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5:00 PM
@GnomeSlice We're really getting into the Lenten spirit
 
@badp Actually, there is.
 
@GnomeSlice Military drumming?
 
@GraceNote oh. I wasn't aware
 
@fredley ...Pardon?
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Tattoos

Proposed Q&A site for tattoo enthusiasts, tattoo artists, and tattoo designers.

Currently in definition.

 
It's ultimately just a section of the whole Careers system, which basically covers the full Trilogy. Programing, Sysadmin, and Computer jobs in general. There are graphic design positions, even.
 
5:00 PM
It still shows developer positions though.
 
@badp New UI changed things a bit, but you'll find stuff if you, say, search for "sysadmin"
 
Also, can someone open a meta thread about chat flagging?
I would, but given the topic, I'm not sure there'd be much point.
I got suspended yesterday for saying "shut up".
 
The original meaning of military tattoo was a military drum performance, but subsequently it came to mean army displays more generally. It dates from the 17th century when the British Army was fighting in the Low Countries (Belgium and the Netherlands). Drummers from the garrison were sent out into the towns at 21:30 hrs (9:30PM) each evening to inform the soldiers that it was time to return to barracks. The process was known as ' (Dutch for "turn off the tap"), an instruction to innkeepers to stop serving beer and send the soldiers home for the night. The drummers continued to play until...
 
@fredley Yeah, no, not that.
 
The issue with chat flagging is that it casts out network wide.
So the people who respond aren't necessarily the people with an inkling of what's going on.
 
5:03 PM
In the old UI, though, the jobs were divided in a big list based on what the position was. It used to be that careers.stackoverflow had the programming jobs on top while careers.serverfault had the sysadmin jobs on top
 
There should be some kind of incentive to NOT flag things if you don't really think it's flag-worthy.
Oh, I'm guessing SF = serverfault?
 
@RavenDreamer You need to update your profile, it references absent sharks
 
I'm still amazed that the flag got confirmed, honestly.
@GnomeSlice Yes
 
@GraceNote Hence the requested meta thread.
 
@fredley Good point. I've added Ninja Sharks to my gravatar.
 
5:05 PM
Hey, I'm a yearling on English.SE.
That'll teach them.
 
@RavenDreamer Really? I can't see the ... oh.
 
@RavenDreamer ?
 
@RavenDreamer I'm glad I've left some form of impression.
 
@GnomeSlice Once you see them...
 
@fredley His profile says there's a shark... but I don't see it. :S
 
5:12 PM
 
@fredley Server's back up.
 
@Wipqozn That makes perfect sense
@RonanForman I'm still at work :-)
 
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Q: Combining rocks in triple town

Richard Neil IlaganI accidentally found out that you can actually combine rocks (those things that resolve when you use a gem without a match). Two small rocks plus a gem resolves into a larger rock apparently, with what I remember as 1000 points. If I keep on going on, will this eventually lead to something mean...

 
5:13 PM
That's pinned in the ELU chatroom. Lol.
 
@GnomeSlice Is that nothing but quotes from Dwig?
 
@GraceNote Dwig being?
 
RegDwight
...yeah, they're all quotes from Dwig
 
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Q: Proper Term for 'Herbivorous'?

GnomeSliceSo, given the following terms: Carnivore Herbivore Omnivore I know that that the present-tense adjective variations of the terms are: Carnivorous Omnivorous However, 'Herbivorous' just doesn't sound right. Is this, in fact, the correct way to express this? Or is there a more proper way?

Well, that got a downvote pretty quick.
 
Probably because a dictionary could've answered that
 
5:17 PM
SO.
Maybe I don't have one.
You don't know.
 
@GnomeSlice Yes you do.
 
@GnomeSlice You're on the Internet.
 
If you have access to English, you have access to dozens of online dictionaries, is rather the point. It's been a long time since people needed paper dictionaries.
 
LREHIRKEGJ.VTBRHSKUTJV,NRSTHKVNTRSBJVRSOLTBMVRSTBL,VD.
@Wipqozn Unstar that.
 
I'm not going to take action directly, but I am going to warn you that that is probably why you'll possibly get downvotes or even close votes.
 
5:18 PM
@GnomeSlice That would only work if I was the who starred that.
 
@Wipqozn Who else could it be.
@GraceNote Noted.
 
@GnomeSlice Anyone with a chat account, really. ♪
 
@GraceNote Exactly.
You can't just assume it was me.
 
Well, we can just assume it is you
 
Hello
 
5:20 PM
I'd go as far as assuming it was you if you hadn't already denied the act.
Hi Pubby
 
Hi, pubby.
 
@GraceNote Well, technically I never denied it.
 
No more red shark?
 
How goes the train ride @mana?
 
@Pubby Apparently, the shark is still there, somewhere.
 
5:22 PM
This train has WiFi. Wtf?
 
@Pubby It's still there, you just have to look at it for a while
 
@Wipqozn Hasn't started yet.
 
@Mana They've had that for a while. Didn't I stop in here when I was last in a train?
 
@Mana You haven't ridden the train in a while, have you.
 
@Mana Whereabouts are you training? It's fairly common on long-distance services these days
 
5:23 PM
@GnomeSlice This is the second train ride I've taken in my entire life.
@fredley Ottawa to Toronto.
 
@Mana First one that bad?
 
@Mana That's two more train rides than I've taken.
 
@fredley No, I just never use trains
 
I hate trains.
 
@StrixVaria I like trains
 
5:23 PM
Jan 15 at 2:08, by Grace Note
@LessPop_MoreFizz I dunno. Train internet is pretty... shaky.
 
Anyway, I came here to see if anyone is interested in playing in our DF succession game going on in C++ chat
 
@GraceNote Uh oh.
 
There we go
 
5:24 PM
@StrixVaria Pretend I said this with Francis's voice from L4D.
 
@Mana Hah, almost the same as mine. My trip to the SE office was the first time in almost 20 years since I last used a train
Honestly, though, it was so great that I wish there were more places I could go by train. Welbog also uses the train a lot.
 
@StrixVaria c'mon... ride the train! ride it.
 
HOWOAH THE TRAIN IS MOVING
I am talking to you guys on a MOVING TRAIN.
 
Neatokeeno
 
@Mana ............
 
5:27 PM
@GnomeSlice WOOOOOAH
 
@Mana You don't get out much, do you?
 
@Mana It's so disorienting when the train first starts to move but you don't feel it yet, and then you notice things moving outside the window. So you think everything else is moving but your train is sitting still.
 
@Mana I can wait to see his reaction when he's flying.
 
@Wipqozn Hey, hey. I get out enough.
@RonanForman Wait...they...have Wi-Fi on PLANES?!
 
@Mana: Did you take the train to Ottawa?
 
5:28 PM
@Wipqozn No, parents were passing through Toronto
 
@Mana Yes, yes they do.
 
user30
@Pubby I would, but I am dire at DF.
 
@Mana ah, okay.
 
user30
Also I don't have so much time at the moment.
 
Uh oh, internet's getting shaky.
 
5:29 PM
@Mana Like the train?
 
The first time I ever set foot on a subway wasn't until I was 18.
 
@Wipqozn I was about to say, hah
 
Also, I need to shower and then head out. Good bye for now wonderful people.
 
I was 19 before I rode an aboveground train.
 
@Mana woo! White Queen!
 
5:29 PM
Now tram+train is pretty much the only way I can get around, over here.
 
@RavenDreamer Not too happy about this development, actually. I wanted Jane's dreamself dead.
 
Dutch trains go much faster than most passenger trains I've been on in the US though
 
@RavenDreamer Did you go with the Vita?
 
@Wipqozn Oh come on, I made that joke already. Twice!
 
@RonanForman You'd better edit that, before someone gets the wrong idea.
 
5:30 PM
@FallenAngelEyes I was in my mid-20s before I even saw a train that wasn't hauling freight.
 
@GnomeSlice I can't.
 
@GraceNote Really? I didn't see it. My apologies.
 
@RonanForman Oh dear.
That's unfortunate. Hah.
 
Apparently, when I was 3-4 I used to love Thomas the Tank Engine
 
@FallenAngelEyes My first train was somewhere in Switzerland
@Wipqozn You needn't apologize, haha.
 
5:31 PM
@GraceNote Yes he does.
 
I went to New York as part of an arts trip in my last year of High School.
 
@Sterno Yes.
 
The subway scared the shit out of me.
 
Now that @mana thinks I need to apologize, I won't. Take that @mana!
 
@Wipqozn huarrrrgh.
 
5:32 PM
@GnomeSlice Still scares the shit out of me
 
I can't go in the New York Subway without thinking about Battle Subway, now.
 
@GnomeSlice The NYC subway is scary and disgusting.
 
@Mana Because you're a sadistic fella?
 
@RavenDreamer No, because it was a good source of tension and the most dramatic development that's happened since this Act began, and then it got retconned
 
5:33 PM
@Wipqozn I'm getting good at predicting what videos you link based on the context.
 
@StrixVaria Unexpectedly, one of the cleanest, nicest subways I've been on was in Delhi
 
When I went to Hamburg, only being used to the NYC subway system, I was amazed that it was easier to find my way around there even though everything was in German.
 
@StrixVaria Haha
 
@GnomeSlice Excellent.
 
Do you know much German?
 
5:33 PM
@StrixVaria Europe does trains well
 
passenger trains here usually go from 100kmh-200kmh, depending on distance
 
oh man, I was so lost on the Dutch subway system. I was lucky I didn't end up someplace completely random
 
@GraceNote Ja.
 
I had to ask people at the station when I got off if I was in the right place
 
But it's still not my native language.
 
5:34 PM
Excuse me while I shower.
 
@Wipqozn No
 
and then leave for the day. Enjoy your train ride @mana.
 
@RavenDreamer If you end up getting any games for it that turn out to be awesome, let me know.
 
Oh god! This is from the latest minecraft snapshot.
> Added up-side-down stairs
 
@RonanForman They also added Laputa robots
 
5:34 PM
@RonanForman Yesssssssssss
 
@RonanForman ...and I have my first creative goal in Minecraft
 
How do... why would... upside down stairs?
 
@GraceNote Design?
 
@GraceNote For walking upside down, obv
 
5:35 PM
Oh. For aesthetics.
 
@Mana It actually got retconned? Or He just failed to kill her in the first place?
 
That actually makes a lot of sense.
 
@RonanForman Now I can finally build that replica of that Escher painting!
 
@RavenDreamer Well, given that it clearly said "DEAD" next to her body...
 
Hopefully the train isn't attacked by zombies or something.
 
5:35 PM
I wanna make Escher's "Relativity" now
 
@Wipqozn Didn't get that one.
 
47 secs ago, by StrixVaria
@RonanForman Now I can finally build that replica of that Escher painting!
 
@Mana but. Life! And witchiness thereof!
She got better.
 
@StrixVaria I've been to the M.C. Escher museum here. <3 I spent like €90 in the souvenir shop. >_>
 
@RavenDreamer RET. CON.
 
5:37 PM
@RavenDreamer Nice Andromeda reference, I'm assuming.
 
(Escher was Dutch, for those who don't know)
 
@GnomeSlice Princess Bride.
 
@FallenAngelEyes I've always liked his stuff. I really like the waterfall one for some reason.
And his metamorphosis.
 
@GnomeSlice Princess Bride loser
 
@RavenDreamer That was only 'mostly' dead.
 
5:37 PM
@RonanForman Ah, now I can finally recreate the movie Labyrinth using Minecraft
 
@GnomeSlice IT'S PRINCESS BRIDE
 
I have one of his things across the room from me.
 
@StrixVaria Yeah, I love his work as well. I bought a poster replica of Metamorphosis. :)
 
@GnomeSlice You're right. I guess it was a Monty Python quote, actually.
SHE TURNED ME INTO A NEWT!
(I got bettah)
 
ARGH
 
5:38 PM
@FallenAngelEyes I should totally go there some day.
 
In one of the episodes of Andromeda, a bad guy says "But you were dead!" to Trance, and she says "I know. I got better".
 
@John: Yeah that was it, thank you.
 
Argh, what was his name.
Is was the weasel-like guy.
 
@ArdaXi 'tis in Den Haag, not too far! And you can actually go to Den Haag again.
 
@FallenAngelEyes Is that The Hague?
 
5:40 PM
Gerentex. That's his name.
 
@StrixVaria Yes
 
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Q: How can I evaluate my club options?

MikeAre there clubs worth getting, and does it make a difference? What is the best club to credits cost ratio?

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Q: What weapons/tactics are suitable for high-level Cruisers?

Allen GouldNow that I have my big, slow-moving, tank of a cruiser - four weapon slots fore and aft - what are good weapons and tactics to use against ships that are nimbler than I am? (Meaning, pretty much everyone). Currently, I'm running the following (firing arcs in parens): Fore - 2 Cannons (180), 1 Be...

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Q: What is the direct benefit of levelling up a role?

bwarnerEarly on, levelling up a role gives you new abilities. And all level ups, regardless of role, give you attribute increases (which are somewhat related to the role you chose). But once I stop getting new abilities, what is the difference between being a level 60 Ravager and a level 70 Ravager? ...

 
@FallenAngelEyes Ah, I knew I'd heard the name Korte Voorhout before. Over, and over, and over, and over again.
Yay for voice-enabled public transport.
 
@ArdaXi ...heeheehee...
 
@ArdaXi "Mind Your Step" in Schiphol is another of those that always sticks in my head
 
5:43 PM
@FallenAngelEyes Yeah. I haven't been there in a year, but I can completely hear that in my head now.
 
I've now officially met my question quota for FF13-2. I felt like I needed to stretch a litle bit to get to 8 questions, hopefully they are still worthwhile questions. It didn't help that by the time I got the game, a number of questions already existed.
 
@FallenAngelEyes same here. sat in that airport for too long...
 
@agent86 The inflection is so odd
 
@FallenAngelEyes yeah, it's almost clearly not a native english speaker who recorded it
 
@agent86 I don't think it was even a person. Always seemed kinda robotic to me.
 
5:50 PM
@FallenAngelEyes hmm, possible.
I stared at the train schedule for a good 20 minutes or so before I thought I understood it, and I still got it kind of wrong
at least I managed to get on the correct trains the first time
 
@agent86 The yellow schedules?
 
@FallenAngelEyes yeah. I didn't realize at first that it depended on the day, and I didn't know the dutch words for the days of the week and/or their abbreviations
 
Hooray, I am outspoken
 
Hello from the sky!
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Nihao, skypuppet.
 
5:58 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz airplane wifi?
 
@RavenDreamer this airplane is more full of children than usual. THis is... frustrating.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Where are you flying to?
 
@RavenDreamer this airplane is more full of children than usual. THis is... frustrating.
@RavenDreamer Boulder, CO
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz That's so neat. I've never been able to use in-flight wifi, as it's not offered internationally.
 
6:01 PM
@FallenAngelEyes Yeah, I've gotten spoiled as my last few flights have all been transcontinental domestic, which are the routes that get flooded with that.
@Sterno You accidentally a space.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Hi from a train.
 
@Sterno You had the syntax right.
@Sterno Just no spaces between ]and (
 
@LessPopMoreFizz thanks
 
@Mana Internet while moving at high speeds is the best thing.
this fucking 9 year old is going to break my laptop, I can see it now.
(She keeps reclining and raising her seat. Back and forth. Non fucking stop. God I hate children. Meanwhile the toddler behind me is a seat kicker. Fuck everything.)
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Woah, that's pretty offensive. You technically just said "fuck you" to everybody in this chatroom.
 
6:04 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz Ask their parent to get them to stop?
 
Still, guess that's not as bad as "Shut up."
 
...
Rah, I need to ask more SCV questions.
I'm supposed to ask like 8 or something, for the grant, right?
 
@GraceNote The better question is why dont they just implement rotating blocks like other mods have as of yet...
 
@GnomeSlice Yes
 
@James Well, actually, they're already implemented, just not for every item.
 
6:07 PM
@GnomeSlice Parent refuses to intervene.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz ..... What did you say to them?
 
@GnomeSlice Yes
 
@GnomeSlice Which placed blocks can you rotate in V-MC??
 
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Q: Why are some public squads "locked?"

BlueRaja - Danny PflughoeftWhen my friend and I try to join a squad together, I always have to join the squad first. If he joins it first, the squad becomes "locked" and I can no longer join it. This happens even though he is not the squad leader, and even though he has his squads set to "public." Why is this happening,...

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Q: What's the Point of Upgrading My Horse?

GnomeSliceIn Pixelry, one of the things you can upgrade at the forge is your horse's movement speed. Is there any particular reason I should do this? The game doesn't specifically mention that upgrading your speed will increase your damage, etc, but then again the game isn't entirely clearly translated. ...

 
@James None without using worldedit. But, for example, if you use the 'value' brush to toggle through block values, most of the directional blocks will rotate.
 
6:08 PM
@GnomeSlice "Hi, do you suppose you could ask your daughter to stop reclining her seat? The way she's going back and forth is constantly smacking into my laptop and I'm afraid she's going to catch the lid and crack my screen."
 
@GraceNote Eeek. What happens if I don't, and is there a deadline?
@LessPop_MoreFizz ...And they said no!?
wtf.
 
@GnomeSlice Ah, yeah I know it can be done, I am just wondering why they haven't done it yet... For something that is so easy it would add in quite a bit of customization to the game.
 
@GnomeSlice "We paid for the seat. The seat reclines. Let the kid enjoy herself."
 
@GnomeSlice You don't get permission to join the immediately following one, and if you continue to fail then you just never get grants again. ♪
 
Through the normal interface I mean
 
6:09 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz Words cannot even describe.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I hate children too.
 
@GraceNote Eeeeeee. Is there a deadline?
 
and now, I'm off for shannigans
swoosh
 
@GnomeSlice "By the next grant"
At that point, you making up the 8 questions wouldn't matter because you'd've already been disqualified, so making it up after that wouldn't be able to affect your eligibility.
 
@FallenAngelEyes Did you ever check out 'Inside a star filled sky'?
 
6:11 PM
@GnomeSlice I did
It's... better in concept than execution, I found.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Repeat after me "I paid for this laptop, the screen can break. Let my continue to use it"
 
@FallenAngelEyes Any good? It's $1.60 on indievania right now.
 
@GnomeSlice Come on, step it up, man!
 
@Mana I haven't had a lot of time to play it lately.
 
@GnomeSlice Lame
 
6:12 PM
@GnomeSlice If it's cheap and you really want it and your expectations are low, I say go for it. If you like just experimenting with the gameplay and wandering of your own volition, you will probably like it more than if you're someone who prefers to have gameplay goals, of which there are none.
 
@Mana You are such...
 
@RonanForman Not worth having a fight about on a crowded plane.
the recirculated air is bad enough.
 
@FallenAngelEyes Hm... Hard to say how that works in the context of a shooter.
 
It also can get very difficult to keep track of where you are.
 
But, FUEL is one of my favourite games ever, and it's all about driving around doing nothing.
 
6:14 PM
@GnomeSlice Well, it's not sandboxy in the same way. There's just nothing to do at all, really.
 
Hm. I'll probably pass then.
Also, Wizorb is on sale for $1. Get it.
(everyone)
 
And now the kid across the aisle is singing. Fuck flying during a week kids are off from school.
 
@RonanForman IP?
 
@fredley Same as before.
 
@GnomeSlice It's a nice tech demo, essentially, or an idea pitch. But after firing it up a couple times, I didn't really feel a compelling reason to keep playing. :/
 
6:16 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz Sorry bro.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Why are kids off this week?
 
@RonanForman Hmmm, cannot reach
 
@GraceNote Reading week
 
@GraceNote President's week
 
@fredley Try now.
 
6:17 PM
@Mana 'Kids'.
 
@RonanForman I'm in
 
@GnomeSlice oh
 
Anyone want to join in (Making a Race for Wool map)
 
Wow, Indievania has some really good sales going on some good indie titles. Check out the featured tab, there's tons of good stuff here for under $2.
 
@FallenAngelEyes ...President's week? Since when has it been a week!?
 
6:18 PM
@GnomeSlice HOW CAN I BUY ALL THIS STUFF. HOW.
 
@Mana ...Paypal?
Pre-paid credit card?
 
@GnomeSlice siiiigh
 
@GraceNote It's the week in which Presidents day occurs.
 
And is usually used as a week off for k-12.
 
6:19 PM
I only got a day off, and that was while otherwise getting ridiculous things like "Two weeks of spring break" and "almost all of December off"
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz it was always a day for me
 
@GraceNote That's probably why then
Depends on the district. If you got more time off in December, then that would've ended up as less elsewhere.
Test? Chat died for me for a bit.
 
People are just quiet
 
Also, Cardinal Quest is $1 right now as well.
@James I got the 'this site is offline for maintenance' message... It's only just come back now.
 
@GnomeSlice Oddness.. It just looked quiet but nothing changed to me.. aside from the lack of scroll :)
 
6:38 PM
It just happened again...
When I tried to post, it said 'an unknown error has occured', and on refresh, it's down for maintenance.
 
Ah, I saw it that time with something I had typed. I just hit cancel though.
So thats why the text is green for a little bit...
 
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Q: Why does one side's minion wave push harder than the other side?

JayA little while back, I went into a custom game with a friend to 1v1. Essentially there were no rules and we could push whatever lane we want and to win we would kill the nexus as always. However to start off, we both started the laning phase in mid lane. Neither of us touched top or bottom lane f...

 
@GnomeSlice this happened to me too
 
Oh, hey, so that wasn't just the train internet that died?
Cool stuff.
 

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