I've noticed a plethora of idea topics lately. People asking for ideas, people posting ideas. I figure we might as well have one central topic to exchange ideas in. If you have an idea for a program that you don't have time/experience/etc. to make yourself, post it. If you need ideas, here's the place to get them. This isn't a program request topic, though. Put an idea out, but don't ask someone to code it for you.

Here are a few to get us started:

A blackjack game
A configurable control program with a user-friendly interface for creating control conditions (such as, when blue on left goes high and red on left is low, set green on right high.)

Also, can someone make or is there already an html API? That would be awesome

I started to make an html parser, just for fun, but I never finished it... Why can't I finish a project?

How about CC-Twitter? I think the name pretty much speaks for itself. I want to be able to view my twitter, and make twitter posts in computercraft. Fairly sure this is possible with this.

remiX, on 13 March 2013 - 06:31 AM, said:

Comming soon! Like really hopefully. I believe 80% of it is working, just some client side bugs D:, also development has slowed down a bit as we work on a new project *hint* *hint*

Though gravityscore still hasn't let me work on it yet D:
I think he's paranoid I will break it

  if type(str) ~= "string" then error("Bad argument: String expected, got "..type(str), 2) end
  if type(length) ~= "number" then error("Bad argument: Number expected, got "..type(length), 2) end

Here is a nice bit of code that I have that replaces this statement
Old long way:

if not someVariable then
  error( 'You did not give me the parameter I wanted', 2)
end

New way:

assert( someVariable, 'You did not give me the parameter I wanted', 2)

GravityScore, on 27 March 2013 - 10:55 PM, said:

How would you prefer it deal with strings that are shorter than the length? put ... on the end or just return the string unaltered?

Return unaltered please

GravityScore, on 13 March 2013 - 02:34 AM, said:

He talked to me for like a day and has disappeared again damn him!

Bill4788, on 24 April 2013 - 08:11 AM, said:

Just use Sublime Text 2 and use the plugin that GravityScore made.

remiX, on 11 March 2013 - 06:01 PM, said:

Have you seen the Mac OS X file system?

*off topic*
Can someone make a full compilation?

Your driving a bus, at the first stop 10 people get on.
At the second stop 3 people get off and 5 people get on.
At the 3rd stop five people get on and two people get off.
At the forth stop 1 person gets on and 3 people get off.
Whats the name of the bus driver?

Not directly, that conclusion is brought upon them with the help of another gnome.

Not directly, that conclusion is brought upon them with the help of another gnome.

Before this thread dies very prematurely let me revive this with one of my favorite riddles. The person who can solve this without using the internet for help (it is frowned upon) gets a special place of honour in the OP.

Riddle:
Once upon a time in a fantastic world, there was a giant who hated gnomes. He lived deep underground in a cave and was asleep for most of the time.
Abovegrounds, there lived two gnome clans, the green-hats and the red-hats. Not very surprisingly, one clan always wears green hats and the other always wears red hats....
The way these two clans live together it very strange. They dont have deep affection for the other clan but they don't hate each other either. From time to time, two gnomes from different clans decide to exchange hats and live with the other clan; This is considered normal.

All was well untill the gnomes decided to venture into the giant's cave, greedy for riches and glory. This went horribly wrong however, when the giant woke from his slumber and captured all the gnomes.
The giant decided to have some fun with the gnomes before eating them, sadistic that he was. He took all the hats off the gnomes, shuffeled them, and put them back on at random, so no gnome knew what color hat he wore. He then told the gnomes to step out of the cave one by one, and to group up: green hats on one side, red hats on the other. He also stated that any kind of communication, verbal or non-verbal, is forbidden. (remember the gnomes do not know the color of their own hat)
The gnomes, witty as they were, managed to do what the giant said. They all grouped up, red hats on one side and green hats on the other, except for the poor last gnome, who didn't know where to go. All lived but one who saved the lives of two.

So how did the gnomes do this? Feel free to ask questions if anything needs clarification. I will tell if a given answer is right or wrong. Good luck :3