The Bridge

Sterno

5:00 PM

or maybe Canada is the best United State

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Well, I'm also partial to the hunting horn.

fbueckert

@Sterno Neither of those statements make any sense.

Sterno

@fbueckert Neither does any sentence including "best" and "pony", but that doesn't stop anyone.

Unionhawk

@fbueckert They make sense to Americans.

OrigamiRobot

fbueckert

5:01 PM

In one, we'd take you over, and we don't want you. In the other, you take us over, and that doesn't work.

OrigamiRobot

This one has a little microwave indicator for temerature

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer I don't know much about the Hunting Horn, it's one of those things that never fully drew my curiosity to learn on.

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot Dammit, now I want breakfast, and breakfast isn't served anymore today

>.>

OrigamiRobot

@Unionhawk IHOP

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot I DON'T HAVE A CAR/A CONVENIENT IHOP TO GO TO

Raven Dreamer

5:02 PM

@GraceNote The important bit is the ability to self-improve to run around at full speed with weapon out.

Arperum

@Unionhawk Because it is evening

OrigamiRobot

37 secs ago, by OrigamiRobot

@Unionhawk IHOP

I could go to IHOP every day if someone would go with me.

Unionhawk

@Arperum It's 1 pm here. TIME ZONES HOW DO THEY WORK

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot Doesn't ring a single bell. Europe here and all.

@Unionhawk They should get rid of these.

Grace Note

@Arperum It ain't the NHOP.

Unionhawk

5:03 PM

@Arperum NO

OrigamiRobot

@Arperum Breakfast all day. Open till midnight.

Arperum

@Unionhawk Everyone has the same hour, some parts of the world just have different working/sleeping hours then the rest.

Unionhawk

@Arperum That's way too compliacated. So is spelling, but I can't be bothered right now.

Raven Dreamer

@OrigamiRobot I'm down. Let's do it.

Also, 24 Hour IHOPs areound these parts.

Grace Note

24 hour IHOP is only real IHOP.

OrigamiRobot

5:05 PM

@RavenDreamer I've seen those. The Motherland.

Raven Dreamer

Oh, crap.

I should have invited @Jin out to lunch today.

OrigamiRobot

IIRC, the one in my hometown is 24 hours.

Unionhawk

I've never seen a non-24-hour IHOP. Those exist?

Arperum

@Unionhawk At least noone over the internet would be confused anymore when there is said "I can play at 7PM" Because it is the same for everyone.

Unionhawk

@Arperum It's not that confusing... you just know to add 5, for example.

OrigamiRobot

5:07 PM

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot ಠ_ಠ

Good thing the one in my hometown is 24 hours - WAIT I DON'T REALLY CARE THAT MUCH IF IT'S OPEN BETWEEN 3 AM AND 7 AM

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot It baffles me to think there are ones that can get away with only running in the morning.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote Eh?

Powerlord

@Arperum OK, seriously, Daylight Saving Time exists because governments kowtow to businesses and basically force everyone in an area to change their clocks so as to not change the "9-5" working hour standard.

Yet still have places open later during summer

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot I could understand stopping before dinner time but going up until noon and closing before a big meal period just seems inefficient.

Unionhawk

5:10 PM

@GraceNote There's a place (not an IHOP, an "Original Pancake House") around here that I think is only open weekend mornings.

It might be open all mornings. Even still...

fbueckert

@Wipqozn One of the neat things that Rune Factory added was "soil quality". The more you use it, the longer it takes to grow things in it.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote Where are you seeing open till noon?

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot Oh, misread.

OrigamiRobot

12AM is midnight

Arperum

@Powerlord DST is made so people get a better sleep pattern, but it is proven that it only works for a couple days. And I would love it if we got rid of it. since I always forget to change my clock.

Grace Note

5:11 PM

I thought the middlemost one was 12:00PM.

OrigamiRobot

@Arperum What? DST only hurts sleep patterns.

Unionhawk

Also, me getting food right now would require me putting pants on, and, again, I can't be bothered

OrigamiRobot

@Unionhawk That's the spirit.

No pants is best pants.

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot Yup. But I remember reading somewhere that it was supposed to make people have a better sleep time.

OrigamiRobot

I have never read that.

fbueckert

5:13 PM

Maxis nixes any chance of bigger cities

Jason Berkan

I am eternally thankful that I've never had to suffer through DST.

Unionhawk

@Arperum It existed because back in the day, work hours were from X time in the morning to dusk. So DST extends these hours when they need to be extended

OrigamiRobot

Everything I know says it originally had to do with farmers and harvesting crops.

fbueckert

Mostly because, "Our engine is too complicated to handle anything bigger!"

Raven Dreamer

Glad I dodged the Simcity bullet.

Hope Sims 4 is better.

Grace Note

5:14 PM

@Arperum How is it defined as a "better sleep pattern", do you recall? I could only see it in the perspective of "lining up sleep with the new 9-5 schedule".

Powerlord

@Unionhawk It's an unnecessary solution by government to a social problem.

Unionhawk

I present to you, the book of all knowledge on DST:

Daylight saving time

Daylight saving time (DST)—also summer time in British English— is the practice of advancing clocks during the lighter months so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. The modern idea of daylight saving was first proposed in 1895 by George Vernon Hudson and it was first implemented by Germany and Austria-Hungary starting on 30 April 1916. Many countries have used it at various times since then. Much of the United States used DST in the 1950s and 1960s, and DS...

Shiester

Thank god its friday, 'cuz its time for some Video Games!

Grace Note

@Shiester It's you again.

Unionhawk

3 hours ago, by fredley

OMG

Shiester

5:16 PM

@GraceNote haters gonna hate

Unionhawk

(if that got anyone, you deserve it)

(because that was the laziest)

Powerlord

@Shiester Yeah, lets pl... wait, I'm still at work.

fbueckert

@Shiester Always is time for video games.

I pity the fool that can only play on Fridays.

OrigamiRobot

Should I eat a peanut butter and banana sandwich or a pizza?

Shiester

pizza

always

fruit is 4 bads

OrigamiRobot

5:19 PM

Fruit is the best

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot Sammich.

OrigamiRobot

I'm not crazy about bananas in general though

Powerlord

@OrigamiRobot I just ate a peanut butter & jelly sandwich and a banana.

OrigamiRobot

Citrus fruit is where it's at.

Unionhawk

All right! I'll get out of bed and get food. Jeez

OrigamiRobot

5:20 PM

Pizza is dangerous because I am likely to forget it's in the oven until it's too late.

Raven Dreamer

@OrigamiRobot I am eating a pizza.

So ask yourself:

Do you want to be like me?

Powerlord

Well, do you punk?

OrigamiRobot

A conundrum.

Powerlord

@OrigamiRobot I have this wonderful device called a "Kitchen Timer" that I take with me

It counts down until the time the pizza should be ready

OrigamiRobot

@Powerlord I have no such thing.

@Powerlord Also, I don't have a set time to cook the pizza

Powerlord

5:22 PM

@OrigamiRobot You should get one, they work great.

Plus, if it's not done, you can set the timer for longer and check again.

FEichinger

Stop talking about food. My fridge is empty and I have no money.

Powerlord

@FEichinger And whose fault is that?

fbueckert

@FEichinger And your bank problems are still in the process of being straightened out?

Powerlord

(he said, with expectations that the answer was somehow the US Government)

FEichinger

@Powerlord Government, yes. US, not so much.

@fbueckert I did get that straightened out. But apparently my student loan doesn't pay for the next month because they're still missing documents. So, after paying back the other thing the state wants money from me for, I'm now at almost zero balance.

Powerlord

5:24 PM

@FEichinger Pssh, it's always the US Government's fault.

FEichinger

The bit that I have left has to cover server costs and the like, so I'm not touching that. :/

OrigamiRobot

I guess the question is: What goes best with Vanilla Coke?

Powerlord

@FEichinger server... costs?

OrigamiRobot

Because that's all I have to drink.

Grace Note

I still say sammich.

Sterno

5:25 PM

Haven't seen @kalina all day, and the FBI just arrested Dread Pirate Roberts and shut down Silk Road. Coincidence?

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Powerlord

@Sterno She was here after Roberts was arrested.

Sterno

@Powerlord You ruin everything.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote Peanut butter and soda do go well together. The fizziness helps unstick the peanut butter.

Shiester

@Powerlord used to be you get one phonecall. Guess times have changed.

FEichinger

@Powerlord Yes, server costs. Rent, to be precise.

SaintWacko

5:26 PM

Someone should make a really hyped up game called Down, and release it on a Friday, so everyone can talk about how they gotta get Down on Friday

4

Powerlord

@FEichinger I just... find it weird that you're prioritizing this over food.

Shiester

@SaintWacko oh you.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Re: your friends from earlier. Perhaps what you were trying to express was something like, "They have judged the SnS and found it lacking".

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer The SnS is to MH what the Machinegun is to Suguri, basically.

fbueckert

@FEichinger Bleh. Cheap food for awhile.

OrigamiRobot

5:28 PM

Well, whatever I don't have now, I will have for dinner.

Grace Note

It was mostly a serious conversation up until I brought up your question about the switch axe, at which point they broke up into falling onto the ground in laughter and being unable to get up.

FEichinger

@Powerlord Meh, I can live off a couple of bucks per week, it's not that bad.

OrigamiRobot

So I guess it doesn't really matter

Grace Note

Which explains the apology I was giving that started that whole discussion we had here.

FEichinger

But I'm in a bit of a pinch right now, is all. (Also, if I were to cut the server costs, I'd also cut income in the big picture, so ... Kinda can't afford that.)

fbueckert

5:28 PM

@GraceNote In Tri, it probably was.

I don't think it's the same in 3U.

They've tweaked the damage formulas.

Shiester

Beautiful, gorgeous, and tasty.

Generic, plain, its bread with stuff in it.

FEichinger

... Yeh, no, I'm out of here. Just, no.

Shiester

Pizza's the winner man. You want pizza.

Grace Note

@fbueckert I believe they're talking about 3U, actually.

Sterno

Waiting for the first CSI-type show to hilarious misuse the concept of bitcoins.

fbueckert

5:32 PM

@GraceNote They were saying the exact same thing for Tri.

On a damage basis, SnS might be slightly under the other weaponry, I freely concede that point.

Grace Note

It ain't just about damage.

fbueckert

It has the ability to use items while out, though, which more than balances for the slight reduction in damage.

RedRiderX

@Shiester Is that an egg that's in there?

Unionhawk

@Shiester You clearly don't have anywhere to get good sandwiches. I pity you.

Lazers

-1

Q: Final Fantasy VII: What Accessories to Run With?

what accessories should I be running with Cloud, Barret, and Aeris? Or what would you recommend? I just arrived at Rocket Town. I'm on the PC platform so I couldn't tell you how close to disc 2 I am.

final-fantasy-7

Sterno

5:38 PM

@GraceNote reminder: Last week you told me you were planning some follow-up on this this week

@Lazers I'd think the problem with that would be due to clarity, not due to it being a recommendation

James

@Shiester Sammich!

Sterno

If it were clear what he was trying to accomplish, it would be an answerable question that makes sense for the site.

fbueckert

@Sterno And if he clarifies, I'll happily retract the vote.

Right now, it's a recommendation question.

Sterno

@fbueckert What are the qualities of a "recommendation" question that make them off-topic?

fbueckert

@Sterno There's no right answer.

It turns into a popularity contest.

spugsley

5:41 PM

ALL I WANT TO DO IS WATCH BONES

but my in laws are going to be here in like 3 hours

Sterno

@fbueckert Should this and this be closed?

OrigamiRobot

@spugsley You should be listening to the rest of Night Vale

fbueckert

@Sterno Those are the very definition of good subjective.

Grace Note

@spugsley Watch with them.

Ullallulloo

@Martin Sweden and Norway look similar though.

fbueckert

5:44 PM

Look at the whole question, dude. He's not encountering any difficulties that we're aware of. All he's going is, "Hey, I'm here. What should I be using?". Which is completely opinion-based.

Sterno

I completely agree it should be closed. I'm worried the close-reason as stated won't help him understand the distinction.

fbueckert

@Sterno I tried to help him with his previous question.

Powerlord

Neat, I just found out that Visual Studio 2010 update KB2526044 followed by installing VS2010 SP1 will hose intellisense in C++ projects.

Grace Note

I'd just focus more on the part that "This is practically a non-question".

fbueckert

He just kinda took one of the questions from his first one and pasted it straight into a new question.

Powerlord

5:45 PM

The fix being to install KB2526044 again

Sterno

@fbueckert I didn't read that question. I was mainly just trying to see how close we were to being on the same page before I left a comment. Pretty close.

fbueckert

@Sterno And if he's willing to describe exactly what the problem he's having/goal he wants to achieve is, if there actually is one, I'll happily vote to reopen.

Sterno

Of course, @sevensideddie beat me to it while I was talking in here.

Ben Brocka

Pokémon Bank will be released on December 27th in the US for a yearly fee of $4.99!

Tweeted by pokejungle on October 4, 2013 at 5:44 PM

If that thing can transfer pokemon between carts (and generations down the road) easily and efficiently that's an awesome price

Unionhawk

Ben Brocka

5:48 PM

I doubt I'll need it for storage per-se, but I'm sure some well

fbueckert

@BenBrocka It will most likely be a requirement for tournaments going forward, I'm guessing.

Powerlord

@BenBrocka Pokemon WeFiguredOutHowToChargeMonthlyFeesToMakeEvenMOREMoney

Sterno

Honestly I kind of feel like that ME3 soldier question is a shitty one

Oh, it actually is closed. Bonus

Ben Brocka

@Powerlord $5 a year is pretty minor for a pretty sweet sounding optional service

spugsley

@GraceNote nope. I'm chain watching to get the inevitable boning in season 6

Sterno

5:50 PM

Closed almost a year later. Weird.

Jin

@RavenDreamer i waited outside of the pho place.. in fact, i'm still waiting now

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert Probably I assume they check it for hacked pokemon

James

Bah, I can't get the image to onebox

i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7511262720/h29ADD721 will have to do

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Which makes sense. A small but significant percentage of competitors in some tournaments were found to be using hacked pokemon.

Ben Brocka

Not sure how they check for hacked pokemon that aren't hilariously obviously fake like wonder guard spiritombs

fbueckert

5:53 PM

@Sterno I rest my case. The user has made ZERO effort to conform to our standards. He's just copying and pasting straight from his other question.

Gaming Topics From Outside

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Q: How difficult would it be to make a private server of an old 2d MMORPG

I know it's been done several times before but I'm not sure where to start. The people I knew aren't in contact anymore. The game is called The Realm Online and it's going nowhere fast so I'd like to host a server for old friends to play and experiment with.

2d hosting gaming

Lazers

-1

Q: Which Character Most Geared For Healer Role?

I am going to need a utility/healer when Aeris dies. Who do you suggest I replace her with? I've pretty much run a party of Cloud/Barret/Aeries most of the game because it works well to my play style and I faceroll everything that isn't a boss. I don't even want to get to the point where she dies...

final-fantasy-7

Sterno

@fbueckert He's made >0 effort. He edited his original question and broke it into 3, as kotekzot's comment suggested. He just didn't read or listen to your suggestion

I mean, be fair... when you're new here, the whole good subjective/bad subjective thing can be pretty confusing. We still argue about it.

fbueckert

@Sterno Yeah, we definitely still do argue.

Sterno

@fbueckert :)

Trent Hawkins

5:57 PM

@BenBrocka It depends, there are a few easy to miss/screw up details when trying to hack in a pokemon - like catching them on a route where they don't exist.

fbueckert

But if someone's going to give you advice, it's usually a good advice to at least try to follow it, rather than just going, "Meh. Ctrl+C, New question, Ctrl+V."

I don't call breaking out a multi-question question, effort. That's par for the course.

That's the minimum standard for asking things here.

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