Why do you think they call him Turner?

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Why do you think they call him Turner?

Post by Usagi » Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:50 pm

Is he named after a mercenary from a cyber-punk novel, or....
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is it 'cuz of tricks like this?

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Post by Colicedus » Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:16 am

You're good dude... ROFL

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Post by leDoOd » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:06 am

HAHAHAHAHA

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Post by NickD » Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:45 pm

Usagi wrote:Is he named after a mercenary from a cyber-punk novel, or....
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is it 'cuz of tricks like this?
Exactly
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Post by NickD » Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:12 pm

Sorry for the double post, but I think this is why they call him tuner
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I'm a really bad cutter :P

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Post by Usagi » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:19 pm

That's good; I like it! Prolly Turntabler was too long.

Or maybe it was 'cuz of this:
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Re: Why do you think they call him Turner?

Post by zatoichi » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:42 pm

Usagi wrote:Is he named after a mercenary from a cyber-punk novel, or....
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is it 'cuz of tricks like this?
wait, which book was that? I know it was Gibson, but which book? hmmm... Count Zero maybe?

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Post by Usagi » Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:18 pm

Count zero interrupt
The event when a program has
looped enough time and the
counter reaches zero, which
causes a program to stop
doing one thing, and start
or check another.
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Post by Usagi » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:57 am

Doesn't anyone else have any ideas on why they called him Turner?

How about this?

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Post by Colicedus » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:20 pm

Lol, Thats Sick...
Good one, :lol:

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Post by BunnyWithStick » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:27 pm

Reminds you a lot of Toy Story, doesn't it? :P

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