[Keahi]

Originally Posted by I defy anyone to say I have no work ethic in my office, and gee, I surf the net, play games, write code, AND do my job...

My experience has been that "non-billable activities", within reason, tend to improve work qualitiy and thus are to the benefit, rather than the detriment, of the company.

I drink just far too much coffee at work.  I tend to do this more because I need to take a break from my desk where I've got too close to the coal face, I need a chance to step back and gain a wider perspective, than because I'm that desperate for caffiene. Similarly, I tend to do my best design work while in the shower or driving down the freeway.

I don't think anyone performs particularly well at work when they're worried about their sick child but can't call home to check on them (or when they're dying to go to the restroom, for that matter).


Which isn't to say I don't entirely agree with this:

Originally Posted by To the OP's question: I reccommend asking the network administrator.  They may say yes, they may say no, but it's just rude to assume it's a "yes, if you can get around my security measures" straight up.

Groups will always work better when their members are pulling in the same diredtion and not trying to rip each other off.


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[xanes]

Nothing should keep you from connecting to a MUD. Just use a telnet client, or if one is not available try a java telnet app available on many MUD webpages. Does TMC still do that?

-Xanes -=- Lone Coder WinterMUTE

[Ruobhe]

in my humble opinion, you should befriend and ask the monitors of your school in order to MUD in your school. It is important to really befriend the admin, so that would not be just for convenience. Yes, it's takes much more time than hacking the firewall, but it's ethical and you would get in less trouble in case you get busted.
in respect of the issue of MUDding at school, I think it's like an aggregate value, of couse, if and only if you put your priorities straight.
just my two cents, no need for flames:
Ruobhe

[Valarauko]

Thanks for all of your help, My parents just revealed to me that I am moving, and I now just realize what an awsome and rare school system I'm trying to take advantage of, and my mudding will have to wait for the weekends.

I want to make a mud, so what coding base will I need? (only experienced Imms please) I want it straight out, because I don't want to get in trouble for changing the subject

[Terloch]

My standard advice to anyone who wants to start their own mud is to use the base to which you are the most familiar. Be that ROM, Circle, Smaug, or whatnot. If you regularly play on a Smaug mud, you will be more at ease as a starting admin/coder with taht code because you know how it functions on the player's side of things, which makes it easier in theory to look at from a coder/admin side of things...

Personally, my base is ROM, which is because 95% of all muds which I played previous to making my own were ROM, and upon asking lots of people at the time I was starting, they gave the same advice which I give, "Use what you know"...

Good luck, and if you have questions, feel free to ask on either the administrator or coding forums, I'm an admin of both.


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