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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Re: GRETTA PLUGINS

« on: July 23, 2016, 06:49:51 am »

I don't suppose anyone has updated the GRETTAnews plug in for Windows 10? It seems windows 10 or the newest internet explorer extracts more than just the text so HAL is left reading HTML code.

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Re: Knowledge of Time v2 Plugin

« on: July 09, 2016, 10:15:01 pm »

I don't suppose anyone has re-written this plug-in? It's very useful, when it works. It seems not only does phrasing cause errors such as asking "Was the year 500 a leap year?" but
the brain formatting issue when clicking apply on the uhp itself.

Thanks for the info.

Spitfire

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Re: Logarithms Plugin

« on: April 05, 2016, 08:46:46 pm »

Hey thanks!

I really need to see some code though, I know the Log(10) function works in VBscript... just not Hal and it's only about 3 lines of code. It might work in Hal, just not in my program. Another flight of fancy, I guess.

Thanks anyway,
Spitfire

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Logarithms Plugin

« on: April 04, 2016, 11:58:38 pm »

I have been working with math in VBScript and tried to make plugin to allow HAL to handle logarithms... However this was an epic failure, so I was wondering if anyone had any ideas.
I have a program written but I can't quite figure it out why it isn't working. Attached is the code, maybe someone who understands math can help finish it. I'm sure it's something really, really simple that I overlooked.

No errors from what I can tell. It loads in well, it just doesn't do what it's supposed to.
If we can get this working, I'll see what I can do with more complex mathematical equations.
Please help.. Open for input..

Spitfire

   

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General Discussion / Re: hal taking long time to answer

« on: March 28, 2016, 05:06:35 pm »

If I were to take a guess, HAL is not optimized for 64 bit systems, meaning he can't really make use of a quad core. I think HAL's database queries rely on the single core processing speed. I've got a 4.2Ghz quad intel and I haven't noticed too many hangups outside of the initial memory loading (Local Wiki) but I don't have a 118meg Brain either lol. 

I go back to an earlier speculation of mine, why the GPU should be handling SQL queries.

Sorry I am of no assistance.

-Spitfire     

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Re: hals output to another program

« on: February 21, 2016, 05:31:46 am »

I found I didn't set the vbs to run as a windows command. Got it working, Good work! Thanks... Now If I could find a way to do the reverse from another program.

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Re: Ask The Date Function

« on: February 20, 2016, 02:34:59 am »

It's good plug-in. Just a little buggy. It actually crashes Hal when certain questions are asked about time. It's good, but it just seems a little out of date. no pun intended.

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Re: hals output to another program

« on: February 20, 2016, 02:32:24 am »

Actually I got it to work, but it doesn't auto paste or open the directed program. It does open the vbs file and puts the text in the clipboard but that's as far as it goes.

Good work so far!

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Re: hals output to another program

« on: February 20, 2016, 02:16:55 am »

How do you define where the text is being pasted?

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Re: Ask The Date Function

« on: February 18, 2016, 12:41:58 am »

I don't suppose anyone has touched up the Knowledge of Time plug-in?

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Re: checking e-mail accounts

« on: February 12, 2016, 09:06:29 pm »

I'm not sure if this helps, but I made a plug-in to open Microsoft Outlook. Just plug it in. Say "Check Email" or "Open Email."

You will have to redefine your outlook install location in the code more than likely. 

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Re: grabbing hals output

« on: February 12, 2016, 07:46:36 pm »

Playing around with the MsgBox idea, I've made this plug-in as a proof of concept. It's virtually useless now, it's more a reference point. It simply sends HAL's text reply out to a message box. The message box must be closed manually, as the MsgBox command prevents any other code from running. Click okay on the box, it will open note pad and paste the last thing on the clip board before returning to Hal for an audio reply. 

With some work this could be what we're looking for here, I think. At least, halfway. If anyone wants to play around and make this useful please feel free, I'm kind of at a dead end due to the msgbox issue.

Ideally, I would like to see this potentially be able to use Facebook messenger, Skype, or any other basic chat program by copying a user input pasting it into Hal's window and taking Hal's response and pasting it in said chat program, totally automated of course. I believe this plug-in to be that start.

Simply copy the contents into your HAL install file, which I have defined as "C:\Program Files (x86)\Zabaware\Ultra Hal Assistant 6"
Plug and play... Unless you need to change that variable. 

- Spitfire   

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Re: grabbing hals output

« on: February 12, 2016, 05:16:00 pm »

I don't suppose anyone has this working yet? Can someone post the code if so?

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Re: grabbing hals output

« on: January 31, 2016, 12:44:06 pm »

Great Question. I would like to know as well.
Also, in addition to Outputting HALS message, is there a way to Input dialog as the user from another source?

Could try breaking down the HAL AIM program since it doesn't work anymore, but beyond that, it doesn't allow for plugins. Has anyone tried anything with this? FB messenger would be pretty cool.. Or an auto response for text messages... Steam, skype.. The possibilities are endless really. Create mobile apps with HAL on a central server back at home. Fantastic. We're looking at smart homes down the road here.. 

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General Discussion / GPU SQL Queries

« on: December 16, 2015, 06:00:47 pm »

I found an interesting topic covering something I have been wondering for a while. We all know the CPU is what SQL and Hal uses to store and choose responses.. Which can be notoriously time consuming if your database is massive. I have long wondered why the GPU couldn't be tasked with this operation, saving the CPU for Hal to do some extra "thinking" such as plug ins, etc.

Well, apparently I haven't been alone in my thinking. My theory is that if Hal had the ability to toss queries to the GPU, he would become more efficient.. This is of course assuming you're using a decent SSD drive.

Interesting read anyway.

http://www.nextplatform.com/2015/06/26/gpu-accelerators-radically-boost-sql-queries/