we have Snacktopia, ping pong, and a crazy cast of characters we ARE expected to work... sometimes rofl So I've been staying in late most of the week trying to make sure everything is taken care of so I don't hold up the others on the project (and I'm sure they're doing the same for me). It can get pretty stressful, but fortunately there are plenty of ways to decompress around here. Roger Waters: The Dark Side of the Moon If you've never heard of Pink Floyd, I weep for you and your ancestors. I had the good fortune to see Roger Waters, lead singer and songwriter of Pink Floyd, perform The Dark Side of the Moon (their seminal 1973 magnum opus). The old guy's still got it. I welled up with tears a few times. It's not often you get to see an album of that importance played by one of the original creators. If any of you younguns haven't checked it out yet, I SRSLY recommend getting your hands on a copy and listening to it from start to finish 3982 times like the rest of us! Other Programmers: The Dark Side of Debugging I just fixed the Daily Chance error where if you didn't have anybody in your Friendlist, the Daily Chance wouldn't show up on the MyGaia page. This was caused by a small chunk of code just before the Daily Chance code which said "If they don't have any friends, stop processing." Little tiny things like this account for a lot of bugs on Gaia (and any application) and you usually can't hunt them down until they cause an obscure error like this. Fortunately our coding practices and our design sense has been getting a lot better - so bugs are much less frequent (and getting fixed a lot faster!) than they used to be. Getting What You Want: The Light Side of Complaining So users complained enough about the gold granting system that we went and changed it for ya! Inevitably, there are going to be a lot more complaints. The GCD looovvesss to pick apart anything we do. But then, that's why I love the GCD XD Moo? For those of you haven't been paying attention all week, cows have appeared on the World Map. We even finally updated the World Page to reflect it! I wonder what that's all about eek

Posted by: Fleep Fri Oct 13, 2006 @ 10:25pm

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Commented on: Fri Oct 13, 2006 @ 10:28pm


	I wonder what your secret project is? whee

Commented on: Fri Oct 13, 2006 @ 10:36pm


	I love the cows!! heart -cheers for Fleep- GCD! <3 xD 18 More days until Halloween!

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Commented on: Fri Oct 13, 2006 @ 10:39pm


	ANOTHER BRCK IN THE WALL heart

Commented on: Fri Oct 13, 2006 @ 10:51pm


	Poor Fleep, tearing up. emo But other then that, great entry! biggrin

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Commented on: Fri Oct 13, 2006 @ 11:04pm


	I love Pink Floyd!

Commented on: Fri Oct 13, 2006 @ 11:08pm


	Its fun to hunt program bugs, but I guess solving them is a pain in the ****. (I like the new world maps 4laugh** )

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Commented on: Fri Oct 13, 2006 @ 11:11pm


	I've heard of PF, though if I have heard any of their songs I can't associate any of them to the band. I'm terrible at that, associating songs to names and bands. sweatdrop

Commented on: Fri Oct 13, 2006 @ 11:15pm


	ULTRA-SECRET UBER PROJECT OF DOOM. Can't be that. Cause that was Daily Chance.

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Commented on: Fri Oct 13, 2006 @ 11:19pm


	yay, Pink Floyd. i've still got to listen to that album while watching the Wizard of Oz. good luck on your project, hopefully it will feel like behaving for you. why is it called a trench? the part of me obsessed with geology is asking that, since a trench (that i know of) is where an oceanic plate is subducted under another plate. could that mean a volcanoe on the world map?

Commented on: Fri Oct 13, 2006 @ 11:41pm


	Is your uuber secret project for halloween? Is it? Is it? curiouser and curiouser Ah! I love the Floyd! Especially Echos Part 1 and Comfortably Numb. Ever since I first heard Comfortably Numb (probably when I was 7 or so) I've thought it was a beautiful song. If I need to just chill out and think of nothing, I listen to all of my Floyd MP3s. I wonder if my dad has any of their LPs... he's a fan as well! Who's Rancher Bill? Is he named after anyone?

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Commented on: Fri Oct 13, 2006 @ 11:42pm


	Yes, what are these cows about ninja I beeeeeet your secert project is something I can't figure out biggrin

Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 01:16am


	Can you give us any word on the New maps... Is it halloween? are the admins laughing behind our backs? is everyone at gaia HQ waiting for the GCD to explode when they change something?

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Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 02:23am


	You need to tell those cows to stop eating my lawn. I don't want my neighbors to look down at my dirt lawn come next week! scream Uh, on a serious side. It sounds like you're really working hard. You should take a break, by going to the moon.. er wait serious? Yeah, ok after your work is done. Go home and sleep. It's what I do when I get stressed from all the old ladies asking me to load up their toilet paper and old lady diapers.

Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 02:32am


	i love the cows fleep!!!! domokun domokun take a break you been working hard smile ALIENS! OMG! xd

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Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 02:34am


	Yay for debugging errors! whee You know, it's nice to be working hard on your ULTRA-SECRET UBER PROJECT for all of us, but don't over do it, okay? We don't want you getting sick. 3nodding

Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 02:45am


	The cows are a bunch better addition than Ron. In fact, want them to stay around.... blaugh

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Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 02:49am


	... You got to see The Rogers Waters, live in concert? Am I processing this through my brain correctly? Oh the envy I have for you is... Immeasureable. gonk

Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 03:14am


	stop rubbing the ULTRA-SECRET UBER PROJECT in our faces D: you make me want to know what it isss~ m o d o <3

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Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 03:48am


	and if you haven't watched wizard of oz to dark side of the moon I weep for you as well

Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 06:42am


	Cant say im the biggest fan of pink floyd, but ive listened to some songs.. Very good songs. I cant wait till the secret project is done, all I ask is that you dont get stressed out.

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Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 07:17am


	I was at the same concert as you blaugh .

Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 07:44am


	Great taste in music. "Wish you were here" best song ever!

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Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 07:45am


	The concert sounded awesome! You dont hear of many people who work for Gaia updating on things outside of Gaia. (It's kind of creepy. XD). After the new maps were introduced, I was immediately disheartened. The GCD picked it apart so quickly. Even though I like the GCD I dont because they ruin such good things crying

Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 08:32am


	I'll just wait here, patiently-like, until you finish that secret project. Waiting, waiting, waiting... Ah, screw it. domokun

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Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 12:15pm


	Dude, Comfortably Numb, FTW. talk2hand They have the Pink Floyd Lazer Light Spectacular coming to the OKC Zoo Amphetheater this month, I'd give my right arm to go. Don't worry about your project Fleep. If it craps out, we'll let you know.

Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 02:18pm


	I've said this before, but I can't wait to see what you have been working on. Don't stress over it too much, stress makes the cows cry 3nodding

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Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 03:18pm


	I'm telling you that those cows are planning something evil...... we should keep a close eye on them fleep

Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 03:59pm


	Mmm, can't wait for the project! =D Sooo...-cough- Any chance that Gaians will be able to help test the project like Gaia has done to other projects in the past? ninja

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Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 05:14pm


	I woke up this morning thinking; "Hey maybe Fleep posted in his journal.", and I was right. Pink Floyd is Jesus, and Roger Waters is his priest. Lucky you. Now... deadline dosn't mean release does it? I'm assumeing that maybe a week after your deadline that feature will be released? The cows need to die. twisted

Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 05:34pm


	Pink Floyd, eh? If you like Pink Floyd, you should try synchronizing Dark Side of the Moon with The Wizard of Oz. There are directions on how to do it online. 3nodding SECRET PROJECT. D: I WANNA KNOW WHAT IT IS.

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Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 09:05pm


	This secret project of yours sure sounds important. domokun

Commented on: Sat Oct 14, 2006 @ 09:11pm


	O_O I want to know what the secret project is now..... But Fleep, don't kill yourself working on it, because we need Fleep to laugh at us poor GCDers scrambling over inane hints...

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Commented on: Sun Oct 15, 2006 @ 12:40am


	moo Dark Side of the Moon + Wizard of Oz sounds very cool. Pink Floyd were/are cool. I like the cows - any chance they'll survive Halloween? xd Don't work too hard, Fleep, you need your rest, too. Take care. ^_^ moo

Commented on: Sun Oct 15, 2006 @ 03:01am


	Comfortably Numb ^^ Mah favorite song. Pink Floyd's Awesome. I actually cried when Syd died ;_; I listen to Pink Floyd a lot, like, every night a lot, along with Aerosmith and GnR XD (and some Zepplin, too). Sounds like you guys have been working your asses off, hmm? Hope ya'll can hold up. I can't wait to see the feature ^^ Heh, yeah, I actually like the new gold system. I'm making my 1k a day again. It feels awesome biggrin and Moo ~Garny

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Commented on: Sun Oct 15, 2006 @ 04:08am


	Those new pieces of map are neat looking. hmmm. Haha, The GCD is like a psycoanalyst without a liscence, but still practices his craft on everything around him.

Commented on: Sun Oct 15, 2006 @ 05:35am


	Lucky b***d! You got to see Pink Floyd perform. <3 Never been to one of their concerts though but I am sure its awesome. heart About the cows, I have a feeling we'll be having our own Chupacabra. rofl** "Seduce my mind and you can have my body. Find my soul and I'm yours forever." ~Anonymous *[ No, you can't* use my tribal images. ]**

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Commented on: Mon Oct 16, 2006 @ 02:19pm


	So, if enough Gaians complain about something, they'll get what they want? Meaning, the people that complained about the old gold system got what they wanted, and the people that are now complaining about the new gold system will eventually get whatever it is they want now?? eek [/random comment]

Commented on: Mon Oct 16, 2006 @ 04:38pm


	Goodluck with your project ^.^ I hate small errors like that block of code you mentioned ive been practising my coding since it slipped since i finished uni and the amount of silly things i do is staggering So lucky, getting to program something, and watching thousands of peole enjoy it thats what i wana do one day ^.^ (except not php, i think its a ugly language! and maybe with less complainers 4laugh )

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Commented on: Mon Oct 16, 2006 @ 07:39pm


	Gewd luck on your project ;P I moooooo for cows xD

Commented on: Mon Oct 16, 2006 @ 09:10pm


	I've heard about the AWSOMENESS of thier concerts from my dad. And IF you guys have a VHS copy of "The Wizard of Oz", play Darkside of the moon with it. I did that with my parents once, and it's really cool. sweet yer UBER TOP SECRET PROJECT is in it's final stages. I can't wait to b***h and moan praise it to death. xd

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Commented on: Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 02:34am


	woot....i seriously pity those who are sitting at their pc's going 'who the heck is Pink Floyd?' dude....peoples..anyway....COWS RIZOCK.....and woot for you..heheh btw im gothickingofdarkness' wife....^-^

Commented on: Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 07:33pm


	Who in the name of all things fluffy has not herd of Pink Floyd? o_O There was even an old cartoon that mentioned them. "Not even Pink Floyd where pink!" It was lame cartoon but got I couldn't help laughing at that quote. xD Ah yes the GCD sure does love to nitpick. but then again that's it's job. XDXDXD

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Commented on: Fri Oct 20, 2006 @ 12:41am


	Can you please give us some information tomorrow about what happened with the Slots and Cards - and why they came back... Also - was it fun to play around with the UFOs - did you get a chance to control one of them? (I know it was some devs/admins in towns zooming around.)

Commented on: Fri Oct 20, 2006 @ 03:24am


	sweatdrop You better get the tissue paper out because I've never heard any of their music before today sweatdrop sweatdrop sweatdrop I still dont know who Pink Flyod is.... D: xp Good luck man you've been at this project for ever hurry up plz D: is hard talking to you when I think about all the work you have to do. Cant wait to see what it is ronbruiseflashggamecough