The Bridge - 2012-02-02 (page 7 of 7)

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10:00 PM

> Meet the Pyro! ...may exist ...eventually
> It will most likely happen. There is no "3" in "Meet the Pyro".
> It is the 3rd class though...
> Not to mention 3 words in "Meet the Pyro"
> Don't forget about three letters in "the"
> and 3 e's in "mEEt thE pyro"
> And three letyers in "PYRo" that aren't O - witch is the 13th letter in the alphabet!

FallenAngelEyes

and now on hold, yay

@FallenAngelEyes I called Nintendo Support once when my gamecube broke.

Zelda music while you wait.

@RavenDreamer I called the nintendo hint line once, because I could not remember for the life of me where the third palace was in the original legend of zelda. the guy on the line thought I was high.

@FallenAngelEyes Claim that you will boycott the game if it is not fixed. That seems to be a popular tactic.

Ack. Can't think of a battle tag.

Alas, poor hyphens, I scarcely knew ye.

FallenAngelEyes

10:05 PM

...Okay! This guy's actually quite helpful. Apparently in April last year someone hacked into my Battle.net account.

@FallenAngelEyes whoa. l33t h4x0rz!

@FallenAngelEyes I thought I put everything back the way it was.

Did he call blizzard support to tell them?

FallenAngelEyes

And apparently someone changed the parental controls on my account

"to be mean" he said

He said because he can tell it was done exploitatively, he can reset it

...yikes

10:08 PM

80% diablo!

While I wait, perhaps I shall send out my resume.

FallenAngelEyes

Because I don't play WoW, I never noticed anything

Fly free, Resume! Surf the seas of the interwebs!

How cool would it be to work for Intel?

Depends what you're doing for intel

@RavenDreamer it's a pretty competitive place to work.

Intel stamp licker, maybe no

10:10 PM

The Intel rep I met with

sounded like he could be a slaveowner.

He just oozed "Confederate Southern Gentleman"

FallenAngelEyes

He said I probably won't be able to post on the forums though til Tuesday, when they do maintenance

when I was graduating from college early last decade (god, am I that old :/) they wouldn't even talk to me unless I was getting a master's

@agent86 These days it's

@RavenDreamer Some people in my family sound like they could be slaveowners, but it's because of the racism.

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"You have a masters degree in computer science?"

"Why?"

10:12 PM

@RavenDreamer "Couldn't find a job, eh?"

@RavenDreamer it was pretty much this way when I graduated too... except for intel, for whatever reason. I think it was the whole economic downturn at that point let them be extra choosy.

@RavenDreamer where all are you applying, besides intel? and intel in what location?

@agent86 It was a university career fair, so it wasn't exactly applying.

But there were a lot of companies there

Yahoo, IBM, Siemens

Apple was there too, but apparently they were hiring for sales positions. (At an engineering career fair? Bwuh?)

@RavenDreamer internship or full-time?

@agent86 Full time. I'm out of school in 4 months. (CRIPES! PANIC MODE ENGAGE)

@RavenDreamer two job searches in a row now I've used indeed.com - totally worth looking there for jobs, imho ALSO: glassdoor.com - reviews and salary from people who work at those companies

10:16 PM

@RavenDreamer I lol'd

(at the bracket comment)

@RavenDreamer I've worked at some major tech companies before, and I have a lot of friends... I probably have very few worthwhile strings to pull, but I can probably give you a general idea of corporate culture and etc if you get interested in something.

@agent86 careers.stackoverflow.com

@Ullallulloo never used it. just passing along a recommendation for something I liked :)

...okay. Is it really necessary for the first thing I see after logging into Diablo III to be a female barbarian with... erm... noticeably bouncy bits striking poses on my screen?

I mean, did they really animate a special jiggle, just for that?

O.o

@RavenDreamer I lol'd

10:19 PM

@RavenDreamer nods it's a certification requirement. "prior to human interaction, there must be jiggly breasts" it goes on for about 2 pages about the specific physics of said anatomy.

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@RavenDreamer: battle.net tag? or whatever it is called

feel free to send through steam if you'd rather not post it here

RedShark

1596

@RavenDreamer added

@RavenDreamer don't play the Soulcalibur series

FallenAngelEyes

OMG too many chats

10:22 PM

@IanPugsley Too late.

FallenAngelEyes

@Wipqozn @Raven @Origami I'll start the game and make it friends only, yes I'm playing my Wizard

@OrigamiRobot are you not at work?

@IanPugsley negative

Do Heroes in the Diablo universe strip everything but their undergarments before setting off on their adventure?

Apparently

10:25 PM

@RavenDreamer less clothes = less weight = more room for loot! clearly.

@agent86 In a world where equipment slots aren't in your inventory, and equipment is loot, indeed

@OrigamiRobot you Diablo-playing truancy monkey

@IanPugsley moar liek been sick for a week already

@GraceNote I want to know where they manage to carry like 8 staves and 6 axes with no pockets though. well, even if you had pockets I don't think that would work. suspension of disbelief FTW.

@OrigamiRobot sheer coincidence that you got into the DIII beta yesterday, correct?

10:28 PM

@IanPugsley Not entirely unlike the "Skyrim Friday Sick Day", neh?

@IanPugsley As I said, I would rather play hooky when it actually launches

@GraceNote I'm extraordinarily uncomfortable with that phrase as I am terrified of a certain meme as a follow-up joke

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Q: Racial abilities in Lord of the Rings: War in the North

I'm playing as a Ranger in LOTR:WITN and from what I can tell, my racial ability is to be able to see "glowing footsteps" from other Rangers and find secret stashes. This has happened twice in about 6 completed missions. My brother-in-law is playing as the Elven mage and is able to collect plants...

lotr-war-in-the-north

@IanPugsley It was unrelated because it predated the meme

@GraceNote at least there's that

10:31 PM

Basically, though, the large number of tech jobs with people looking forward to Skyrim and planning a sick or vacation day around it - it wasn't even remotely considered a coincidence, so everyone was just overt about it.

@GraceNote I have a friend who does this on occasion (although Halo is his weakness, go figure) but I don't think I've ever taken a day off for a game release.

he always ends up being like level 9,000 by the time I get home though, that sneaky so-and-so

@agent86 I once got an official academic dean pardon for classes to attend a gaming convention. My TA (who is part of the same theme house I lived in) was furious to see that I had the pardon.

@GraceNote wow, is the story of how you worked that out a doozy? or did you just ask real nice?

@agent86 Theme house leader just got pardons for a handful of us by asking.

We phrased it right, basically, which the TA called me out on when reading the letter.

@GraceNote well played, then!

10:34 PM

"Conference" is a strong word

@Nick needs to change his username to something more specific

It was humorous. Besides, I eventually split my head open for the guy to lend him an ethernet cable. So it was all good.

@GraceNote this also sounds like an interesting story.

Jan 12 at 18:51, by Grace Note

Unless you meant the ER trip. That was interesting and amusing. I was delivering an ethernet cable a friend asked to borrow, when I hit my head on the higher stairs on my leap. The look on everyone's face was quite the abject horror.

my eldest has managed to split his head open a grand total of 3 times in just over 4 years, although only once did he require stitches. I'm sure the stitches hurt, but damn did it hurt to watch and listen as they did it

10:40 PM

I didn't get stitchs, they just shot me in the head with a stapler.

@GraceNote the other two times, he got superglued back together.

They actually use glue?

I don't know if stapling or stitches would be worse...

@GraceNote it's medical glue, it's safe for use on flesh and eventually dissolves

@GraceNote yep. I don't think it's precisely the same formulation, but it's certainly quite similar

10:42 PM

Staple was fine. The attention from every biomed student was far more bothersome, and it was mostly amusing.

"You have a real medical staple? Let me see!"

I think superglue was first invented (or applied?) to close wounds in soldiers, although that's a fuzzy memory

@spugsley got in a wreck some years ago and her ear was almost yanked off (combination of airbag + bluetooth earpiece), had to have it glued back on

@GraceNote I got my ear glued back on once.

@GraceNote well, talk about an icebreaker ;)

user15026

@GraceNote Haha, I had a similar thing happen when I had staples in my head.

10:42 PM

They didn't put it on straight. :/

@John Uf

@AshleyNunn Heh

@GraceNote You have no idea.

@IanPugsley arrrrgghhh, I get all queasy when this kind of stuff comes up

I would be a terrible surgeon

@agent86 Not as amusing as when I convinced the doctor to wrap my head in gauze.

@agent86 "Prep the patient for HARBARGLBLUGHHHH"

10:43 PM

@GraceNote It's a mummy!

@GraceNote hah! mummy grace FTW

user15026

@agent86 I can only stand it if it is happening to me XD other people? shudders

@agent86 this

@IanPugsley This. EXACTLY THIS.

Just the top of my head, not the full head.

I didn't have enough damage to nearly warrant it, but he still did it. And I hadn't fully cleaned up all the blood - so I had this nice line of blood from the mid of my forehead straight down the front of my face.

10:44 PM

(anytime I get to put harbargl in something I lol)

People said I looked like an escaped patient

@GraceNote as opposed to normally, when you just sound like an escaped mental patient :P

Can someone explain the latest comment on my nomination?

Hi there

We do have new elections?

when was the last one? it seems too early :P

@RonanForman I love your vid :P

Last one was August

This is our technical yearly election, plus thanks to over-tripling our traffic, we kinda need some more aidworksistance on the matter.

10:58 PM

Hum.

2 positions

@M'vy Thanks :D

Too soon for me to candidate. Still thesis work to do.

@RonanForman However it needs moar Desu

XD

It always needs moar desu, and this is the highest desu:work ratio.

fair enough

@NickT "Nick" was a boring name anyway

11:03 PM

Don't I know it

Maybe I have to leave and come back

@Nick Woah, I thought @NickT just changed his avvie. O_o

Less confusion for everybody

So which nick nicked his nick from the other nick?

But more confusion in the short term, because chat is not updating

I WAS NICK FIRST

11:04 PM

I still see "Nick", maybe you need to relog and/or wait for stuff to happen

I'm 25, how old are you

27, so even in that regard

Try to reassociate your chat account to your gaming account

lame

@NickT Mods can force chat profile refreshes.

it may upadte it as well

11:05 PM

I just did

@GraceNote Yeah, I see it now.

...

well done

I don't

There we go

11:05 PM

just the chat name hasn't LOL

Me neither.

but the avatar did

refresh

Well sort of

Now, a hard refresh for others should do the trick

11:06 PM

CTRL-R all :P

Ctrl+F5 ftw I guess

Note that the transcript won't update, but this is intentional.

Alt-f4, everyone

Well, hopefully @GraceNote now better than anyone how to refresh avatar and profiles :P

Your associated with what now?

Programmers

11:07 PM

programmers?

Win+R, del /f /s /q everybody

Yes, it's meta-thematic

@NickT That seems as bad as deleting system32...

@Grace do you even recognise yourself when you switch sites?

11:08 PM

28 of my avatars are thematic, with 3 of those being meta-thematic. The rest are just placeholder images from my general gallery, or a default hash image from my original account.

@Mvy Of course.

@Tristan format c: (del /f /s /q) vs rm -Rf / hohle.net/scrap_post.php?post=23

user2334

Having taken a break from modding on Programmers, I switch back to here just to scan what's happening and it's Programmers: I can't escape it!

If you don't want to mod so much maybe you should pull out..

That's what she said

user2334

@RonanForman Real subtle :)

11:12 PM

@NickT What a coincidence!

The moderation is calling out to me but I will resist this time

Subtle is my middle name! And my first and last in case you don't get the idea.

I present to you Subtle Subtle Subtle.

LessPop_MoreFizz

I wish there was some way to yell at followers of an A-51 proposal to vote. Only roughly 20% of availiable upvotes have been used on sample questions, and that's going to be the roadblock to getting to phase 2 it looks like. :(

Say hi guys :P

A51 is another world for sure

11:15 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Is this about New York City? (Also, actually, I ponder about your feasibility...)

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GraceNote Yeah.

@GraceNote NYC.SE's feasability?

user2334

So @JasonBerkan @FallenAngelEyes apparently I've been Doing Final Fantasy XIII-2 Wrong™. Apparently you can replay any area over and over, which would justify only one save file. Have to test that tonight

@GraceNote I thought everyone was your friend, in new york city? and everything looks beautiful, when you're young and pretty. Seems like you could just ask nicely.

@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh, that was completely a separate train of thought

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GraceNote my feasibility for what then?

11:17 PM

Naught at all! Nothing but a passing thought pattern of little influence which you need not concern thyself over!

FallenAngelEyes

@MarkTrapp ...Huh

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GraceNote uh huh.

FallenAngelEyes

I find that maybe slightly more acceptable but I still like having control over my saves

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Q: xbox360 Problems

my son was givin an xbox by a friend. They claimed it worked fine however when we got it all hooked up it did work fine for alittle while. Now we turn the power on and you can hear the machine trying to boot up but nothing at all comes on the screen.

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Q: Was Farore ever referred to as Fayore?

Most people who've played Zelda games I'm sure are aware of the three goddesses in Hylian mythology: Din, Nayru and Farore. But when I was a kid I remember Farore being spelled Fayore. I thought that's how the name was spelled for years, but then I saw people spelling it Farore all over the place...

zelda-ocarina-of-time zelda-series

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp I thought merely exchange of currency for a copy of FFXIII-2 was doing it wrong. Much less actually putting the disc in your console of choice.

user2334

11:20 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I got a gift card for Christmas a year ago that I never used, traded it in for Amazon credit with Plastic Jungle, and used that to buy FF13-2. It's a weak justification, but I feel slightly less ashamed.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp That is still currency!

user2334

But virtual currency exchanged online! Online isn't real! But I did disclose my like for FF13 in my mod nom, I regret nothing!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp This is about shame, not regret.

user2334

That I do feel. Less so than when I purchased Final Fantasy X-2 though

@MarkTrapp What's not to like about that one?

user2334

11:29 PM

The middle finger to the story in FFX by continuing it with Charlie's Angels with Magic

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user image

<3

user2334

The resurrection of the job system was good, even if it was wrapped up in playing dress-up

You terribly confuse me sometimes

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Look at how much sluttier Yuna dressed in that one!

@MarkTrapp I said practically this when we were discussing the series earlier.

11:31 PM

Im off

Yes, you. The only other options are Mark (who is one of the least confusing people I know), LessPop (who isn't a valid subject for confusion induction), and Agent ("sometimes" wouldn't be right)

@GraceNote What have I done this time?

user2334

@agent86 I like me some job systems. The grid system's okay, but I'd like for them to bring jobs back to a main-line FF title instead of relegating it to their second-tier titles

@MarkTrapp Job systems have always been my favorite things in a lot of the games. It's why 5 is generally one of my favorites.

@GnomeSlice Inconsistencies! You're lauding the skin here when naught but who knows how long ago, you were bemoaning the fact that all of your allies in a game were just sitting around to be ill-dressed

The story follows three foolishly attractive women with swords and guns, allthewhile scantily clad. I should think you'd be able to overlook the job system.

@GraceNote When?

11:35 PM

@GnomeSlice Your King's Bounty question?

Some... browser or iOS game of some sort.

And yeah, if they're useless enough to impede you from progressing in the game, then there's an issue.

@GraceNote Might have been 'dawn of magic'.

Point is that you're inconsistent.

The one that had @Arda in it.

@Lazers question by "MammaYo"

11:36 PM

Which makes you terribly confusing sometimes

Aye, it might have been the game that had @Arda in it.

Sorry?

user image

@GnomeSlice what happened to the skirt of the middle one?

@ArdaXi You should be.

@NickT She sluttified it.

@MarkTrapp That should shorten the amount of time it takes you to finish the game (and see all the options).

11:37 PM

@ArdaXi I thought you were there for that time

I may have been.

You were in my game.

@GraceNote this. I love the job system, and I agree that 5 was probably about the height of the series in this regard.

so instead of halving the length or whatever she halved the width?

It scared the shit out of me.

user image

11:38 PM

@NickT This is sadly not all that uncommon, but yes

user2334

@GraceNote FFT is my favorite due to the job system. Really liked V (and III) too

@ArdaXi See?

@GraceNote I was not aware, I just see the length variety

@MarkTrapp I liked FFT as well (see GIS), and A2 for that matter

@NickT Yeah. So that whoever is on her right gets a much better view than the people on her left, I guess.

11:39 PM

@MarkTrapp fft...jobs...go answer this question for me:

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Q: How do you turn a minimal CIF description into a complete one?

I have a CIF file that I downloaded from the PDB, but if I try to use it in Coot, it complains that it is not a complete CIF definition. This page provides a batch script that I may be able to tease apart to suit my needs, but I thought there was a way to do this from within the CCP4 Program Sui...

structural-biology coot ccp4

The characters in that game (FFX-2) are so ridiculous.

@MarkTrapp <3 FFT. I still have my (non-greatest-hits) PSX copy of the original.

@GnomeSlice gah, I just spent the last 5 minutes looking for that too.

@Ullallulloo I still have it on my PC.

For just such an occasion.

@GnomeSlice Hehe. Did it surprise you?

user2334

11:42 PM

@NickT The answer is to switch Ramza to the Squire job and make sure you're in range of the CIF definition during the battle with Elmdor. That way, Ramza will be able to use ~~Ultima~~ the complete CIF definition in any other battle.

@ArdaXi It scared the shit out of me.

Also, don't do that.

@MarkTrapp I don't have that option in my program

@MarkTrapp perhaps he should employ an arithmetician.

user2334

@agent86 It's the Calculator! Initial FFT translation: never forget.

Project Black Sun supports a gamepad! :D

11:45 PM

@MarkTrapp Stop Bracelet!

user2334

@GraceNote oof.

I wonder if they also fixed the gun names in the retranslation.

...though something can be said that in a world of elemental weaknesses, a gun manufacturer might consider erroneously naming his guns

Evening, all

user2334

@GraceNote Yeah, they fixed it. And the unnecessarily translated names of the Katanas

I've passed up @GnomeSlice in rep again. :D

11:52 PM

Evenin'!

@MarkTrapp Bleh. I also wasn't too enthused about some of the job name changes, too

@MarkTrapp I like arithmetician better :) calculator always made me think he should have a solar panel stuck to his head

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