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12:03 AM
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Q: Does the 4-gem piece in Columns 3 actually exist?

XkeeperBack on ye olde Genesis, the game Columns 3 has a peculiar image on the backside of its box: This screenshot (located on the top right of the box) depicts both players having pieces that have extra halves on the top and bottom. Normally I would dismiss this as just a bizarre probably-capture-...

 
12:24 AM
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Q: Viewing Yorda's subtitles

FishcakeI missed out on playing this on the PS2 and have just finished it on the PS3 and thought it was ace! I remember reading somewhere that on the 2nd play through Yorda's subtitles were translated but I've just started a 2nd play through and this isn't the case for me. Is there something I need to ...

 
12:40 AM
 
12:53 AM
What is with Nerf Now and portraying absolutely everything as a girl dressed in a skimpy outfit?
 
1:03 AM
What? The drawer itself isn't a girl.
He draws himself as a tentacle. A purple tentacle.
So no, it isn't absolutely everything!
nerfnow.com/comic/608 is also skimp-free.
nerfnow.com/comic/588 has a rape joke, though. Rape is funny!
Well, it isn't a rape joke really.
 
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Q: What's the difference between Prime Magic and Arcane Exaltation?

Bruce ConnorI'm looking at both of these prime spells, and they seem to do almost the same thing. The first claims to award 3 magic power to the hero, while the second claims to award 2 magic power permanently. What does it mean by that? Is Prime Magic not permanent, thus having to be cast (or something)?

 
1:34 AM
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Q: I cannot seem to die in minecraft

ZackI've gone into the Nether and seemed to have lost my portal out of it, I also can't die in lava or by mobs attacking me, I'm sorta invincible and cant die, This is Single Player by the way.

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Q: Where can I find maps for Baldur's Gate?

CanageekYears and years ago I put about 200 hours into Baldur's Gate and was getting near the end. Then that computer died and my new one was not able to run it due to problems with XP. I'm considering going back to the game now that patches are easily available, but the maps site I was using to find all...

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Q: Does it matter what order I play the campaigns in?

David FullertonIs there any reason to play the campaigns in a particular order, or should I just pick whichever one strikes my fancy?

 
Oh god
Now I see what Ars Technica meant by Battlefield 3 SP being a number of quick time events
if you don't fail the event, the enemy soldier won't surprise you from behind
(sorry for spoiling the frankly idiotic ending)
 
1:55 AM
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Q: Can I unlock the Halloween Dungeon Defenders costumes using Open characters?

Mag RoaderDungeon Defenders just got some DLC that unlocks a few Halloween costumes when playing on TrendyNet. Some others costumes appear to be unlockable via drops or somesuch. Are any of these available when not playing on TrendyNet, and if so how do I get them?

 
2:06 AM
@badp No one else is around, you're just talking to yourself. That's not a good sign.
Clearly you've gone insane.
 
2:37 AM
@Wipqozn It's okay, I only have mod powers on the site
so I can only do catastrophic amount of damage!
 
@badp That's true
What's the worst thing that could happen?
 
2:53 AM
The worst thing that could happen is nothing!
MWAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
er
cough
 
5 minutes of internet.
4
 
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@badp No access after 23:00.
 
oh. I see.
 
@GnomeSlice we won't miss you
err I mean
we'll miss you so much @GnomeSlice!
Please don't go!
 
2:59 AM
Let this be the last thing you see today @GnomeSlice
although @marcoceppi will probably like it much more
 
3:17 AM
btw I dunno if you noticed, but when the engie has the entire bug set, his voice gets high pitched
it's hilarious.
 
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Q: is loot quality affected by difficulty level? (or challenges/strategy mode, etc...)

MaslowAre there better rewards based on any of these things? Is beating a level on hard going to give better items on average than on easy?

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Q: How much cash do you lose when you die in Borderlands?

Eugene KatzWhen you die in, you keep all your items, but lose some cash when you respawn at a New-U station. I can't find a clear answers of what percentage of your cash is lost or if it scales with some other factor as well.

 
3:46 AM
I like their muffin analogy. So the muffin as of now is that
a) You can only bite into it in certain ways.
b) You are not allowed to give the right to eat the muffin to someone else.
c) You are not allowed to eat the muffin in public places where some may enjoy the smell or sight of the said muffin.
d) The muffin company reserves the right to take away the muffin if you misuse your privilege of being allowed the eat the said muffin.
e) You may undo the wrapping but only with prescribed methods. You may not develop and/or sell products that aids in opening the wrapping.
lolol
"Content theft refers to the theft of films and TV shows - creative works that people pour their hearts into making"
So if you produce music, or literature, or videogames, or paintings, or pictures, or sculptures, or poetry, or fonts, or programs... well fuck yourself you uncommitted uninspired non-creative lazy asshole.
Your shit doesn't even qualify as content.
 
4:11 AM
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Q: arcade fighting game 1vs1 with two health bars per char

Rafa Barreraremember was a arcade 2d style fighting game with two health bars i think its from middle of the 90's its was 1 one 1 and has not tag team, each character has two healt bar showing on the top of the screen, thats all i remember. I google it but had no luck here is a paint image i made http://i....

 
4:38 AM
@GnomeSlice ಠ_ಠ
 
Hey to whoever is around.
 
@Mana gasp new avatar
 
Yup! There was this big dramatic star poll Wipqozn was doing to try to get me to change it back.
 
Sense... This makes none.
 
4:56 AM
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Q: Is this too slow PC to play RAGE?

SeniorLeeI'm using Dual-Core E5300 @ 2.60GHz HD4850 (512M) 4GB RAM and... RAGE is bit slow. It's not even 30FPS I feel. But I had graphic problems like others. texture problem, config settings.. blah blah.. but it's working anyway. Is this too slow PC to play it? or is my game setting wrong?

 
5:20 AM
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Q: Farming in League of Legends

RapidaWhat is the maximum number of minions one can kill at the 5, 10 and 15 minute mark? What are some good goals on number of minions killed to aim for based on level of harass?

 
So StarCraft but Warcraft?
or World of Warcraft but WarCraft
 
5:41 AM
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Q: What is good, thorough (and preferably entertaining) playthough of Arkham City?

HamsterThe guy I'm watching now seems clueless. What others might be better?

 
 
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6:50 AM
@Lazers This needs more votes to close as a dupe
 
 
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8:42 AM
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Q: Can Rocksmith be played with Rock Band's Squier Stratocaster?

Ivo FlipseEarlier this year I got the Squier Stratocaster for Rock Band 3, which can also be used as a regular electric guitar. In Rocksmith rather than using plastic guitars, you're supposed to connect an actual electric guitar to play. So know I want to know whether I can play Rocksmith with Rock Band...

 
user30
 
9:06 AM
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Q: Lost my 3 star rating in Angry Birds Rio 8-5

KaivosukeltajaAfter downloading the latest update (1.3.3) of Angry Birds Rio from the app store today, I noticed I was suddenly two stars short in the Carnival Upheaval stage. This, of course, would not do so I set out to improve my score on the level 8-5 to get back my treasured 100% completion rate. After a...

 
 
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10:57 AM
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Q: Looking for a PC game I had as a kid; forgot name

MurdusI'm trying to find a game I had as a kid, but I really don't remember it's name, and I'm probably googling on the wrong keywords. Here's what I remember. I think it was an RTS/puzzle game, and I played it on a PC, on Windows 98. Not sure. You played as yellow, egg-shaped people. To build anythin...

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Q: Can I play LOTRO on Nvidia ION based netbook running 64bit linux?

Chris WesselingI have a ASUS Eee PC 1215N netbook, from the Seashell series. It has a Nvidia ION graphic processor. I'm running 64bit Ubuntu Linux (11.10 Oneiric Ocelot) on it. I've tried to install LOTRO on it following the HOWTO on But the game fails to run with one of: Game Error [105], "Could not initi...

 
11:22 AM
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Q: How is range measured in League of Legends?

F.S.I know different games use different techniques and units of measurement. In Starcraft II one range for attack is about the width of one zergling. In Guild Wars the range is some fraction of the compass or aggro range (Spears have ~0.7x aggro range, longbows ~1.2x) Most (or all?) meelee champion...

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Q: What is the significance of the star next to your name in the squad list?

GuyWhat is the significance of the star next your name on the squad list in Battlefield 3?

 
11:57 AM
@juanmanuel you may want to take a look at gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/33546/… - looks like a question you can conceivably answer
 
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Q: Whats the best methods of hiding a nuke attack from the opponent?

GillyI'm a Silver League Terran player I normally don't use nuke gameplay in SC2 since the army normally moves out the nuke's blast area. I would like to start incorporating it into my play style as a harass tactic, and to block paths of the opponents army. So whats the most effective method of hidi...

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Q: Does Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have special move/attack?

gunbuster363Please tell if the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV - Turtles in Time" in SNES have special move/attack in them. E.g: How to throw enemy to screen. I suck at playing this because they always grab me. I want to know more about this game. Thanks!

 
12:24 PM
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rofl
the guys at Valve are completely nuts
 
I've resorted to asking Ubuntu for the last person to play minecraft tonight.
 
12:52 PM
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Q: Remove games from origin list

Craig PilgrimIve spent the last couple of days engrossed in BF3, however I also took part in the Alpha and the Beta testing so in my Origin I have multiple tiles for BF3 (one for alpha, one for beta, one for retail). Obviously I cant play the old 2 anymore so does anyone know of a way to remove these from th...

 
1:16 PM
For anyone who cares
the Dwarf Fortress dev log has gotten interesting again
> There were a few strange happenings that I still have to clean up. ... one of the dwarven caravan guards did haul off and waste my entire starting group ...
 
user30
1:45 PM
seriously, fuck everything about Origin
 
user30
I thought installing games from disc was supposed to be fucking easy
 
user30
now, 90 minutes in, I am no closer to installing bf3
 
@ThomasMcDonald I'm just checking, you did say you couldn't make tonight didn't you?
 
2:02 PM
@ThomasMcDonald you should start over and do it from scratch, on youtube, with a timer.
 
@badp I'd watch that.
 
↑ like this
 
@badp 69%: It's still a sex thing.
 
lol at some of the commenters
> @ChromezAu like i said, sony got hacked ONCE. and the people that were behind it are either being searched for or are already in jail. there are people that hack live daily and get away with it. besides thats why sony makes updates to the system to solve said problem.
yeah, it got hacked once, and then a couple dozen more times
 
2:09 PM
and it only had a month long worldwide downtime ONCE too!
 
@badp not to mention that little incident when they attempted to hack you
 
@CRoss I must have removed it.
 
See @GnomeSlice relevant links get starred.
 
(My link was relevant, but it's the 3rd time I post it in the same few days)
 
Actually pretty much anything I post gets starred, ignore that comment.
I wish stars gave me rep, I'd be ahead of Raven if they did.
 
2:13 PM
@RonanForman hmmm, where's that remove stars link ...
 
@CRoss I honestly don't care.
wait! Don't touch myana cat!
 
whoops
made ya look! :P
 
@badp No, but that may make me look.
 
If any of you had hesitated about King of Dragon Pass: It's 40% off in the app store today
Hear that, @GnomeSlice? It's on sale! No more excuses!
 
any ideas about the release date for Torchlight 2?
they haven't updated the website in a few weeks month
 
2:28 PM
0_0
Portal 2 puzzle creator.
 
@boltclock Is this you? :D
 
Anyone want a free Steam key for Sanctum or A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda?
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Do you have them as steam gifts, or just keys?
If you have them as steam gifts you could use tf2r.com to hold a raffle between chat regulars or whatnot
 
Just keys sadly.
 
oh well
I'll pin your message then
 
2:43 PM
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Q: Combat Efficiency Ribbon Streak Bonus

AlbortWhat constitutes a Streak Bonus? This is in relation to obtaining the Combat Efficiency Ribbon, which states that you have to obtain 3 Streak Bonuses in a round.

 
oh well see you guys sunday evening
 
3:02 PM
Hi!
 
3:21 PM
@mordi2k Bought the indie royale bundle, did we?
 
@GnomeSlice Yep :p
 
3:32 PM
@badp Yes, that's me! :D
 
3:53 PM
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Q: Does a unit with the "ignores terrain cost" promotion benefit from the" woodsman" promotion?

OakSome units, such as scouts, minuteman, or units upgraded from them, get the "ignores terrain cost" option which means every terrain tile costs 1 movement point (or less if it's a road). However, the woodsman promotion explicitly says that forests and jungles cost half the movement point. How man...

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Q: Digital Download and CD Keys for World of Warcraft Cataclysm

TaraI have been away from WoW for a long time now but am going be getting back into it. I deleted all the files on my PC still have my active battle.net account and my wow is still being paid for (I was sure I cancelled the subscription! :( ) What I am hoping will make things clearer for me is this:...

 
4:17 PM
I just got the best birthday present ever: A syringe of actual plasmids!
 
@fredley Real life plasmids are a lot more boring than the Bioshock variant ;-)
 
He sequenced the whole thing too, the diagram on the front is the overview, there's about 8 pages of GATCATGATTACA after that
 
What is the plasmid supposed to do?
 
Sadly not a swarm of bees, but I haven't tried it yet
 
4:23 PM
@fredley So, when are you going to inject it?
 
Having a party tonight
could do it then when I've had a few drinks
seems an appropriate time to me
@Mana This is excellent
 
@fredley I stumbled on a reddit thread filled with awkward videos. It's a goldmine.
 
Link?
 
Somewhere buried in the comments are a few threads with awkward video contests.
 
@Fabian I use plasmids to produce lots of protein to study it
you can take a gene that makes a protein, put it into a plasmid, and put that plasmid into E. coli so it can make you tons of it
As far as plasmids go with random bits of human DNA in them, they can be used to sequence portions of a genome, as bacteria can grow tons (well, nanograms) of them
 
4:43 PM
@Mana I can't watch this.
 
@GnomeSlice Oh man, if you think that's awkward...
 
@NickT I know and I have done so myself
 
I can't even make it to the first girl interview on this one.
Oh god, I made it. But I needed to close it immediately after. Edward's first comment is just...
 
> EDWARD STARCRAFT HERE WITH YET ANOTHER SHOWCASE OF MY IMMEASURABLE AUTISM
I don't want to see this boy talk to a woman.
At all.
 
food time, bbl
 
4:50 PM
@NickT You can get more than nanograms, I usually produce DNA on a milligram scale
 
@Fabian I think this is what my housemate does, he's a molecular biologist
 
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Q: How do I inject plasmids?

fredleySo I've got some plasmids, how should I inject them? Is there any way of finding out what it'll do before injecting?

 
5:09 PM
@Mana Females... Starcraft 2...? What sort of witchcraft is this?
 
So, where do I get the game on map?
 
@MarcoCeppi You're hosting the serveR?
I thought THomas was
 
I thought Thomas was too
in SE Game On!, 2 days ago, by Marco Ceppi
NBD, I thought it was on Thomas's server. If not, I'll setup a mine.stackgaming.com in a few minutes :D
 
Also, @Mana, this guy is awesome.
 
@MarcoCeppi Oh, I suppose I could have set it up for him.
 
5:13 PM
@Wipqozn Edward is a really hilarious guy! He's also trying to get over his awkwardness.
 
@Mana *Would you put destructible rocks at the back of your bra?"
 
@Wipqozn AHAHAHAHAHA
okay now I really want to watch this.
 
@Mana You haven't watched it yet?
My word
 
@Wipqozn Like I said, I just can't make it past the first minute or so
 
@Marco This is the place minecraftforum.net/topic/…
 
5:16 PM
So, where is this going to be hosted?
 
Didn't you set up mine.stackgaming.com?
 
@Mana This guy is so awkward. IT's awesome.
 
I assumed there.
 
@RonanForman Yes, okay. Just didn't want too much confusion
 
@RonanForman @MarcoCeppi So is everything sorted with the server?
I don't need to step in and start cracking some skulls, do I?
 
5:21 PM
Ha, I suppose so. I'll have the map setup in a minute
 
Put number 1 on.
 
@Mana Just finished watching it. That was awesome. Does he do a lot of videos?
 
@Wipqozn He has a lot of interviews on his youtube channel
 
@Mana I shall need to watch through some of his other videos sometime.
 
5:44 PM
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Q: How can I play Worms Armageddon on windows 7?

Grigor GevorgyanI am experiencing trouble with the worms armageddon game on windows 7 - the program crashes after launch. The same game runs perfectly under windows XP. Launching the game in compatibility mode does not help. Maybe someone ever came across such problem ? Thanks in advance.

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Q: Strategies for I, Zombie Endless

Sadly NotI'm really close to getting the 10 streak achievement in I, Zombie Endless, but after a few games like this: I'm getting pretty frustrated. I know general strategy may be hard to outline given the levels are random, but what are some strategies that helped you get to streak 10? Personally, I ...

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Q: Can a ghost nuke from within a bunker?

Jed DanielsI know that marines and marauders can stim while in a bunker, but can a ghost use a nuke while in a bunker? My thought is this might be very effective for defending against an attack, and will buy the ghost time to drop the nuke, even when the enemy knows where he is.

 
6:29 PM
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Q: Is there a limit to the number of item in inventory?

Sylvain DefresneI'm wondering if there is a limit to the weight one's character can have in it's inventory. In the character status page I can see that there is a limit to the weight of the equipment, but I don't find one for the inventory. Can I carry each and every item I find? If there is a limit, what is it...

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Q: Are there multiple ending to Dark Souls?

Sylvain DefresneAre there multiple ending to Dark Souls? If yes, how many, and how is determined the ending that is played? Please try to not tell what the ending are, I'm still at the beginning of the game, and I don't want to be too much spoiled.

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Q: Is Knight Lautrec of Carim an evil NPC?

Sylvain DefresneI've just found an NPC locked in a cell, and rescued him. He told me he is Knight Lautrec of Carim and he will give me a reward later. However, if I press him, he tell me: I'm free. Now I can get back to work... Keh heh heh heh... I'm worried after hearing this line. He reminds me of Yurt...

 
Well that was fun.
 
@Fabian what are you using mg of DNA for?
that's like maxi/gigaprep range
you produce stuff for sale or something?
 
6:54 PM
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Q: Is it worth using the Fire Keeper Soul to upgrade the Estus Flask?

Sylvain DefresneI found a Fire Keeper Soul in Undead Parish. Later, I went back to Firelink Bonfire, and a NPC offered me to upgrade my Estus Flask in exchange of the Fire Keeper Soul. I didn't pay attention, and accepted. Now, I can see a +1 sign near my Estus Flask and it seems to give back somewhat more heal...

 
DST sucks.
 
clearly a private college
 
That stuck out to me too.
 
OH GOD DST CAUSES HEART ATTACKS AND SUICIDE
 
@NickT The point is, the disadvantages are there, the advantages aren't.
So there's no reason to do it really.
 
7:15 PM
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Q: How do you view your unraked ELO rating?

Nick TA couple posts I've found on the LoL forums suggest looking in some "air" directory under your profile's logs, but I have no idea where this is. How can I find my ELO ratings in League of Legends?

 
7:27 PM
 
ಠ_ಠ
/me disapproves.
 
7:57 PM
A wood tree.
(mighty)
 
8:24 PM
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Q: Are there place only reachable by jumping in Dark Souls?

Sylvain DefresneNear the Firelink Bonfire, on the path to Undead Burg, there is a bridge and we can see an item near a corpse under that bridge. I've been able to reach this place by jumping above a little hole behind the Undead Soldier. I'm wondering if there are other places in Dark Souls that are only reacha...

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Q: Can I get information about the covenant in-game in Dark Souls?

Sylvain DefresneI've talked to the Miracle teacher near the Firelink Bonfire, and I've joined the White Covenant. I've read here that covenant put some restriction on what you are allowed to do, however, I've not been able to find this information in-game. Is it possible to figure in-game what are the restricti...

 
@ArdaXi Tell me about it ...
 
@MartinSojka Well, it's pointless and annoying.
 
So there's this one MMO (say, Lineage II) developed in a crazy little country without DST (say, South Korea).
The result? If the guys who use this game in places where there IS a DST and want to keep the times synchronised (say, NCSoft West in US/EU), they have to change the time of the server ... which isn't supported.
So ... they have to shut down the game server, for no good reason, wait until after the switch, then fire it up again.
Yay!
The faster DST dies, the better we're all off.
 
I love the way I completely refill my pen collection whenever I visit an open house of a university.
I even got a messenger bag.
 
Ballpoint pens blow
 
8:41 PM
 
@NickT large scale in vitro RNA synthesis, we usually use several Megaprep kits
 
9:07 PM
do you purify the RNA directly or are you using the plasmids for a bunch of transformations?
never worked with RNA, dunno much about it other than using it to monitor expressed genes; something like washing it over stuff with poly-T tails
 
Oak
9:19 PM
@mordi2k did you found anyone to give the Steam keys to? If you didn't I'll be happy for the Sanctum one, if you did then I should unpin that message :)
 
@Oak 4AVGP-H40B8-WCQ7Y There ya go.
 
Oak
@mordi2k Cool, thanks!
Did you find someone to give ARES to?
 
Mhm.
 
Nope, none yet.
 
@mordi2k I'd like the A.R.E.S. key if it's still there then.
 
9:32 PM
@ArdaXi 7QEYA-D99YD-35A4Y
 
@mordi2k Awesome, thanks muchly!
 
No worries :)
Anyone mind unpinning the message now?
 
I think its nice that you can post the keys here and no ones stealing them.
@mordi2k It will slide out easily, dont worry.
Since so many things get favourited here :P
 
@SimonSheehan Not if it's pinned.
 
Oak
@mordi2k done
 
9:34 PM
Also, CHAT IS GOING DOWN in 30 minutes, how will we live?!
 
@Oak Thanks.
 
Oak
@mordi2k thank you :) though it will take ages to download, the wife is hogging the intertubes
It's for the better, though, I shouldn't be gaming anyway.
 
@Oak Hah. No worries.
Already have the games, so I'm just happy someone get some use of the extra keys I got.
 
user30
10:17 PM
@Ronan Sorry for not being about
 
user30
I have the maths aptitude test for Oxford on wednesday
 
mathSSSSSSSSSSS
 
user30
yeah?
 
chemistries?
 
user30
no
 
10:19 PM
calculi?
 
user30
calculuS
 
user30
calcul?
 
that's not plural
 
user30
maths isn't plural
 
what's the plural of maths
 
user30
10:20 PM
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A: Which is correct: "math" or "maths"?

nohatThis is simple: Math is American English. Maths is British English. It is a common noun and should only be capitalized at the beginning of a sentence.

 
user30
tl;dr maths is correct
 
user30
also fuck BST haters, it's amazing
 
user30
get an extra hour of sleep free tonight
 
user30
chat is like a yo-yo
 
I get an hour more to...screw around with TF2 then write my abstract
 
10:33 PM
Meanwhile, I have yet to name my Homewrecker.
(I main pybro)
 

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