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I think I'm using IE8.
Sorry to hear about the burglary Charlie. Shall we all chip in so that you can get a burglar alarm?
Chris Hare wrote: Maybe you Lexplorered OTONAREN instead?
Oh, undoubtedly. Similarly, I'm pretty clear about the distinction between left and right shoes, but that hasn't stopped me from trying to put them on the opposite feet on occasion.Karen Pearson wrote:Chris Hare wrote: Maybe you Lexplorered OTONAREN instead?No! I am perfectly aware of the difference between 'N' and 'Ñ' thanks.
Please don't get an alarm. Ever. And anyone else who has one dismantle it. All they do is go off randomly during the night and indeed day and keep me awake.Karen Pearson wrote:Sorry to hear about the burglary Charlie. Shall we all chip in so that you can get a burglar alarm?
Looks okay in FF7.Gavin Chipper wrote:IE9Charlie Reams wrote:Might be a browser-specific bug. It works fine in Chrome+Linux. What are you using?
Thanks so much for doing this Charlie! I'm excited to see what my actual percentage of the max is on the all-rounders leaderboard when it updates at midnight.Adam Gillard wrote:Multiple tie-break games [...] are skewing the "Highest maximum" figures by hundreds, if not thousands of points in total [...] This makes me sad because I've dropped back to 69% of the max on the all-rounders leaderboard [...] Can these be excluded from the maximum stats like naughty schoolchildren?
More details would be nice.Mark James wrote:The Guardian (not the news paper) cheated on a lockdown numbers game. http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 4293034166
He means that in R12 The Guardian didn't use the 6 as part of the solution. I think you should change your signature to "... and that's why I don't read newspapers", Mark.Charlie Reams wrote:More details would be nice.Mark James wrote:The Guardian (not the news paper) cheated on a lockdown numbers game. http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 4293034166
Hm, I thought they could. Does anyone understand this game I made?Steve Balog wrote:Yea, to elaborate, the Guardian's first step is 6x4=24, and then he uses the other 4 numbers to hit the target, just leaving that 24 there without actually doing it.
I assume that if the Guardian can get the solution with 4 or fewer numbers that aren't the red one, he can, in theory, just waste the red number in an operation outside the actual solution.
Can humans do this?
Steve Balog wrote:Yea, to elaborate, the Guardian's first step is 6x4=24, and then he uses the other 4 numbers to hit the target, just leaving that 24 there without actually doing it.
I assume that if the Guardian can get the solution with 4 or fewer numbers that aren't the red one, he can, in theory, just waste the red number in an operation outside the actual solution.
Can humans do this?
Eoin Monaghan wrote:
He may not be liked on here, but you have to give some credit to Mark
You may well have in a normal numbers game when doing this is valid, but not in a Lockdown numbers game. I believe Charlie shut this loophole down for human players very shortly after it was released (though i haven't checked recently) but the Guardian and Apterouses still occasionally cheat. I personally don't think it would make any sense to allow this for humans.Mark Deeks wrote:Steve Balog wrote:Yea, to elaborate, the Guardian's first step is 6x4=24, and then he uses the other 4 numbers to hit the target, just leaving that 24 there without actually doing it.
I assume that if the Guardian can get the solution with 4 or fewer numbers that aren't the red one, he can, in theory, just waste the red number in an operation outside the actual solution.
Can humans do this?
They can and I have.
I thought you originally could but then you changed it so you couldn't. I'm pretty sure I had a game where I tried to do it but wasn't allowed.Charlie Reams wrote:Hm, I thought they could. Does anyone understand this game I made?Steve Balog wrote:Yea, to elaborate, the Guardian's first step is 6x4=24, and then he uses the other 4 numbers to hit the target, just leaving that 24 there without actually doing it.
I assume that if the Guardian can get the solution with 4 or fewer numbers that aren't the red one, he can, in theory, just waste the red number in an operation outside the actual solution.
Can humans do this?
It's still a shame that this game can't be recognised as the highest joint score in Aegilops numbers.Adam Gillard wrote:Thanks so much for doing this Charlie! I'm excited to see what my actual percentage of the max is on the all-rounders leaderboard when it updates at midnight.Adam Gillard wrote:Multiple tie-break games [...] are skewing the "Highest maximum" figures by hundreds, if not thousands of points in total [...] This makes me sad because I've dropped back to 69% of the max on the all-rounders leaderboard [...] Can these be excluded from the maximum stats like naughty schoolchildren?
Edit 76%!
Hi, Jason, thanks for that!Jason Larsen wrote:Julie, where have you been? It's nice to hear from you!
Will you rejoin Facebook?
Sometimes it does that. It means that the Duellist is picking the final letter (rather than it being picked from the pile) and as far as I know, the Duellist picks for the best max, so it gives you a clue as to what to look out for.Julie T wrote:P.S. I don't know if this problem is related, but I'm playing the duel ATM, and, although it's in the goatdown format, it's choosing the final letter for me.
Apart from the duel the other day when it was sort of alternating between which max to pick.Gavin Chipper wrote:Sometimes it does that. It means that the Duellist is picking the final letter (rather than it being picked from the pile) and as far as I know, the Duellist picks for the best max, so it gives you a clue as to what to look out for.Julie T wrote:P.S. I don't know if this problem is related, but I'm playing the duel ATM, and, although it's in the goatdown format, it's choosing the final letter for me.
I would try clearing your Java cache. Instructionskieranbray wrote:I'm having problems accessing tonight, I just get past the Java screen and then it says 'Error. Click for details.' Which is rubbish, because I can't click on it.
Can anyone help?
Was it in the last 30 days?Jennifer Steadman wrote:Not sure if this is a bug or not, but on the Format part of my user page it says that the most maxes I've achieved in a Junior 9 Rounder is 8/9 - but I've had a max game in that format. The max is still on the Variant Facts & Figures page, so it hasn't been deleted. Any ideas?
Ah, no, problem solved. I hadn't seen the 'Games from the last 30 days' bit.Charlie Reams wrote:Was it in the last 30 days?Jennifer Steadman wrote:Not sure if this is a bug or not, but on the Format part of my user page it says that the most maxes I've achieved in a Junior 9 Rounder is 8/9 - but I've had a max game in that format. The max is still on the Variant Facts & Figures page, so it hasn't been deleted. Any ideas?
I'm seeing this as well: CONCOCTED and CONCOCTED, nine minutes apart.Ryan Taylor wrote:My final 20 conundrums for reaching the peak of Mount Conundrum was ruined by no fewer than 7 repeats. This was meant to be a joyous occasion.![]()
Edit: I hope apterous got stolen.
That's just the nature of the beast with the Duel, if you get disconnected or the game crashes then you just get blanked. Everyone loses a round to it occasionally.Jennifer Steadman wrote:My browser started lagging so badly during R3 of today's duel that after I entered a 6 (after about 5 seconds), I wasn't able to enter any more words, even though I saw a 7 during this time and tried to type it in. An error message then made me close the window, and when I reopened it it claimed I had entered a blank in R3. I don't suppose there's any way of rectifying this (unless it can be proved that I typed in a 7 during the lag - it did seem to register this, it just wouldn't let me enter it), but it's a bit annoying that I'll lose points because of it. If it was a normal game I wouldn't be so bothered, but I haven't been doing too badly in the Duel rankings this month and I'd like to keep it that way
Yep, organiser's fault.Adam Gillard wrote:The "Current tournaments" on the homepage have all finished (as far as I know).
I think this was even more trivial:Graeme Cole wrote:Most trivial bug report ever: Hardcover of Hargreaves isn't pluralised properly.
I wrote:I found two dead wasps when helping to clean the net curtains, plus I've got an extremely mild case of the sniffles. Do either of those count?
Edit: Just noticed that "extremely mild" is somewhat oxymoronic.
Edit within an edit: is "Somewhat oxymoronic" oxymoronic?
Try this applet test: http://www.java.com/en/download/testjava.jspJason Larsen wrote:I'm getting "the mystery error." Charlie?
Java Plug-in 10.0.0.147
Using JRE version 1.7.0-b147 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\Louise
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c: clear console window
f: finalize objects on finalization queue
g: garbage collect
h: display this help message
l: dump classloader list
m: print memory usage
o: trigger logging
q: hide console
r: reload policy configuration
s: dump system and deployment properties
t: dump thread list
v: dump thread stack
x: clear classloader cache
0-5: set trace level to <n>
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Detected from bootclasspath: C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\deploy.jar
security: property package.access value sun.,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.,com.sun.xml.internal.bind.,com.sun.imageio.
security: property package.access new value sun.,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.,com.sun.xml.internal.bind.,com.sun.imageio.,com.sun.javaws
security: property package.access value sun.,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.,com.sun.xml.internal.bind.,com.sun.imageio.,com.sun.javaws
security: property package.access new value sun.,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.,com.sun.xml.internal.bind.,com.sun.imageio.,com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy
security: property package.access value sun.,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.,com.sun.xml.internal.bind.,com.sun.imageio.,com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy
security: property package.access new value sun.,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.,com.sun.xml.internal.bind.,com.sun.imageio.,com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy,com.sun.jnlp
security: property package.definition value null
security: property package.definition new value com.sun.javaws
security: property package.definition value com.sun.javaws
security: property package.definition new value com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy
security: property package.definition value com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy
security: property package.definition new value com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy,com.sun.jnlp
security: property package.access value sun.,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.,com.sun.xml.internal.bind.,com.sun.imageio.,com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy,com.sun.jnlp
security: property package.access new value sun.,com.sun.xml.internal.ws.,com.sun.xml.internal.bind.,com.sun.imageio.,com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy,com.sun.jnlp,org.mozilla.jss
security: property package.definition value com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy,com.sun.jnlp
security: property package.definition new value com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy,com.sun.jnlp,org.mozilla.jss
basic: Added progress listener: sun.plugin.util.ProgressMonitorAdapter@1bc2e06
basic: Plugin2ClassLoader.addURL parent called for http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar
cache: Cache6Upgrader: found no old cache for: http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar version: null contentType: 1
network: Cache entry not found [url: http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar, version: null]
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar with proxy=DIRECT
network: Connecting http://apterous.org:80/ with proxy=DIRECT
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar with cookie "uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; __utma=210967365.1869715862.1313797456.1313797456.1313797456.1; __utmb=210967365.9.10.1313797456; __utmc=210967365; __utmz=210967365.1313797456.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)"
cache: Cache6Upgrader: found no old cache for: http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar version: null contentType: 1
network: Cache entry not found [url: http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar, version: null]
cache: Cache6Upgrader: found no old cache for: http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar version: null contentType: 1
network: Cache entry not found [url: http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar, version: null]
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar with proxy=DIRECT
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar with cookie "uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; __utma=210967365.1869715862.1313797456.1313797456.1313797456.1; __utmb=210967365.9.10.1313797456; __utmc=210967365; __utmz=210967365.1313797456.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)"
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar with proxy=DIRECT
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar with cookie "uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; __utma=210967365.1869715862.1313797456.1313797456.1313797456.1; __utmb=210967365.9.10.1313797456; __utmc=210967365; __utmz=210967365.1313797456.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)"
cache: Cache6Upgrader: found no old cache for: http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar version: null contentType: 1
network: Cache entry not found [url: http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar, version: null]
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar with proxy=DIRECT
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar with cookie "uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; __utma=210967365.1869715862.1313797456.1313797456.1313797456.1; __utmb=210967365.9.10.1313797456; __utmc=210967365; __utmz=210967365.1313797456.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)"
cache: Cache6Upgrader: found no old cache for: http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar version: null contentType: 1
network: Cache entry not found [url: http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar, version: null]
cache: Cache6Upgrader: found no old cache for: http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar version: null contentType: 1
network: Cache entry not found [url: http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar, version: null]
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar with proxy=DIRECT
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar with cookie "uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; __utma=210967365.1869715862.1313797456.1313797456.1313797456.1; __utmb=210967365.9.10.1313797456; __utmc=210967365; __utmz=210967365.1313797456.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)"
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar with proxy=DIRECT
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/client/client_20110818.jar with cookie "uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; __utma=210967365.1869715862.1313797456.1313797456.1313797456.1; __utmb=210967365.9.10.1313797456; __utmc=210967365; __utmz=210967365.1313797456.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)"
cache: Cache6Upgrader: found no old cache for: http://apterous.org/ version: null contentType: 1
network: Cache entry not found [url: http://apterous.org/, version: null]
cache: Cache6Upgrader: found no old cache for: http://apterous.org/applet/frontend/MainApplet.class version: null contentType: 1
network: Cache entry not found [url: http://apterous.org/applet/frontend/MainApplet.class, version: null]
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/applet/frontend/MainApplet.class with proxy=DIRECT
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/applet/frontend/MainApplet.class with cookie "uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; __utma=210967365.1869715862.1313797456.1313797456.1313797456.1; __utmb=210967365.9.10.1313797456; __utmc=210967365; __utmz=210967365.1313797456.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)"
cache: Cache6Upgrader: found no old cache for: http://apterous.org/applet/frontend/MainApplet.class version: null contentType: 1
network: Cache entry not found [url: http://apterous.org/applet/frontend/MainApplet.class, version: null]
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/applet/frontend/MainApplet.class with proxy=DIRECT
network: Connecting http://apterous.org/applet/frontend/MainApplet.class with cookie "uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; uid=3072; sessionid=8903749851746045742; __utma=210967365.1869715862.1313797456.1313797456.1313797456.1; __utmb=210967365.9.10.1313797456; __utmc=210967365; __utmz=210967365.1313797456.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)"
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: applet.frontend.MainApplet
at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass0(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager.initAppletAdapter(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
basic: load: class applet.frontend.MainApplet not found.
I'm getting the same; when my Firefox upgraded it gave compatibility errors with Java and I'm having trouble rolling it back* (the Firefox) but I'm guessing it's a Java thing if you're having the same trouble on Chrome. I've uninstalled Java, cleared the caches and previous installations and reinstalled and still no joy.Liam Tiernan wrote:I've got the same problem even after uninstalling and reinstalling both Chrome and Java.
Here's the console:techie blx
Since I killed my own laptop with second-hand smoke, (if you're a smoker don't buy a Sony Vaio) I had to resort to using a hand-me-down. Well, in this case a hand-me-up. I just never bothered to change any of the settings.Lesley Hines wrote:
Btw should we all call you Louise? Or is that only for close friends?
I can then click "ok", and can pick my Goatletter and continue the round, but the Patience Bar has disappeared - effectively I have no time limit to pick my Goatletter.An error was encountered. If you'd like to report the error, see: <URL>.
Error type: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: wrong parent for card layout.
Yea, scoring in starpath for Octorock numbers games with no way to score is weird. Like, you'll get 10 points or a point in stepdown/maxes scoring, but the Guardian doesn't. This happens most in rounds where the Guardian picks 5 small.Edwin Mead wrote:Apologies if this is a known bug:
I got 10 points for declaring '1' in this game. Not sure whether this also applies to other variants or scorings.
Curious. Does the same thing occur in not-Spanish Goat Jnr? Or non-Jnr Spanish Goat?Matt Bayfield wrote:I've just started playing a practice Spanish Goat Junior Letters Attack, and there appears to be a very minor bug when it's my pick of the letters.
After picking the penultimate letter, a dialogue box pops up:I can then click "ok", and can pick my Goatletter and continue the round, but the Patience Bar has disappeared - effectively I have no time limit to pick my Goatletter.An error was encountered. If you'd like to report the error, see: <URL>.
Error type: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: wrong parent for card layout.
Do you want me to try a Spanish Omelette?Charlie Reams wrote:Curious. Does the same thing occur in not-Spanish Goat Jnr? Or non-Jnr Spanish Goat?Matt Bayfield wrote:I've just started playing a practice Spanish Goat Junior Letters Attack, and there appears to be a very minor bug when it's my pick of the letters.
After picking the penultimate letter, a dialogue box pops up:I can then click "ok", and can pick my Goatletter and continue the round, but the Patience Bar has disappeared - effectively I have no time limit to pick my Goatletter.An error was encountered. If you'd like to report the error, see: <URL>.
Error type: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: wrong parent for card layout.