servitor

...and Java.

You know you've got it bad when you start thinking about your allergies, and how you could make an applied solution, and then start using Java syntax to script yourself a specific servitor -- then you stop, because you realize that you'll need to make a base class for little HypoAllergen ...

I'm not done scripting the Servitor class for myself yet. I'm overloading the constructors so the Servitor will be a safe construct -- no Sorcerer's Apprentice -- no matter how I specify the parameters. Properly initially scripted, it should be a safe basis for even the inexperienced Worker to start off from.

I am of course taking some rather extreme syntax liberties, this not being runnable Java code at all, just a framework for the Java-speaking mind to wrap itself around.

public class Servitor
{

protected body Form;
protected will Purpose;
protected bool Purpose.complete;
protected energy Juice;
protected scope Duration;

public Servitor()
{

Form = sphere(dia=3in);
Purpose = null;
Juice = sparkle(1);
Duration = hour(24);

}

public Servitor(body Bod, will Mot, energy En, scope Dur)
{

Form = Bod;
Purpose = Mot;
Juice = En;
Duration = Dur;

}

public Servitor(will Mot, Energy En)
{

Servitor();
Purpose = Mot;
Juice = En;
Duration = while(Purpose.complete == false);

}

.
.
.
.

}

Cleaned up a little from my original journalscribblings. I think it an interesting concept, one worth investigating a little more.

Paaaaain. (Poolwater in sinuses)

Or at least that's what it feels and tastes like. Slightly salty, bland goo that I have to keep blowing/snurfing out of my nose and getting rid of.

I need to check the box to see exactly when I can take anything more.

Ah. Right now.

I think I shall take some Benedryl to konk me out and make me breathe again. Mmm, breathing is nice.

Wind today kicked up such a dust... I love the wind.

Chaos, again

Not so much imposing order on the jumble, or imposing disorder on the jumble, now.

It's finding the bouncy boundaries, knowing where the outer edges of the norms are, in order to have the result fall within. It's knowing what's an unusual value. It's not being able to predict from day to day what the outcome will be, but knowing in the long run what the options are.

It's knowing what inputs, what shocks to the system, will produce an outlying value, and how to tell an outlying value when it happens. About relying on the fuzzy logic in most biological systems to allow the pool ball to riccochet somewhere where it needs to be. It's about not having one fixed point target, but any one of innumerable points that would be equally good targets.

It's being able to work with either wing of the butterfly: downswing or upswing.

Uh-oh.

I think I just got caught at school without ibuprofen. I am feeling the telltale sensation that usually accompanies profuse bleeding and unhappy cramping.

My schedule is wacked. If it starts today, that'll be less than a month since last time, which is a bit unusual for me.

Java Jive

Classes today only put me half of the way unconscious. I'm trying to absorb Java. Feels at this point like a fiendish cross of C++ and Visual Basic. Very odd.

For whatever reason, I may like straight coding better than point and click. Not sure. Not sure at all.

Been reading the Star Trek: New Earth series. Finished up L.A. Graf's Rough Trails and have started on #4. I recommend L.A. Graf with all my delight, especially for Uhura, Chekov, and Sulu fans. Death Count is a good place to start for their books. (And yes, it is a "they". A feminine "they".)

The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust...

Sometimes when my friends page won't load, I try altering the link a little. Setting the skip value to zero sometimes works, but today it looks like it won't.

I don't know if it's just me or not. I don't think it's the setup at home, though, because this is at school.

Ah. The Big Blue Box answers all. I see http://status.livejournal.com has been updated.

It sometimes gets frustrating, not being able to get into my journal and look up what's been doing what.

Long day.

Started out early and hasn't ended yet. On my days off I try to get some sleep in the afternoons. Today I got less sleep than I would have if I'd been at work. Tuesdays are my long day.

My allergies are still happily with me. Tonight I'll take more pink happy pills (as opposed to the yellow and green variety) and maybe get some sleep.

Catholic Schoolgirl?

I found myself some decent white polo style shirts. I'm contemplating applying for Fry's Electronics, where my former roommate DancesWithUnderwear works. Now, on one of his first days there, he went wearing a shirt without a collar.

His supervisor said that he might as well come in naked, if he came in wearing a shirt without a collar.

Therefore, I found polo shirts. With collars.

Evidently, if I found a plaid skirt, I could pass for a Catholic schoolgirl, especially if I braided my hair into two plaits.