weird orbit thing PC

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:06 pm

found another one of my crazy programs written in 1992

control keys are

'I' input new data

'R' clear screen, regenerate in new random locations using previous parameters

'SPACE' clear screen and continue plotting using previous parameters

'Q' quit

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this seemingly pointless program with a few mods would have a use, by xoring all the x/y coordinates together you can generate a very strange string of data that could be used for something

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:15 am

sorry the version I posted before was incorrect, the attachment is now the correct version

in this version its possible for the comets to get stuck in stable orbits

iDiot / sPuNkY · Post by **iDiot / sPuNkY** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:17 am

nice little prog...
it actually gave me 5 minutes of fun..

it reminds me of a game for my old Mac SE.. but i forgot the name of it...
(and unfortunately the SE had been replaced by a LC with complete data loss...)

perhaps you could convert it into a screensaver

... or

this seemingly pointless program with a few mods would have a use, by xoring all the x/y coordinates together you can generate a very strange string of data that could be used for something

perhaps for randomize operations in any other program... like:

Code: Select all

_creating random number 

  --> screen switch to the plantes and comets

_random number created with 47 planets and 11 comets

that would have style

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:41 pm

I was thinking more along the lines of using it as an interesting data encrytion/decryption program

iDiot / sPuNkY · Post by **iDiot / sPuNkY** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:50 am

well shure you can doo that,too...
(this would also have more use)

so you mean the encrytion/decryption key would be the number of comets and planets and the time?

or do you mean, the key is the weird data string that is created by xoring the coordinates?

funny idea pops into my head:

well the best thing would be, if you would implement the program into a data type and it runs in the background when you try to open the file...
like a modified zip archive.. only that the data is encrypted..

but you would have to include the start positions and the quantity of planets and comets.. and that would have to be dynamic...

hope i could explain my though with my crepy english..

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:30 pm

yeah you got exactly what I was thinking

and you english is fine

iDiot / sPuNkY · Post by **iDiot / sPuNkY** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:37 pm

thx

well then... what kind of encyption do you want to use??
a modified sort algorithm? (like bubbel sort forward and backwards)

but promise me that there will be the original graphic, when the encrytion/decryption is in progress..

by snychronising the algorithm over TCP/IP you could also make a realtime ciphering for data transfer or a chat...
(but you would have to stuck the comets in stable orbits for this)

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:41 pm

I use a extremely high level of encryption ( I xor all bytes with $ff

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iDiot / sPuNkY · Post by **iDiot / sPuNkY** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:44 pm

that should work..

I would like to see some byte codes encrypted and decrypted when the prog is ready...

(...\programs\icecryption .... mypersonaldata.ice)