I know who you are talking about (I think). He hasn't been on the site for ages.

Sorry, I'm in rant mode because of our 'Rage' game, and couldn't help but remember the wakner described above. If he doesn't appear, I'll name and shame: I'm in aggressive mode and, quite frankly, I had a reminder today of just how F-ing good the man who wrote the system for me was. Someone who tries to build their credential on Windows-loading experience doesn't even get onto the bottom rung of what is a very tall ladder.

Ah, what the Hell?

NinjaPirateRobotZombie... I am looking at an amazing piece of customised gear + software, written and set up by a true geek and it's been making me money for yonks. I have a very decent glass of wine next to my keyboard and I'm all up for a pee-take of your previous boasts and claims. Please return. Life is dull without you.

Yeah sorry Flash, NPRZ hasn't been seen on these forums in a long time.

And I was never impressed with his claims. There are plenty of real developers on here (myself included) who actually get annoyed by friends and family constantly wanting us to do something as simple as configure Windows 7 every time we turn around. And I've no doubt your associate did a bang up job with the Lisp based system. Lisp is an outstanding language and the second oldest of the true high-level languages.

NPRZ did make a pretty cool diplomacy widget that sat on your desktop and let you know about the phase status if your games. Did anyone else try it out?

Flashman is your operating system unique? As in made just for you or do other people have it too? Is it on the same computer you play diplomacy?

My friend had developed a shell for an AI system when he was working in HK (research, of course) and swore by Lisp. When I had issues with my system and wanted to run some old software on a stable and totally safe environment, he set it up for me. I have never claimed to be able to understand how the system works but it is able to read and run programs written for other systems. Support is very difficult but the system is so stable that this is not an issue. Replacing the hardware has been a bit problematic recently though.

It is all on my work machine and is never put on-line. So, no help with the Dip moves, unfortunately.

What got me going against the Zombie originally was when I had merely mentioned that I had a very unusual system and he started off about me being James Bond Super Spy. Obviously, he thought I was crossing into his turf and tried to make fun of me. I wound him up from then on and sort of miss the fun now... Hence this rather retro thread. And I had been drinking yesterday, and we all know how that gets us going.

So, is the system unique? I think it probably is now because he (friend) is no longer working with Lisp and he finished his Expert System project about twenty years ago. I am too old.

Just curious, you used the word wakner twice. Did you mean wanker? I was assuming it was a typo the first time, but then you did it again. So now I'm wondering just how out of it I am slang-wise, or if it is a common word or slang from another culture.

I was just being extra rude by drawing attention to the word.