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Nick T

12:18 AM

@Mana In Amerikee we get stickers for voting

Lazers

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Q: Are there effective ergonomic keyboards that are still good for gaming?

I currently have some symptoms of RSI and I want to avoid this as much as possible, without having to give up PC gaming to some degree. I've been looking at ergonomic keyboards but the ones people recommend are all split or in some way inappropriate for gaming. I need a keyboard for almost all P...

John

@ArdaXi So you do care about winning this!

Arda Xi

@John Gnome's vote doesn't count.

3 hours ago, by CruelCow

@GnomeSliceツ don't worry, on request of the entire gaming community your vote doesn't count.

John

LOL wow....just......wow.

Out of curiousity, what did he do to make no one like him?

And technically, this isn't the 2011 election. It's the second 2011 election.

Arda Xi

I don't know really. Used to be me.

John

12:22 AM

Are you insinuating that my turn is coming? :P

Nick T

I murder'd "rouge" from the site

Arda Xi

Not in the slightest.

Nick T

victory is mine

Arda Xi

@NickT You murdered. Good for you. Murderer.

Nick T

Is it NVidia, nVidia, Nvidia or NVIDIA

John

12:24 AM

nVidia I think

Arda Xi

Nvidia.

Nick T

Wikipedia says Nvidia...

Arda Xi

Nvidia

Nvidia (; ) is an American global technology company which specializes in the development of graphics processing units and chipset technologies for workstations, :personal computers, and mobile devices. Based in Santa Clara, California, (although widely cited as an Asian company in international press, it is based in the USA and traded in US-based Nasdaq as a Global Select) the company has become a major supplier of integrated circuits (ICs), graphics processing units (GPUs) and chipsets used in graphics cards, personal-computer motherboards, and video game consoles. Competitor Advan...

Nick T

Everything on their website is NVIDIA though

John

The site has it in all caps in every case.

Arda Xi

12:25 AM

Stylized.

Nick T

Arda Xi

Just like EvE Online.

John

I trust the site more than wikipedia.

Nick T

yeah, probably

Arda Xi

@John Depends.

Nick T

12:25 AM

not really a matter of trust at that point though

Arda Xi

If you're using it as Nvidia, you'd spell NVIDIA.

If you're talking about them as a third-party you'd use Nvidia.

Nick T

one's name is whatever they decide to call themselves

John

Fairly sure the programs I have that use it say "nVidia" though...

Arda Xi

@NickT That's not true.

Nick T

Why not, a company determines their own branding

John

12:26 AM

One's name is what other people call them.

Arda Xi

@John Exactly.

Nick T

People can call Microsoft M$ as much as they want, but it doesn't change their name

Arda Xi

Third-parties always use Nvidia. They themselves switch it up a lot.

@NickT If however the majority did, it would.

Press and such.

Nick T

or call StarCraft Starcraft

the majority can only come up with a popular name; their actual name is fixed

John

@NickT In the case of a company, but I don't think any person really has much of a choice.

You didn't differentiate.

Arda Xi

12:29 AM

At the very least, Nvidia's trademark is not specifically all-caps.

Nick T

@John I don't get it, what person

Arda Xi

It's registered as Nvidia anyway.

But it doesn't really come down to their name, it comes down to the style guide you're applying.

John

@NickT The "one" you mentioned earlier.

Arda Xi

Most styles will prefer Nvidia over NVIDIA or nVidia.

John

@ArdaXi Yeah, probably.

Nick T

12:30 AM

@John I can go down to the courthouse and change my name

Arda Xi

Any help with this one?

John

@NickT Not for at least 18 years.

Arda Xi

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Q: Video Game Artwork Sites

This question may be more appropriate as a wiki question but I didn't see a way to change that. I recently came across this article featuring high-quality fan-made game posters/artwork. Can I get some recommendations for other video game artwork sites?

website art

@NickT You don't have the final say.

At least not in most jurisdictions.

John

(in the US, anyway)

Arda Xi

@John You have to be 43 to change your name?

Nick T

12:31 AM

The only reason I wouldn't have the final say is if it was obscene or something

John

@ArdaXi Upvoted, what else can I do?

Arda Xi

@John Read my comment.

John

@ArdaXi 18 years at the start of your life.

Arda Xi

@John Well, since Nick is 25 that seems no problem.

Nick T

@ArdaXi I don't think trademarks distinguish caps vs. smallcase

John

12:32 AM

@ArdaXi Upvoted your comment, what else can I do?

Arda Xi

@John Vote/flag to close as off-topic.

John

@ArdaXi I know. The point is, there were (probably) 18 years when he couldn't.

@ArdaXi Right, forgot. Flagged.

Nick T

tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4004:ql4emb.2.44 has the owner as "NVidia Corporation"

then later it's "NVIDIA Coroporation" : tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4004:ql4emb.2.31

John

@NickT Um, why is this so important anyway?

Arda Xi

@John Here you can do it at any age, but if you're a minor you have to have parental consent.

Nick T

12:34 AM

@John because this is the internet

and because I was going to fix all the posts

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Q: Is there a generic way to show FPS on NVidia cards?

Is there a generic command for NVidia cards to show the current framerate while in a game? More specifically, I'd like to use it on a GeForce 9400 GT in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, but it would be cool if there was a generic option.

first-person-shooter

John

@ArdaXi Well with consent wouldn't technically be doing it by yourself, which I believe was what was first stated.

Arda Xi

@NickT But... why?

John

@NickT If no one knows, will anyone care?

Nick T

I care

Arda Xi

I mean, if you come around one or two, sure, edit away, but don't do it in bulk.

Not without getting consensus on meta at the very least.

John

12:36 AM

Bulk editing is for SO only. :P

Arda Xi

On SO it doesn't matter.

John

Yeah because it's so big.

Nick T

SO's top questions cycle every 5 minutes or so

John

I've been editing URL shorteners. It's a rep gold mine for a <2k like me!

Nick T

3k

John

12:38 AM

You get rep for suggested edits up to 3k?

Arda Xi

I've also seen nVIDIA.

Nick T

I dunno, why would it stop at 2k

editing is a 3k

Arda Xi

@NickT 2k

@NickT No, editing is 2k.

gaming.stackexchange.com/faq#reputation

John

stackoverflow.com/privileges/edit

Nick T

oh, was it?

or close

John

12:39 AM

@NickT It stops there because at 2k you have full edit rights.

Arda Xi

3k is close.

Nick T

yeah yeah, just confused

John

It's also capped to 1k.

Mana ಠдಠ

So...Bastion? Worth getting?

Arda Xi

Oh wow. badp is 60 edits away from the Copy Editor badge.

With @Mana at a close second of 65.

Mana ಠдಠ

12:44 AM

I thought he was closer than that.

Arda Xi

data.stackexchange.com/gaming/q/110097/…

John

@Manaಠдಠ Don't know, don't have it, never heard of it before now. :P

Mana ಠдಠ

Huh. Cool.

Arda Xi

Just wrote that. Well, cloned it.

Really starting to get the hang of SQL.

Mana ಠдಠ

Also it's going to suck if I get elected (not just for the obvious reasons) because I'm not even here next week.

John

12:47 AM

@Manaಠдಠ "Obvious Reasons"?

CruelCow

Fuck yeah I'm a Fanatic

Mana ಠдಠ

@John Oh, you know. Making a terrible mod and all that business.

Arda Xi

@Mana I hate to break it to you, but I don't really see you not getting elected happening. Personally.

John

@Mana Life will get better once you make that boilerplate.

Mana ಠдಠ

Damn.

GnomeSlice ツ

12:49 AM

@ArdaXi I tried not to vote for him...

Arda Xi

But that Gravatar.

John

Yeah, too many people like the little black cat/monster/tazmanian devil thing.

Mana ಠдಠ

It's perfectly suited to the role of moderator, man.

Either that or this

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ You haven't blown the site up yet. That's something.

John

Hopefully the other 3 mods can keep you reigned in.

Mana ಠдಠ

12:51 AM

I kind of did back when I was editing all the time.

Arda Xi

Heh, I remember when I looked like this.

Mana ಠдಠ

Wait, no, that was my internet.

John

What?

Your internet blew up the site?

Arda Xi

Mana ಠдಠ

No, I blew up my internet editing stuff on the site all the time.

John

12:52 AM

So that's what @ArdaXi looks like!

Mana ಠдಠ

@Arda You look kind of, uh, fuzzy.

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ Fuzzy?

John

@Manaಠдಠ Seriously?!?! How did you manage that? It shouldn't be that intensive.

Mana ಠдಠ

@ARDA QWAGQWAGQWAGQWAGQWAGQWAGQWAG

John

Why the G?

Mana ಠдಠ

12:53 AM

@John It wasn't, I was exaggerating.

John

That's not even close to the other 3

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ What?

Mana ಠдಠ

@Arda idk, I'm trying to remember what that weird laughing thing Grace does these days is

John

"bwahahahaha"?

Mana ಠдಠ

@John No, there's another one. Lemmeh go searching

Arda Xi

12:55 AM

I need mod talk in chat.

John

What would happen if I changed my name and gravatar to someone elses?

Arda Xi

Gah. It doesn't work in the transcript.

John

@ArdaXi "mod talk"?

Arda Xi

I needed #4979B9.

John

Either of you want more rep on SO?

Arda Xi

12:57 AM

Hmm.

@John How'd you mean?

John

There is mass editing to be done.

You can get up to another 1k from editing alone.

Arda Xi

Hm?

John

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Q: Let Me Flag That For You - URL Shortener Cleanup

The Request I set out on the Crusade for the Holy Grail of no-redirections (named by Denilson Sá) to eliminate every shortened URL on Stack Overflow. But the foreign hordes are overwhelming me, and I need reinforcements! The Mission Find every shortened URL, follow it, check it and inline...

discussion hyperlinks posse

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Q: I've found a particular set of "question"s with bad titles; how should I proceed?

I saw a question on the front page of stackoverflow that had a title that intrigued me. If you search for a keyword: question you will find a set of what I would consider poorly titled. You see, questions with "question" in the title will hardly ever contain a question in the title at all. So...

discussion title clean-up question-quality

Pick one.

Each contain all the info you need to begin.

Arda Xi

I wouldn't get rep for that would I?

Also, I need sleep. :P

John

2 rep per edit.

I've made several hundred off those. :D

Arda Xi

1:00 AM

Blue text on Mars-coloured Mars looks better IMO.

John

Meh. I'm ok with either.

Arda Xi

Or the combo I suppose.

John

Now that's illegible.

Arda Xi

I'll just leave them both in the PSD. Chances are I'll never have to decide.

@John It's stupidly high-res, y'know.

Mana ಠдಠ

Found it

Aug 15 at 11:24, by Grace Note

Gwagwagwagwagwagwa!

John

1:02 AM

That sound like someone's drowning...

Arda Xi

(Click it)

John

IT GROWS

Arda Xi

But the transparency effect and such isn't even visible.

John

So @Mana. Interested in easy rep on SO? (legitly, or course)

Mana ಠдಠ

@John Editing?

John

1:04 AM

Yup.

I've made several hundred off that. @Mana

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Q: Let Me Flag That For You - URL Shortener Cleanup

The Request I set out on the Crusade for the Holy Grail of no-redirections (named by Denilson Sá) to eliminate every shortened URL on Stack Overflow. But the foreign hordes are overwhelming me, and I need reinforcements! The Mission Find every shortened URL, follow it, check it and inline...

discussion hyperlinks posse

Mana ಠдಠ

hmm

John

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Q: I've found a particular set of "question"s with bad titles; how should I proceed?

I saw a question on the front page of stackoverflow that had a title that intrigued me. If you search for a keyword: question you will find a set of what I would consider poorly titled. You see, questions with "question" in the title will hardly ever contain a question in the title at all. So...

discussion title clean-up question-quality

Mana ಠдಠ

welllllll

John

(The first is easier)

And you'd be helping SO.

Arda Xi

Wow, tzenes has 24 Good Answer badges.

John

1:05 AM

Hence the rep.

@ArdaXi And this is surprising how?

I mean, he's the number 2 user of the site.

Arda Xi

The rest of the results.

User Link                   Count

--------------------------- -----

tzenes                      24

Raven Dreamer               7

badp                        5

StrixVaria                  4

Nick T                      4

WillfulWizard               3

alexanderpas                3

Grace Note                  3

John

Well, ok that's impressive.

Having fun with your SQL?

It is a fun language...

Arda Xi

Heh, yeah.

For complicated queries I usually just use LINQPad though.

I can't do JOINs at all.

Anyway, time for sleep now. Really.

Mana ಠдಠ

BYE ARDA

John

I don't know LINQ. Goodnight @ArdaXi.

Mana ಠдಠ

1:08 AM

And I'm going to go study up on GIS stuff

peace John!

Arda Xi

BYE MANA

John

Night!

Mana ಠдಠ

Oh, as for the SO thing, I'll keep it in mind

I'm just not sure I wanna get hooked on another site, yo.

John

yeah I know the feeling.

Arda Xi

NOOOOO STAY WITH US MANA

John

1:09 AM

@ArdaXi It's possible to manager more than 1.

Arda Xi

DON'T LEARN ANYTHING, JUST STAY IN WITH THE VIDEOGAMES!

John

@ArdaXi I frequent at least 3.

Arda Xi

@John Pshaw. Lies I say.

John

GSE, SO, MSO.

Arda Xi

MSO is not a real site.

John

1:10 AM

???

Then why does it have it's own rep?

Arda Xi

2 days ago, by Arda Xi

Through another bad decision by SE.

John

@ArdaXi Also, it's the only Meta to show up in the accounts list.

Mana ಠдಠ

Man, the way you talk about SE, you'd think we're as bad as Yahoo Answers! or something.

John

It's a special place.

@Manaಠдಠ Who, me or @ArdaXi?

Mana ಠдಠ

@Arda, DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH

Arda Xi

1:12 AM

@Manaಠдಠ What's wrong with Yahoo! Answers?

Powerlord

I just unboxed an unusual hat. :D

Blizzardy Storm Dead Cone.

Mana ಠдಠ

@Arda twitches

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ We're not as bad as Yahoo! Answers. At least Yahoo! doesn't have a bunch of executives whose only job it is to make bad decisions.

And with that I very definitely leave you.

John

Good night again @ArdaXi.

Arda Xi

Thank you.

By the time I'm gone I'm afraid it won't be night anymore. Or maybe it will be, for you.

John

1:14 AM

What time is it there anyway?

like 1am?

Arda Xi

3:14:15 am

John

Oh wow.

You need to sleep more.

It's only 9:15 here.

Arda Xi

Gee, really.

Wipqozn

1:29 AM

10:28pm for me

evening @GnomeSlice

GnomeSlice ツ

4

Wipqozn

I would star that twice if I could.

Mana ಠдಠ

Okay, gonna buy Bastion.

John

I came back just to star @GnomeSlice.

Mana ಠдಠ

Someone just compared it to Secret of Mana, and well, that's an instant buy.

John

1:31 AM

@Manaಠдಠ Lemme know how that works out.

Wipqozn

Really now?

John

Well, goodnight again.

Wipqozn

More tempted to buy it now.

Mana ಠдಠ

Peace, yo.

Wipqozn

I enver did play secret of mana though. I should get around to it.

Also, that's where you name comes from, correct @Mana?

I'm basing this on the fact I know you use SecretofMana as your full name on...some site

last.fm

Mana ಠдಠ

1:33 AM

SpiritofMana there

because SecretofMana was already taken

Wipqozn

oh my heavens

I feel like a monster now

Mana ಠдಠ

but yeah I had this poster on my wall when I was looking around my room for a username back when I was 12

Wipqozn

Oh cool

Mana ಠдಠ

so I was like "hey why not, that was the first RPG I played"

Wipqozn

similar to how I chose my first username back i the day

for years I went by Slider (and later DarkSlider)

Want to take a guess at where I got the name slider from ?

Mana ಠдಠ

1:35 AM

I'm sorry but I laughed at DarkSlider

Wipqozn

IT'S DARK

LIKE MY SOUL!

CRAWLING IN MY SKIN

sorry, had to mock myself there

Mana ಠдಠ

THESE WOUNDS THEY WILL NOT HEAL

Wipqozn

I was taken over by the "put dark in front of things!" craze

Mana ಠдಠ

yeah, it's cool, I know how it is

Wipqozn

haha yes, nice catch

Want to take a guess at where Slider comes from?

Mana ಠдಠ

1:36 AM

no clue

Wipqozn

The scroll bar.

I didn't know it was called way back in the day, so I referred to it as the slider

Mana ಠдಠ

heh

nice

Wipqozn

Most people thought I was a skater, which is fairly amusing

Since the last thing you would catch me doing is skate boarding, since I would just fall on my ass

Lazers

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Q: Endless Please Wait (Bug?)

I am using v1.0.1.383. I am playing my first game on this version. When I hit End Turn; a few times sporatocally, the game freezes with the game button saying Please Wait. This game button is the one I click to End Turn. I can move the mouse and move the map around, nothing else. I have tried...

civilization-5

Wipqozn

my next username after that was Crovax, which I started using for Guild Wars

Crovax is from magic the gathering

finally I landed at Wipqozn, which is from the Dilbert TV series

I've only been using this for a little over a year actually.

Mana ಠдಠ

1:38 AM

Nice. Wipqozn's the best of the bunch IMO

although DarkSlider holds a special place in my heart

Wipqozn

I agree, 100%

oh I'm sure it does

man, now I'mt hinking about my whole internet history

trying to remember the sites I used to be part of..

Mana ಠдಠ

oh my god 800 kbps download speed. I could cry I'm so happy.

Wipqozn

Impressive

I just downloaded the demo myself

a friend suggested it

add you on to the suggestion box, and that's two suggestions, enough to warrant a demo

Mana ಠдಠ

Meh, I'm trying to conserve bandwidth, and it seemed like the sort of thing that I'd end up buying anyways, so I didn't want to download the demo and then have to re-download the whole thing.

Wipqozn

I have to say, of all the online communities I've been a part of, Stack Exchange is by far my favorite

Mana ಠдಠ

1:42 AM

plus, this thread is filled with praise for it

@Wipqozn I'd like to agree with you but the gaming clan that I'm still in is probably my favorite online community

Wipqozn

I see I see

Tim Stone

@Manaಠдಠ Hmmm, I might have to give it a go too.

Mana ಠдಠ

We don't even have a website or anything or play games together anymore but they're still some of the best online friends that I'll ever have

Wipqozn

I was on gamespot for awhile, and I become friends with a few of the members from the off-topic forum. In fact one of them I have on MSN and still talk to today. So gamespot off-topic would be my second place.

Tim Stone

Are we your second-chillest online community?

Mana ಠдಠ

1:44 AM

Definitely @Tim!

Tim Stone

Nice

Wipqozn

based on the demo, I think I just mgiht buy bastion

it should be the perfect length to, to hold me off till the aming promo grant

if I win tropico 4 I'll play that....if not I'm going to play 3, since I never got around to playing it yet

Mana ಠдಠ