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Looks right. From what I remember, the default allows extra ships with lesser points, and continues to give you ships after that. This setting requires a higher score before getting your ships, and then only gives you a total of 2. The only other setting to change is the "Allow Continues" which you can't really do in our competition anyway. EDIT - I see you posted more scores on the 2nd page.. I added your best to the tables. Thanks! Updated OP, DB, RSS

Weird. Michael Jackson looks like those Team America marionettes. Those things are so creepy. People have fear of clowns, I have issues with spiders... and those... things.

Thanks for making sure DIPs are right. I've updated the boards! Updated OP, DB, RSS

You jerk! You knocked me out of contention! Just kidding. Nice one! Updated OP, DB, RSS

That's weird for sure. I wonder if maybe its a bad rom? Updated OP, DB, RSS

I'm still learning something new every day. I thought it was just a USA thing. Good to know.

Awesome! You beat your last score, and in doing so moved up 3 spots to 3rd place! Updated OP, DB, RSS

Veteran's Day should be a global holiday. They do what is necessary to keep the citizenry of the world safe. Thank you to all who serve.

Words cannot describe my feelings. I thought my brother was just pulling my leg when he texted it to me earlier today. Such a tragic loss. I knew he was old, and had some health problems. But I had always hoped to meet him some day. Not even for an autograph or anything. Just to sit and chat with him. Can you imagine what that would have been like? So sad. At least he can reconnect with his wife in heaven now. God speed.

LOL! Least you had some fun today. Thanks! Updated OP, DB, RSS

It's still a good score. Thanks for the submission! Updated OP, DB, RSS

No worries or rush on Bosconian. I'm leaving that game up as the feature till the end of the year.

Yea, there's been a lot of upset individuals over at one of the the Retropie facebook groups I'm a member of because of this little device. Apparently these guys are taking credit for the work of others and selling it for a profit. They're not exactly a fair company. But hey, if you want the quick fix NOW (pending shipping) rather than build your own, go for it.

Works for me. Way to go. Wow! Updated OP, DB, RSS

My brother just said where he lives there is somebody who has "Pretty Fly for a WIFI" as their router name.

Wow cool! Way to go to beat your foe! Updated OP, DB, RSS

I know. I just don't like the physical aspect of having to disconnect my WORKING Pi and replace it with a test-bed one just for tinkering, then have to go back and move it again when I'm done. I'd rather have a working Pi running simultaneously so I can do other stuff, ie; multitask. Like listen to music, or watch a movie/tv show while coding. It's no biggie though.

Well, they said 2 weeks and we'll see. I had another attack mid week, around Tuesday. I've only been taking the Omeprazole since Saturday. So tomorrow marks a full week. The bottle contains 14 days, which is smart considering my followup is 2 weeks out. I've actually been trying to push it. Omeprazole is supposed to help with really bad acid reflux. So to almost prove a point, I've been purposely eating stuff that would cause it in other people. I had 2 days of Asian Buffet where I ate all kinds of deliciously greasy (Veggie Lo Mein Noodles, Mongolian Beef, Chicken and Broccoli, Sesame Meat Balls) and spicy (General Tso's Chicken, Kung Pao Pork, Hot Pepper Chicken, Jalepeno Poppers) food. I went to 2 different locations to get the double whammy. And then last night for dinner I had nearly a full 12-inch supreme (with pepperoni, sausage, peppers) frozen pizza. I was too full to eat the last 1/8th slice. Granted, that's a lot of food in the last 3 days. What bothers me is my bowel movements are negligible. I've been constipated for over a week, and my poop is looking like all I had to eat was a peanut butter sandwich. I know that pizza was a good pound at least, and all that Chinese food should have shot through me, but it hasn't. On the plus side though, it doesn't look like any of that food caused any flare ups. It could be that the Omeprazole is kicking in and doing it's job. Or it could be that the problem isn't related. I told the docs that I never notice anything that could trigger it. In fact, I've had attacks from a seemingly empty stomach, where I hadn't eaten in 12 or more hours. But they still want to eliminate the issue with the stomach before investigating deeper, post stomach. Let ya'll know if something changes.

At first I was like "Yay another entry!". Then I looked and was like "wait a minute, he already has a score posted." So how could you have quote: " Gained a spot in the leaderboards. "?? Then I looked again. I see what you did. You went UP a spot, taking 2nd place. Good job! Updated OP, DB, RSS

You'll get it! Updated OP, DB, RSS

Oh, I know opioid addiction/abuse is HUGE where I live. I don't know if we're ranked highest in the nation or not, but it's constantly on the news about it. It really has become a liability thing. My stepmom has numerous issues with her; sciatica, slipped disk, arthritis, etc. She was on a low to medium dose of Vicodin for probably 30 years. Took it everyday as part of her routine. Then some new law passed and they were no longer going to make it available as a routine medication. You were limited to no more than 90 pills a year or something. She took 2 a day sometimes when her pain was really bad. They cut her off cold turkey. She tried seeing different doctors to see if anybody would script it for her, and they all turned her down. This was a medication that WORKED for her. The sudden cease drove her absolutely crazy. She was admitted for 3 days in the hospital to come off her addiction withdrawal. It was crazy. They tried giving her something else but it never worked. Now she has to go every other week for injections in her spine to kill the nerves causing the pain. It's costing her a LOT more money, and recovery takes 2-3 days after every injection where she can't work. Not to mention the frustration of being scheduled for an appointment at 10:00am, show up at 9:50am but don't go back to your exam room till noon and don't get your injection till almost 1:00pm. All because there is only one office in the city that does that specific treatment and they schedule 5 people at the same time. It's crazy. When my appendix ruptured, they gave me a script for 90 Oxycontin. When I got it filled, the doctor and the pharmacist both told me to only take it if absolutely necessary because it's highly addictive. I was so scared to take the stuff after that, that I ended up spending 3 weeks in bed suffering rather than take the pills. I took 3 the whole time I was recovering. I saved the bottle though, secretly saying to myself I could get rich by selling them (I think they're like $10-15 a pill). In reality, they actually DID help with my migraines. Although, they probably didn't fix the problem, just got me high to where I wasn't thinking about the headache anymore. But even then, I think I only took 3 or 4 total in the years I had the bottle. Eventually, we had the fire and afterwards I tried to salvage stuff and found my bottle of Oxy with nothing but a foamy white paste in it. They had either melted in the heat or had just gotten wet from the hoses and dissolved. Very upsetting, considering that was like $50 I had spent some 10 years prior that went to waste, and it was something that helped. But yeah, I totally get the situation doctors are in with this. At least 3 times a week we have people overdosing at work in our public restrooms. Our pharmacists have to come running in with injections of stuff depending on what they take. It's really bad. So with it being on the news all the time, seeing first hand the addiction/abuse that's happening, I understand why doctors would be hesitant to prescribe something like that. But they need to step back and look at the long term situation. I've already been diagnosed with migraines in the past, and now I'm being told my taking of 4 Ibuprofen's a time as needed is probably killing my stomach. You'd think that whole "do no harm" bit would throw up a red flag with them telling me to take up to 1200mg as needed for pain. 4 of these is 800mg, so I'm not even at the max dose I was told to take. I would think getting a script for something that is only 1 pill, once a day or even as needed would be better. Plus, now I have this stomach issue happening, where if I'm in pain I have to take SOMETHING, so now I have to take Tylenol, which I know from past experience my body has developed a tolerance to and doesn't help at all. <throws arms up> Whatever!

I'm really liking virtualbox. I haven't dabbed into much of the Linux stuff yet. I just built a virtual Windows 7 machine to try it out. Actually, I installed the TOR browser and I2P on it because I've been interested in browsing around in the deepweb. Seeing as how a lot of that stuff is unrestricted, uncensored, and unprotected, I figured it would be a good testing bed to run inside a virtual machine like this. If anything were to infect the machine, malware, spyware, (virus?) it would be restricted to that virtual machine. The nice thing too is that it runs exactly like Windows 7, which I'm already familiar with. It was quite a daunting task at first getting it set up. I had a spare 500gb drive in my server, so I assigned roughly 90% of it to be dedicated for the virtual box. That was hard to do because I didn't know what I was doing. I've got it working now, and if I ever want to do something else, I can always hot-swap it out with another drive. I'm eager to learn how to code things, even if they're just BASH scripts, from scratch. I have no problem reading through somebody else's scripts from top to bottom, and see what the script is doing. I have programmed things in the past, so I know how to do it. My biggest hurdle is just learning a new language, and what the commands and variables are available to me. I can lay out an outline saying "I want this to happen, and I need to do this, then this, then this to make it happen". But knowing how to do that "this" part is my problem. I'm sure I'll get there eventually. I wonder if there is a virtualbox for emulating Raspberry Pi hardware? I have a few Pi 2's laying around, and a Pi 3 (not +). I can always use those, and code in an SSH shell. But it would be nice if I could do it in a virtual box. That way I wouldn't have to disconnect all the things like HDMI and power from my working system to plug in the testing one. Could work on stuff while watching a movie or something on Kodi. Might be something I'll investigate when I have the free time and motivation. I've not been feeling good at all lately, so not much of anything has been happening.

I had the ultrasound in the ER a couple weeks ago. That's what prompted the referral to the specialist. I was reading online about the problems associated with gallbladder and saw that a classic symptom is the pain around the bottom of the rib cage (which I have) and also in your back by your shoulders. I don't have the shoulder pain, so that may be one of their key deciding factors. They were asking me about my diet and whether or not it comes after eating certain foods. I honestly haven't been noticing any trends. I kept a food diary for about 6 months a couple of years ago to see what could be causing it and nothing was apparent, it just seems random. That, to them, is probably another case against it not being gallbladder. The symptoms I do have that are related are the frequency of the attacks (2-3 times a week give or take), the localization of the pain (right under the rib cage either center or to the right), the level of pain (7-8 on a 10 point scale), and the length it lasts (about 4-5 hours). But apparently these are also the symptoms of stuff like ulcers, IBS/Gas, diverticulosis, etc. My other major issue is these frequent migraines. I might get them 3-4 times a week. I have a mild headache almost every day. But the migraines I get cause me to be dizzy, feel nauseous, and end in vomiting if it doesn't go away within an hour or so. The really bad ones will last 5-6 hours. Being in a quite, cool place with pressure on my head helps, but it doesn't go away. I sometimes have to take 2 doses of 800mg Ibuprofen before it goes away. That's something I have to stop doing now because of the potential ulcer. I'll take Excedrin Migraine (or the generic equivalent) and it will sometimes help, but I'm taking 4 pills at a time. That's not good for me either. But my doctor still refuses to prescribe me anything for it, believing it's not migraines and that I just have simple headaches due to other issues. "Oh your Dad has sleep apnea, I'd like you to get tested because that can cause them." Ok, yeah I have a very mild case, been wearing the CPAP over a year, still have them. "Oh well, uh, how about your glasses? Lets get your eyes checked because that can make you have headaches too." Ok, It'd been almost 15 years since I had them checked. Checked, they changed, I've been wearing new glasses about 8 months. Still have them. "Hmm... what about your teeth? Lets get those checked because if you have any cavities, that might be whats causing them." Fine.. I went, had a few cavities, a 90% dead tooth and a broken one. Built a treatment plan, have had all cavities filled, the dead tooth pulled, and the broken tooth crowned. My last visit to the dentist showed massive improvement and no cavities. "Well, uh, maybe it's stress. Do you only have them at work or at home too? What about the lights or sounds at work? Anything that can trigger them?" Nothing here but random shots in the dark. I get headaches almost every day whether I'm at work or not. I get migraines more often when the weather changes (from good to bad or vice versa). But it's not stress or anything like that. Then finally at my followup on Wednesday, after almost 3 years of him coming up with possible causes, he's finally agreed that yeah, I might actually have migraines. But did he do anything about it? Nope! He wants to wait and see what happens with the surgeon before prescribing me anything. OMG. I've had this since I was 12. I've had an MRI already. I was diagnosed with them when I was 14 and given a prescription for them THEN. The drug doesn't exist anymore so give me something else. What's the big deal? Anyway... I'm hungry. Going to go get lunch.

This is my result after playing for almost an hour trying to get on the in-game table. I suck. But I feel like this game is like most of the others in our competition, that you'll get better over time with practice. Initials: HAN Score: 55640 Round: 5 Updated OP, DB, RSS

I had another flare up again today. Somebody at work who had their's removed said it's basically like having a heart attack. If that's true, I hope I never have one of those! She also said it's almost as bad a kidney stone. I told her I've already had 2 and that they're supposed to be as painful as giving birth. She said it's WORSE than giving birth (having experienced both). I guess kidney stones you deal with for DAYS or WEEKS, whereas the pain of birth is over in a matter of hours or minutes. You guys are saying there are tiny incisions made.. are they removing the gallbladder or is it left intact inside and just cut off from system? I don't see how something like that can be removed with cuts the diameter of pens/pencils. I'm really getting tired of all the pain I keep getting from it though. How long were you guys in recovery after having the surgery? Am I going to miss a lot of work (meaning I'd have to find out about getting some temporary short term disability)? Right now I'm still in information limbo. I know what my symptoms are, and I know what my various lab tests have shown. The uncertainty comes from the various possibility of causes still. So we're trying something that is probably easier (and maybe more likely?) first. I like that they're not just jumping to conclusions and are wanting to try and figure it out. I just don't like the waiting and having to be put INTO pain through trials before realizing it's one thing or the other. I feel almost like these doctors are playing the game of wait and see, knowing full well what it is, just so I have to keep coming back in for more tests and pay them more money. But, it could end up being an ulcer and all this gallbladder stuff isn't my particular issue. Like I said, I just want the pain to stop, and I hate that they're only suggesting OTC medicine and not something stronger for the acute attacks.