You really have to upgrade that to a candy wrapper before anyone here will take you serious.

:bluebirds:
:frequblue:
:frequwave:

Lapis Lazuli*

I must have had this thing running in attract mode for quite some time.. haven't played this since.. ah yes it was only one time, and it got switched on.

down the rabbit hole.. red or blue?

3 Bugs Fixed in 3 Bytes
Fixing the Blue Maze Bug, the Marquee Bug,
and another obscure bug in Ms. Pac-Man

by Don Hodges
started 11/03/2008
Updated 11/04/2008

Recently I received a request from a visitor to this web site to look into the so-called "blue maze bug" that affects Ms. Pac-Man. It is well known that if a credit is inserted at the very beginning of the attract mode, before the red ghost appears under the marquee, the first maze of the game will be colored blue instead of the normal maze color.



In order to understand this bug, we need to dig around in the code for this game and look at some of the underlying issues. It turns out that Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man have two task lists that are used in the game. One of the task lists is used to insert events that will happen at a future time in the game. For example, when a fruit is eaten, a timed task, set to run 2 seconds in the future, is immediately inserted which will erase the score that appeared on the playfield. The other type of task list is used to set up tasks that need to occur more or less right away.

When the attract mode begins in Ms. Pac Man, a timed task is inserted which will increase a memory location [#4E02] that is used to control the flow of the attract mode.

058A F7 RST #30 ; Insert timed task to increase the attract mode counter in #4E02
058B 4A 02 00 ; Timer = #4A, task = 2, parameter = 0
Timed tasks have three parameters. The first byte is a code for the amount of time the game will wait before running the task. The second byte is the code for the task, and the third byte is an optional parameter that can be assigned to have the task do different things. For example, a task might be set to display text on the screen, and the optional parameter could control which words appear.

Lets look at this task and its three values. First, the timer is set to #4A. This is a code for the event to occur 1 second after the task has been inserted. The task code is set to 2, which means after the 1 second has elapsed, the game will run the subroutine which increases the memory location [#4E02] that controls the attract mode. The third code is set to zero; in this case the optional parameter is not used. Under normal circumstances, this when this task is encountered, the game waits 1 second before the red ghost appears during the attract mode.

Also, under normal circumstances, when a credit is inserted, the memory location [#4E02] that controls the attract mode is reset to zero:

; as soon as a credit is detected the following code is run
0407 AF XOR A ; A := #00
...
040B 32024E LD (#4E02),A ; Clear attract mode counter to zero
However, if a credit is inserted during the brief time frame between when the timed task is inserted and when it is actually run one second later, the memory #4E02 is immediately cleared to zero, but the timed task eventually catches up and increases this memory to a value of 1. This causes a chain reaction later in the code when the subroutine which colors the maze is run:

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i like this blankie..

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cereal communications..fascinating..

Stability of anthocyanins of blue maize (Zea mays L.) after nixtamalization of seperated pericarp-germ tip cap and endosperm fractions
Journal of Cereal Science, Volume 43, Issue 1, Pages 57-62
G. Cortés, M. Salinas, E. Martín-Martinez, F. Martínez-Bustos


full circle...


SEEDS OF STRENGTH FOR HOPIS & ZUNIS

The Center for People, Food and Environment (CPFE) in Tucson, Arizona, USA, is a non-profit organisation devoted to research, education and action for sustainable farming and food systems. CPFE co-directors Daniela Soleri and David Cleveland are carrying out research on the role of crop genetic diversity in indigenous and industrial agriculture. Because their work with Native American farmers in southwest North America is new to many of us and covers the gamut of issues facing local communities who are working to recover and strengthen indigenous agricultural systems through their seeds, GRAIN asked Daniela and David to share their experience with the many like-motivated people who read "Seedling".

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The Hopi Native American homeland is in northern Arizona and the Zuni Native American homeland is in western New Mexico. Many members of both these communities continue to farm, garden, and ranch, as well as pursue many other professions. Hopi, Zuni and other Native American farmers in the southwest have developed their own varieties of crops originally from present-day Central America and southern Mexico---for example the yellow, blue, red, white, speckled and black corn and bean varieties, and varieties of squash. In addition, over centuries Native American farmers also adapted crops introduced from Europe, Asia and Africa---like peaches, wheat and watermelons The resulting local repertoire of farmer--developed folk varieties (FVs) is a unique heritage of these peoples.

However. in recent generations, especially over the last 50 years, Native American farming has declined, and a dwindling number of farmers and gardeners are planting more commercial varieties bought from mail order suppliers, stores, and nurseries. Today, many Native American farmers, like indigenous farmers elsewhere, appreciate the agronomic, environmental, and cultural value of growing their own varieties, but there are many difficulties in keeping this up in a changing world. Penetration of the market economy into Native American communities has discouraged food production in favour of income-generating work, although today such work is in short supply. Older members talk frequently of how their ceremonies, agriculture, and ultimately culture are falling victim to the pursuit of the "almighty dollar," and that farming may be dying out with their own generation.

Farmers have successfully maintained their indigenous varieties over the years as a result of keeping household seed stocks, obtaining seed through traditional family and community networks. and through exchanges with nearby communities. However, because fewer and fewer people have been farming over the last several generations, less seed is available through the local networks. Cultural and social changes have also broken down these local networks. Moreover, there are now many sources of non-Native American seeds as well. This is true even for Hopi and Zuni blue maize. Seed from these new sources, however, has not been grown and selected under local conditions, and therefore must be tried out by Native farmers before large-scale planting. One concern is that in the process of testing out some of these new varieties. they will cross with local FVs. resulting in less well-adapted varieties. Research described below with Hopi farmers illustrates the dynamics of FV maintenance.

In spite of all the difficulties there is renewed commitment by Native American farmers to revitalise Native American farming that includes FVs, but also integrates appropriate modern technologies. The Zuni project which CPFE in is involved is specifically working on ways in which communities can safeguard their FVs for sustainable agriculture.


Varietal change: the case of Hopi maize
About 9,000 Hopi Indians live in the high desert of northeastern Arizona, where the growing season between freezing temperatures is short: 120 to 160 days, depending on the location. Frequent drying winds, especially at the beginning of the growing season, and high summer temperatures produce significant rates of evapotranspiration. These conditions, along with the lack of surface water and low and variable annual precipitation, makes water the most limiting resource to agricultural production. In this challenging environment. Hopi farmers and gardeners have developed, through careful observation and skillful management, a sophisticated agricultural system that has sustained their communities for well over 1,000 years. The crops now grown by Hopi farmers are one point in a continually changing Hopi crop repertoire.

Hopi folk varieties accounted for more than half of the varieties in farmers' cropping systems in 1989 and dominated in all crops with the exception of sunflowers and garden vegetables. However, in some crop species dominated by Hopi FVs farmers are also experimenting extensively with commercial varieties. Some farmers. however, point out that commercial seeds are for irrigated agriculture. For some, this was a reason not to try commercial seeds.

The Hopi, like most farmers and gardeners, enjoy experimenting with new crops or crop varieties. As new varieties are added to farmers' repertoires, old ones may be dropped. If retained long enough, new varieties become FVs through genetic changes caused by selection in their natural and social environment. But there are really very few studies of why farmers maintain, replace or eliminate FVs, because they are difficult to do and funding has not been available. Limited evidence suggests that there has been a high rate of retention of Hopi FVs over the last half century. Today. non-Hopi varieties are making inroads largely among fruits and vegetables, and some field crops.

Take the case of maize. Maize is the central crop in Hopi farmers' repertoires and was grown by all of the farmers we interviewed for a survey in 1989. A total of 17 Hopi varieties were reported grown. The mean number of maize varieties grown per farm was 6.3. ranging from a high of 11 to a low of 2 varieties. Twenty-four of the farmers (48%) grew only Hopi maize varieties. For 22 of the remaining 26 farmers interviewed, the only non-Hopi maize they grew were varieties of commercial sweet corn. The other four grew another commercial maize variety in addition to commercial sweet corn

Hopi blue maize varieties can range in colour from nearly black to a powdery grey colour. Ninety two percent of the Hopi farmers we surveyed said there is more than one variety of Hopi blue maize. The varieties included "standard" blue (sakwaqa'o), hard blue (huruskwapu), and grey-blue (maasiqa'o). Despite the high proportion of farmers who recognise more than one variety of blue maize, 62% grow only one variety, 34% grow two and only 4% grow three blue maize varieties. While recognising the different varieties as such, some people added that they are now mixed together, especially sakwaqa'o and maasiqa'o.

read the rest..

[link to www.ciesin.org]

movie here..!


1957 - A Hopi indian appears and Gumby helps him find his rain spirits' cave.

Exactly, I never ask for signs. Someone once told me 'just because a bird craps on your head, doesn't mean it's a sign from God'. As I'm becoming more aware in God's presence, certain things stand out and I make a note of them but, not everything is a sign.

Excellent question...to be honest I'm still trying to figure that out. I know my love for the Great Spirit is more than I could ever explain in words, I feel that everything will start to make sense very soon. I'm kinda of just living each day in the moment...I will know what to do when the times right!

I could be wrong about this, it could just be a blue 'candy wrapper' but if I'm right then I'm pretty sure I'll be guided. So watch this space....

Interesting stuff....
I've made my fair share of mistakes in this world, I've acted like a right prat in the past. I'm still clueless about what's going on and don't understand half the stuff talked about on here but you know what...It's OK! God and I knocked on each others door and I intend to stay close to him despite what happens be it good or bad. Whatever title that gives me I don't know...but if I can help others in the process I will!

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Ok... Here's a little clue... (The Two Witnesses) ARE STARS!!
(Betelgeuse & Rigel)(Yin & Yang) It's part of the Tree of Life. Killing it, and watching the rebirth of it.

Supernova X2 baby... What's born out of supernovas?...NEW STARS!!

They're here now, and getting ready to clean...The days of darkness are here.. GOD IS HERE...

Awwww... thanks hun

You and me can be the fickos of GLP then...nonsense are us LOL

God bless you
xxx



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Interesting and nice song hun.

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WOAH!!!!!!!!


Thread: I had a doomish dream last night.

That is what the Blue Pigion sort of oooked like as it flapped around furiosly in my dream!!!

woah...

I had this dream about three hours ago!

enjoyed that thanks

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you could be one of the 2 witnesses if u can believe that. i believe im 1 lol. check my two witness thread.


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Can you with hold the rain ?, or make it rain?..

If you can't, you are NOT one of the two witnesses.

lol x

+1

Oi...leave my new nutty friend alone LOL

The stone of friendship and truth

Lapis lazuli is regarded by many people around the world as the stone of friendship and truth. The blue stone is said to encourage harmony in relationships and help its wearer to be authentic and give his or her opinion openly.

Lapis lazuli is an opaque rock that mainly consists of diopside and lazurite. It came into being millions of years ago during the metamorphosis of lime to marble. Uncut, lapis lazuli is matt and of a deep, dark blue colour, often with golden inclusions and whitish marble veins. The small inclusions with their golden shimmer, which give the stone the magic of a starry sky, are not of gold as people used to think, but of pyrites. Their cause is iron. The blue colour comes from the sulphur content of the lazurite and may range from pure ultramarine to a lighter blue. At between 5 and 6 on the Mohs scale, this stone is among the less hard gemstones.

[link to www.gemstone.org]

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