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LessPop_MoreFizz

12:06 AM

I'm off to dinner. Hopefully post 10k waits for me!

tzenes

I was ping'd?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@tzenes Look at the stars

tzenes

you guys can touch all my things

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Brant

12:25 AM

WoW lore: Serious business.

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LessPop_MoreFizz

1:30 AM

@Brant that kid makes me sad. :(

tzenes

4:00 AM

Time to try fable 3

Feeds

5:30 AM

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Q: Microsoft Office Macro games

Is there any games that run as Microsoft office macros and use the document currently opened as the level?

7:16 AM

7:30 AM

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Q: How to copy created player in FIFA 11 PC?

Is there any way to copy created player in FIFA 11 PC? The problem is I want to build my own team. Each player will have same physical attribute (attack, defense etc) but will have different name and face. It would be helpful if I could just copy 1 created player and only change the face and name...

fifa-2011

badp

8:23 AM

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Stack Overflow Blog: Database Upgrade

Posted by Jeff Atwood on October 30th, 2010

As part of our datacenter migration, the database server received a substantial upgrade:

However, a few things didn’t go quite to plan in the migration. Much to our chagrin, the database server ended up being barely faster — and maybe even a bit slower than our old database! This was deeply troubling.

The new Nehalem CPUs (what you may know as Core i7) are sort of meh on the desktop, but they are monsters on the server. It’s not unusual to see 200% performance increases going the Core 2 class server CPUs we have in Oregeon to the new Core i7 class ones in NYC. Just ask AnandTech’s Johan de Galas: …

Feeds

8:37 AM

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Q: Why some games run on my computer which requires video card but not others?

May be it is something else other than video card which makes some games playable on my system whereas other don't. I can play NFS mostwanted on system. According to wikipedia it requires : * 1.4 GHz CPU * 256 MB RAM * 3 GB hard disk space, * DirectX 9.0c compatible 32 MB video c...

game-rec troubleshooting

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10:32 AM

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Q: Order dwarves to stand in a specific place (trap room, etc.)

I've just gotten a large number of immigrants, most of whom I don't want, and I would like to get rid of them. I have a small room set up to flood with water, but short of giving those dwarfs I want to kill a bedroom in there I'm not sure how to get them to stay in there. So, basically, what is a...

dwarf-fortress

Feeds

11:38 AM

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Q: Is there any multiplayer fighting game which we can play online/LAN?

Is there any fighting game like tekken which we can play online against other players. If not online then any vs game which we can play over LAN. Please mention some.

online-multiplayer fighting-game

badp

1:20 PM

user30

1:55 PM

Afternoon

badp

'noon

Ivo Flipse

2:27 PM

aloha

badp

hey, welcome to SE chat.

Ivo Flipse

damnit Rock Band 3 is currently unavailable with instruments

hehe, thank you @badp, though I knew this was coming

badp

:(

Causing all kinds of issues

Ivo Flipse

such as?

oh +1 for being so thoughtful to warn everyone ;)

user30

I never got along with Rock Band

badp

2:29 PM

Not being able to use chat from my mobile

Being incompatible with NoScript, apparently

Making it hard to link your SE account number to your site-specific account number

Ivo Flipse

ah hi @ThomasMcDonald

user30

hi Ivo

user30

Anybody played cp_manor_event? I'm getting really laggy performance on it.

Ivo Flipse

nope

never even heard of it

user30

New TF2 map, should probably have said that

Ivo Flipse

2:34 PM

it sounded quite Valve like ;P

LessPop_MoreFizz

4:56 PM

Someone posted the Red Shirt guy last night? He now has an NPC.

badp

> Congratulations, Angry Birds. You’ve (sling)shot your way into a VIP area generally reserved for the likes of Master Chief, Mario, Samus, and other gaming legends. That’s right: you’ve got cosplayers. - TechCrunch

alexanderpas

@badp meh... where's the slingshot.

Ivo Flipse

what fact's did he check @LessPop_MoreFizz

LessPop_MoreFizz

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Q: Display unit's range visually

Is there a way to show any unit's range visually? When you siege the Siege Tank, the range-circle will be shown, like here. Is it possible to show similar circle for Spine Crawler, Roach, etc.? I want this especially for the Spine Crawler, to be able to position it precisely to break the pylon-c...

starcraft-2 strategy real-time-strategy starcraft tactics

Ivo Flipse

5:04 PM

we're going to get that fixed

that guy has some weird disorder

badp

@IvoFlipse indeed.

Ivo Flipse

woehoe Halloween!

alexanderpas

@IvoFlipse it's the weird mic, in combination with a monotone voice.

Ivo Flipse

no, I wasn't picking on minorities here @alexanderpas, sit down ;)

have another malt, it's on the house ;P

alexanderpas

@IvoFlipse thanks for offering me no alcohol, but I prefer a coke!

badp

5:11 PM

Think Different, Dress Alike.

alexanderpas

@badp where's the turtle neck?

GnomeSlice

So, have we hit 10,000 yet?

Ivo Flipse

10.000 page views or ...?

badp

9,966 posts.

GnomeSlice

10k by Halloween?

LessPop_MoreFizz

5:14 PM

Almost certainly.

badp

The lasers, they are chargin'

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alexanderpas

what comes first? minecraft update or 10k posts?

GnomeSlice

What are we even gonna fire at?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice Game-rec.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz Good call.

badp

5:15 PM

If the 10kth post is horrible, each one of us can accompany close votes with a different "IMMA FIRIN MY LAZOR" comment or something.

I don't know.

GnomeSlice

I can't vote to close.. :( I'll just support your firin's.

badp

b3ta.com/board/10235821

alexanderpas

@badp 10k post will be upvoted (good question) or commented (if it is an answer) a lot, or closed (bad question) or deleted (if it is an answer) within 3 seconds ;)

Ivo Flipse

5:30 PM

meeh 10k is hardly a milestone

badp

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my eyes.

@IvoFlipse why?

user30

We have 42 left to go until 3.5k on WP. ;)

alexanderpas

@badp no troubles here (with anaglyph glasses ;))

Ivo Flipse

5:47 PM

why, because then we'll have one every thousand or so @badp

user30

Well you could argue 10k was a relatively important milestone, similarly with other well rounded numbers

alexanderpas

@IvoFlipse no, as every thousand is not a magnitude increase.

Ivo Flipse

I'd rather see our page views

alexanderpas

10,000 is going from magnitude 3 to magnitude 4

next goal is 100,000 (magnitude 4 to magnitude 5)

badp

I say next stop is 10k questions.

Then 25k visits/day.

Then 25k questions.

Then DOMAIN NAME :D

Ivo Flipse

5:50 PM

well thank god some of the other games have picked up slack and actually gave us some diversity

user30

@badp Good luck with that, I don't see a company behind you ;)

alexanderpas

@badp okay, you got me with that one.

Ivo Flipse

I fear we'll never get one

and not sure if I would disagree either

user30

I think they might have to have another look at the footer soon, it's getting mighty crowded down there

Ivo Flipse

isn't it rather strange that they actually have to link you to other subdomains

it shows that they really have an issue with spreading the word about the other sites across the network

user30

5:56 PM

If you view the sites on SE.com sorted by views

user30

Gaming looks like a real exception compared to the norm

Ivo Flipse

they should just buy QA.com and add the rest either as subdomains or as /gaming

badp

We were promised one when we'll reach ServerFault traffic...

Our audience is surely wider.

Ivo Flipse

just another domain name to remember

alexanderpas

gaming.QA.com hmm... I like it.

user30

5:57 PM

Serverfault traffic is 10x bigger than what you have now

Ivo Flipse

I'd rather have QA.com as a replacement of what SE is now

badp

@ThomasMcDonald yes, it's called growth

Hopefully we can have some of that.

user30

The only issue with QA.com is that there's an actual company behind it, not a squatter

Ivo Flipse

and have the new feed be optimized for whatever you like, answered

then it will be a bit more expensive @ThomasMcDonald

ask.com would be ironic :P

alexanderpas

QA = quality assurance

Ivo Flipse

5:59 PM

RTFM.com

user30

@Ivo, fair enough, they've got enough VC for everyone

Ivo Flipse

well the step towards MSDN is a good one

alexanderpas

se.com

Ivo Flipse

now they should tap into Technet too

user30

I think the biggest issue for the new communities is introducing the format of QA, that and attracting people who haven't been involved in a SOFU site before

badp

6:01 PM

Yeah, most people think we want to take over their forums.

GnomeSlice

Silly them.

We want to support their forums!

alexanderpas

@badp their discussion forums

Ivo Flipse

I think the biggest issue is our concept of experts

thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2010/10/25/…

have a read

badp

> In the Internet industry most people know the difference between Firefox and Explorer

@IvoFlipse O RLY? It really isn't industry-only knowledge.

GnomeSlice

^ Heh.

Ivo Flipse

6:09 PM

did you read it till the end @badp?

badp

@IvoFlipse I have. I knew where it'd end.

But the truths may not be as global as you'd like to think :)

Ivo Flipse

well my point is: we're asking questions, that are soooo above the average level

that you hardly generate any organic traffic

badp

lol not really.

Ivo Flipse

who on earth would google for something like that

badp

what kind of question do you expect then "normal" people to have?

"How do I jump in super mario?"

Ivo Flipse

6:11 PM

well I think gaming is more accessible, because everybody's a noob at a new game (at some point)

badp

"How do I move the paddle in pong?"

Ivo Flipse

I was more referring to the other SE-sites, like Web Apps or even SU

user30

@badp "how do I move the turtle in logo?" reference?

badp

SE is complex as long as you want to move beyond asking and answering

@ThomasMcDonald aye

alexanderpas

"How do I get past that first moving thing in Super Mario Bros."

Ivo Flipse

6:12 PM

where the average question being asked isn't a typical question you would have to answer for family members

badp

and the answer is gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/62615

Ivo Flipse

don't you ever want this to replace the need of having to repeat yourself at home ;P

alexanderpas

Idea, if you get a question at home, post it online.

badp

You mean I don't? ;)

Ivo Flipse

answers.microsoft.com, this would be an awesome domain name for a MS SE-site

user30

6:14 PM

@alexanderpas "Why can't I buy tickets for Take That?"

Ivo Flipse

but @alexanderpas yes, that is almost my point

those are questions that at least ALSO should be asked

badp

@IvoFlipse ask.debian.net

Ivo Flipse

nice ripoff

badp

It's Shapado, a FOSS clone, not just a ripoff.

The top user has 337 rep.

alexanderpas

@ThomasMcDonald because it's sold out.

Ivo Flipse

6:15 PM

I read the FAQ yes

user30

@alexanderpas Well, actually, all the ticket sites went down, but that was the extent of the technical question I was asked yesterday

alexanderpas

and shapado is kinda "endorsed" for non-english communities.

badp

Shapado runs on Ruby, thus it sucks :P

(said the Pythonista with a Twitter account)

user30

No, it makes it awesome

badp

Yeah, it takes all the awesome and pipes it down the drain :P

user30

6:21 PM

Pfffft.

alexanderpas

@badp what? no tubes?

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Q: Farming using Mob Spawners in Minecraft

I have a couple of Mob Spawners surrounded by torches (thus rendered inert), and I want to try using them to farm enemy drops. What's the most efficient setup to automatically kill spawned mobs and collect their spoils?

7:48 PM

7:59 PM

@badp love the way he cheated.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Of course, emulator slowdown is essentially 'cheating'. But that's totally over his head.

IF IT ISN'T FROM THE GAME GENIE CHEAT MENU IT'S NOT A CHEAT.

alexanderpas

@LessPop_MoreFizz it's merely allowing a non-super human doing super human stuff (remember those smashboards guys? they are super-human.)

LessPop_MoreFizz

@alexanderpas Oh, I'm not attempting to say that they're invalid - I understand that playing the game 1 frame at a time is it's own skillset and art and that there's a whole lot of effort and talent there. But to say it's not 'cheating' relative to what you or I could do with a controller and a console is disingenuous.

basically, he's just as dumb as the people he's targetting as his audience.

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Q: Is the XBox 360 wired headset compatible with Rock Band 3?

Hi, we just got Rock Band 3 for XBox 360 and we're trying to use the wired headset attached to the vocalist (wireless) controller as a mic. This work in Rock Band 1 and 2, but it's not working in 3. Is this working as intended, or am I doing something wrong?

xbox-360 controllers rock-band-3

alexanderpas

@LessPop_MoreFizz those smashboard guys are doing stuff like this in realtime with a controller. teching, DI, ground-reversals.

@LessPop_MoreFizz which means, he makes his point for the right audience ;)

badp

8:43 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz thanks for that :)

GnomeSlice

Those smashboards people time specific moves based on how many frames into a particular animation they are.

That's hardcore.

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Q: Will Smoking Kill Me?

So, among the various "beneficial" (debatable) pickups in BioShock, is the pack of cigarettes. Grabbing one of these replenises a small amount of EVE (magic, basically), but drains a small amount of the player's health. So, if I managed to get myself al...

items bioshock

alexanderpas

@Feeds not as good as the previous one @GnomeSlice try harder!

GnomeSlice

:(

alexanderpas

@GnomeSlice title suggestion: Can I die from smoking too much?

GnomeSlice

8:57 PM

The last one is my highest viewed question, and my most recent besides this one. Makes me sad.

I guess smoking isn't really 'toking up' is it, they're just cigarettes...

alexanderpas

@GnomeSlice the last one was just epic. It was even beyond the corpse question in my opinion, as the body was epic too.

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Q: How can I tell if a corpse is safe to eat?

I am playing a human wizard, and I just killed a monster, leaving a corpse on the ground. How do I tell whether it is safe to eat this corpse? I leave the monster unspecified because I am interested in "how can I figure out whether this is edible," rather than whether any particular monster is e...

roguelikes nethack

GnomeSlice

@alexanderpas That was the first question title I ever saw on G SE. I knew the site would be beast immediately.

What about "smoking is bad for my health, but can I die from it?"

alexanderpas

@GnomeSlice you are part of the select few that have managed to ask questions that would be totally inappropriate when taken out of context, but very good questions on this site.

@GnomeSlice that would be a nice part of the body "I know smoking is bad for my health, but can I die from it?"

GnomeSlice

@alexanderpas Eh, I try to come up with that kind of thing, but if you go through my question history, most of them are your standard in-context question.

alexanderpas

I know, and it doesn't matter or is even needed, it's just those few give us laughs!

in Minecraft Talk, 1 min ago, by alexanderpas

http://www.minecraft.net/boo/

GnomeSlice

9:15 PM

@alex > Do you approve of the new question? Edited.

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Q: May I play SimCity 4 on Windows7

May I play SimCity 4 on Windows7 ? I want to know before buying it.

windows-7 simcity-4

alexanderpas

@GnomeSlice hehehe that question is great!

GnomeSlice

@alexanderpas The overt mention of context kind of ruins commenting opportunities, but still.

alexanderpas

the preview on /questions and other stuff makes it great.

GnomeSlice

Oh, hey, apparently I can retag now.

alexanderpas

9:19 PM

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Q: Can I die from smoking too much?

I've been mulling this over for a while now, and am unable to get all of the information I require to make an informed decision. It's an important lifestyle question, and I'd appreciate some input. The thing is: I know smoking is bad for my health, but can I die because of ...

items bioshock

GnomeSlice

Hah, that looks even better, because you can only see the first part...

:P

Hold up, since when do I have 2 silver badges?

Man, I don't care for unnecessary platform tags.

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10:23 PM

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Q: Resource Rate of Victory Points?

In Company of Heroes Online, what is the rate that resources accumulate? I.e. if a point is +3 manpower, what does that represent in terms of some amount per second, or per minute? I am thinking for the sake of when is it worth building an observation post and how long it will be for the payoff.

company-of-heroes

badp

guys in Minecraft talk, there's a flag button to click on :P

user30

pfft, just for you then

badp

I just wanted to ruin his fun. That is all :P

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11:17 PM

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Q: How do I get to "Hell" / "The Nether" in the new Minecraft update?

How does one get to the new "Hell" / "The Nether" area in the new Minecraft update? I heard that portals would be used to teleport around the map, but in order to use the portals you have to go through the hell area.

minecraft update hell nether

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11:29 PM

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Q: How do I open the gates on the Road to Rule?

I've just started on Fable 3, but while I keep getting more and more guild seals, the gates aren't opening to let me buy more things--I've already bought all chests I can currently reach. Am I missing something?

fable-3

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Q: How does Field Of View work in StarCraft 2?

Field Of View is not the range of an unit as far as I understand, but is there a way to see how much FOV range an unit/building will reveal?

starcraft-2 field-of-view

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11:47 PM

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Q: Does anyone play Multiplayer? How much time would I need to commit?

I've been into the "Internet Games" screen several times but rarely see any games. I've been reluctant to join one because I don't know how it works. Can anyone tell me: Is the list of "internet games" global? Why are there so few of them? How would the game work (i saw somewhere else it's RTS...

civilization-5 multiplayer

alexanderpas

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