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[Reyyvo]

What is the month-end project?? I've seen this every month and always been clueless.

[Tahin]

No one knows, apparently.

[JoRo]

I believe the Dragslay 2 theory, but don't have much supporting evidence.

[Mel_Vixen]

Some days ago we had almost the same topic and toady was so kind to answer.

It isn't DF or anything to do with DF.  It's another game.

But yeah, today it was taxes.  Of the gross 32000 from 2008, 7000 go to the government and 1300 go to paypals, leaving 23700 for the rent and bills and food and web hosting and stuff.

Sometimes it helps to use the search function  .

[Reyyvo]

sorry, but i find searches very tedious on forums, especially with how slow they can go. And i forget about it 90% of the time >.<.

thank you for pointing that out though.

[DarkSim]

I theorize its some smaller, simpler and much more modular game than df. It might even be totally new IP for all we know. In any case toady is making it and has been for a while so surely it will be absolutely epic

[Kardos]

I theorize its some smaller, simpler and much more modular game than df. It might even be totally new IP for all we know. In any case toady is making it and has been for a while so surely it will be absolutely epic

Wait, wait... If by IP you mean Internet Protocol...  an IP capable of sustaining DF on an MMO scale.  (Now, I know Toady said his project didn't have anything to do with DF, but this would just be a natural application)

[Dasleah]

I theorize its some smaller, simpler and much more modular game than df. It might even be totally new IP for all we know. In any case toady is making it and has been for a while so surely it will be absolutely epic

Wait, wait... If by IP you mean Internet Protocol...  an IP capable of sustaining DF on an MMO scale.  (Now, I know Toady said his project didn't have anything to do with DF, but this would just be a natural application)

lrn2context

It's obvious that he was talking about IP meaning "Intellectual Property" meaning a new game that not's a continuation of his existing IPs (Slaves to Armok, LCS, etcetera) That and Toady has said that he doesn't know diddly about coding for multiplayer. This project may be helping with that, but the truth is we don't know.

[Lemnx]

For like three years I've wanted to know what that context of IP stood for... I was so lazy I just assumed it meant "Something or some kind of story or something that a company owns and develops".

I guess I was almost right

[Reyyvo]

wow. that abbreviation and PC (politically correct) should be taken outside and shot.

[Dasleah]

wow. that abbreviation and PC (politically correct) should be taken outside and shot.

To be fair, IP standing for Intellectual Property has been around for much, much longer than IP standing for 'Internet Protocol'. It's all about the context - reading the sentence it was used in made it obvious which meaning was implied.

For like three years I've wanted to know what that context of IP stood for... I was so lazy I just assumed it meant "Something or some kind of story or something that a company owns and develops".

I guess I was almost right

Almost Intellectual property includes things like trademarks, copyrights, etcetera. The concept is used to protect things are are unique or original that don't necessarily exist in a tangible, physical form - such as ideas, concepts. DF's IP is hard to define given the random nature of the game, but it does have some defining things. The unique languages in the game, for instance, and the interpretation of Elves the game currently has could also qualify. Basically, it's to protect the unique things that Toady comes up with, so he doesn't find himself in a position where he's spent all his time creating something only to have someone swoop by and cash in on it with their larger or faster resources.

God, I'm having flashes back to University and Art Law.

[Keilden]

The month end project is pie baking, Toady bakes enough pies to last the whole month.