The Bridge

Actually, the lack of a consistent one is one of Java's biggest drawbacks. I mean, the main way to handle file uploads in Java is an Apache library that targets a Java version produced almost 15 years ago now.

Which throws all sorts of neat warnings in modern Java IDEs.

FEichinger

@Powerlord We need global standards. We don't need global implementations.

Krazer

5:19 AM

@FEichinger D,:

Powerlord

I still don't know why Apache seems to think they need to target Java 1.4. Java 5 was out in Fall 2004.

More to the point, Google wrote a lot of Java 5 libraries, why didn't that include one to handle file uploads in a Servlet?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Plans for today: Grab MLP Issue #5. Grab T-Shirt paint. Print stencils. Try (very hard) not to ruin my only plain purple T-Shirt. Go for HTML5 meetup.

Ooo, and of course visit the Central National Library along the way.

user15026

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I approve of all these things

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Issue #5 begins a new arc. The premise seems to be a lot more interesting that the previous #1-4 arc.

FEichinger

@Powerlord That would assume Google approved of using Java as server endnode. And I believe they don't.

Powerlord

5:25 AM

@FEichinger Google used to have a very big investment in Java. Which is one of the reasons they decided to use it for Android.

FEichinger

@Powerlord And Android primarily uses it as a client endnode. It's annoying to no end, but that's their stance from what I can tell.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

The return of Nightmare Moon. Which has interesting, since this time it's not Luna. Oh, and of course the ponies will be visiting the Moon.

Powerlord

@FEichinger Guava, Gson, and GWT are server-side technologies.

FEichinger

@Powerlord Good point. Well, it's Google.

Powerlord

Well, Guava can be both... and Gson could be used for both, but GWT is definitely server side.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

5:34 AM

So the sandcastle is completed now

Krazer

@YiJiang'sEvilClone or is it?

(there's no flag!)

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Oh yes, and because of the comic series, Spike riding Celestia welding a giant trident battling gigantic Cockatrice monster is now canon.

Just saying

Lazers

5:51 AM

0

Q: Water station reports 2 different statuses, which is it?

Water station reports 2 different statuses, which is it?

simcity

Lazers

6:27 AM

0

Q: How does the CSGO penalty system work?

So just now i was playing a csgo competitive game, there was an obvious troll on the team, duo q'ing with his friend. He would randomly kill him self (kill in console), or sit ina corner of the map looking at it jumping up and down for the whole round. It gets even worse, I would be somewhere tr...

steam counter-strike-go

Ullallulloo

6:46 AM

@AshleyNunn Like this?

Lazers

7:01 AM

0

Q: How do I get inside the treehouse in the Haunted Tower?

I beat the boss of the Haunted Tower, but it wouldn't let me into the treehouse itself. Instead Luigi just picked up the gem and the way to the boss are is blocked by a spider web in the Hostile Intrusion. Is there any way into the treehouse?

luigis-mansion-dark-moon

Retrosaur

7:33 AM

12k views in a 12 hour span. Now that's what I call profit kaching!

winterswift

8:28 AM

Anybody here? A question is had for someone who knows what they're doing more than I do.

Martin Sojka

@winterswift The modus operandi here is to just ask your question. Even if no-one is on right now to answer it, somebody might come in later.

winterswift

I'm aware, but it won't do me much use later. Anyhow, whatever, may as well.

I have a good solution for:

2

Q: Microsoft Reversi on Windows Vista?

Is it possible to get the old Microsoft Reversi from Windows 2.03? It is a old classic! It looks like this:

backwards-compatibility windows reversi

Except I have no idea how to do it with the official, original, legal Windows 3.1 discs.

Martin Sojka

... open the installation files in 7zip and extract it from there?

winterswift

No, but getting it running in DosBox is more complicated using original floppies.

Martin Sojka

8:43 AM

Then link to this guide or similar for instructions on how to copy and mount the floppies in DosBox. :)

winterswift

What I'm saying is, even if this asker happens to have his 3.1 floppies lying around, and still has a floppy drive, it's going to be a lot of trouble getting it running to play some Reversi. However, a single zipfile which can be found on a site with legacy Windows versions does the job just fine. Proof: i.imgur.com/rj3Me9T.png

I mean, I can certainly link to the guide instead.

Martin Sojka

Then do so. "If you don't have a copy of Win 3.1 on your hard drive already and don't know anyone else who does or can create one for you, >>>HERE<<< is a guide how to do it yourself." should work.

winterswift

Alright.

winterswift

9:04 AM

Whew, answered. Feel free to edit/suggest improvements, obviously.

Martin Sojka

We do.

winterswift

I've been here before, you know. ಠ_ಠ

Just not for about seven weeks.

badp

9:58 AM

Sigh

winterswift

@badp ?

badp

Chat drama

winterswift

I read some of the dramatics with @Retrosaur earlier. Amusing stuff.

Martin Sojka

The worst kind of drama. So ephemeral.

Lazers

10:34 AM

0

Q: Players with illegal copies joining my server

Good day! I have an issue with with people playing illegal (cracked) versions of games I like. Its a personal thing. I want to start a dedicated Terraria server for PVP and building, that I would post in websites publicly. But I have read that cracked clients can join any servers. Can anyone ...

multiplayer terraria hosting

tombull89

No questions on main?

Ah no, it's back

Lazers

11:43 AM

0

Q: Is auto director configurable?

Auto director is a usefull feature in demo player which intends to catch frags as much as possible. I want to know if we can configure this. I mean I want to adjust: Delay time (it has a delay time which helps to progress the game before we see) Changing camera time (to choose how many sec...

counter-strike-go

FAE

This question:

14

Q: How do I make Steam stop broadcasting my activity to everyone?

First off, I don't even know why this option is on by default. It makes no sense. Anyway, I'd like my friends not to be notified when I log in, log out, and, most importantly, start playing some game. How can I achieve this?

steam

is a dupe of this one:

9

Q: Is there any way to hide your Steam status from others?

Is there any way to prevent others from seeing your Steam status without removing them as a friend? For example: If I want to play Borderlands 2 without letting some friends know, is there any way to hide my status to prevent them from knowing I'm playing it?

steam

But the newer one seems to have a more thorough answer

Blem

nothing prevents you from closing old one as a dupe of the new one

fredley

Hi Bridge

Blem

11:59 AM

hi @fredley

fredley

I've been away for a day, it feels like eternity

If I go for more than about 8 hours without giving or receiving a star, I get withdrawal symptoms.

2

Oh God that's better. Thank you.

Blem

no problem

I bought the new THQ bundle and I don't know when i will have time to play it >.<

haven't even played the old one much

I am starting to get to many games >.<

galacticninja

@Blem Some users apparently dislike closing old questions as duplicate of newer ones. E.g. gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/48812/will-followers-drown and gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/82596/can-npcs-drown

Sconibulus

wouldn't you close the newer one as a dupe o the old one?

you can't duplicate something that doesn't yet exist

Blem

@Sconibulus that use to be the rule, but iirc there was a discussion about it and it got changed to the one that has the best answer should not be closed. So if a question survives long enough to get an answer the old one can be closed.

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:16 PM

Oh cool, the guys who made Dark Sky, (aka, the best weather app ever in history) just got a whole lot more ambitious.

fredley

@LessPop_MoreFizz This is awesome

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz It's all pretty and swirly.

LessPop_MoreFizz

If you think it's awesome just looking, you should read about some of the other stuff it does that you might not see just yet.

> We also use this statistical data to generate more intelligent text summaries of the current and forecasted weather. For example: most people don’t really care about things like wind speed and humidity unless it’s exceptional for their location. Using the historical data, we know what “exceptional” is for any time and place, and roll it up into the summaries.

> We’ve gathered hour-by-hour observations from tens of thousands of ground stations world-wide, in some places going back a hundred years. We expose it as a sort of “time machine” that lets you explore the past weather at any given location. We’ve also used the data to develop statistical forecasts for any day in the future

> For example, say you have an outdoor family reunion in 6 months: with the time machine, you can see what the likely temperature and precipitation will be at the exact day and hour.

Also, it has an API for those of you who are NERDS.

Blem

is there an android app?

OrigamiRobot

super-monsters-ate-my-condo-curse-you-tag-limit

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:23 PM

@Blem Just go to forecast.io from mobile device.

Blem

@LessPop_MoreFizz but i need a widgit for my front page, i hate my default one

Sconibulus

I think that works without hyphens

might be more confusing though

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Blem there's an API, so an app is inevitable.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@OrigamiRobot monsters-ate-my-condo?

OrigamiRobot

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I have no idea what the game is.

I just wanted to complain about something.

FAE

12:26 PM

@OrigamiRobot I have that game! It's fun.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Is that like... a spiritual sequel to Zombies Ate My Neighbors or something?

Because Zombies Ate My Neighbors was awesome.

Blem

@LessPop_MoreFizz BUT I WANT IT NOW! :(

OrigamiRobot

@FAE Please accept the tagging responsibility.

FAE

It's an adult swim game.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Zombies Ate My Neighbors

Zombies Ate My Neighbors is a run and gun video game developed by LucasArts and originally published by Konami for the Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis consoles in 1993. The object of the game is for one or two players to take control of protagonists Zeke and Julie to rescue the titular neighbors from monsters often seen in horror movies. Aiding them in this task are a variety of weapons and power-ups that can be used to battle the numerous enemies in each level. Various elements and aspects of horror movies are referenced in the game with some of its more violent content b...

Was the best.

OrigamiRobot

12:27 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I was always bad at the giant baby levels.

fredley

@LessPop_MoreFizz Awesome. Smart move for them to go from product to platform

FAE

@YiJiang'sEvilClone You can't abbreviate it to this because that's a separate game.

Sconibulus

@Blem That is not the video I was expecting

I thought we'd get Veruca Salt

Blem

►

FAE

The first game was Monsters Ate My Condo. Super Monsters Ate My Condo is the sequel.

Blem

12:30 PM

the "full" video

LessPop_MoreFizz

Oh shit, forecast.io/raw

FAE

@OrigamiRobot I'm unsure of a good way to abbreviate it that will separate it from the first game. :/

ManishEarth

You guys have 999220 all time messages in the Bridge. Let's see who reaches 1m!

5

Sconibulus

Do we get a prize?

ManishEarth

@Sconibulus you decide

@badp they want a prize!

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:33 PM

@ManishEarth Goddamnit, this is going to happen while I'm at work.

ManishEarth

@LessPop_MoreFizz Want me to pin that?

(I think you can as well)

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ManishEarth I can.

Also, is this going to be the first chat to hit the 1m mark then? THere are a few others that look close too, but not this close.

FAE

@LessPop You are probably already familiar with this site but I ran into Humans of New York today and thought you might find it interesting.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE Yeah, I am indeed familiar. He is doing A Good Thing over there.

fredley

@LessPop_MoreFizz Ideal

ManishEarth

12:36 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz yep

fredley

There's some interesting Mathematics here

At what rate should I spam chat, given that I will be throttled, to optimize my chances of being the lucky winner?

heads off to Math.SE

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Haha, I should have known better than to try to show you something new about your own city. It seems he hasn't done any interviews in a while though. :( Apparently he traveled to Iran recently.

OrigamiRobot

@ManishEarth I hope it's something silly like "I have two butts"

3

ManishEarth

You're at 999241 right now

EVERYONE SHUT UP FOR A MOMENT

fredley

HA

ManishEarth

12:38 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz thats not

you have to give it a few seconds for the cache to update

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ManishEarth I'll update your cache.

fredley

At this rate, the 1mth message will be 99999

Sconibulus

I wonder what the chances are that someone's going to kick everyone out of the room and delete it at 999,999

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Also, how come you're in TN for so long (if I may ask)? A month is a long time to be in one place for you (in my head at least; I always feel like you're more nomadic than that because of your job).

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE Because there is a lot of work to do in Memphis!

fredley

12:39 PM

@Sconibulus Don't tell @badp

ManishEarth

.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@fredley Why are we skipping one leading 9, but not the other 2?

fredley

@LessPop_MoreFizz Don't ask silly questions

ManishEarth

@fredley it's at 269 for me

You folks shut up for a moment. I can't refresh that fast

fredley

@ManishEarth What?

Why do you need to refresh?

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:40 PM

@ManishEarth your mother is at 2 69.

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Ah, gotcha. Have fun? I saw in backlog that you're... lucky? enough to have gas station sushi at your disposal. >_>

fredley

@LessPop_MoreFizz poor effort

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE It is next to the hotel.

ManishEarth

@fredley the page where I can see the total messages. You guys aren't getting the numbers right

fredley

@ManishEarth UGH

FAE

12:41 PM

Just... ew.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@fredley Your mother is a poor effort.

ManishEarth

You need quiet for about ten seconds before you can get the correct current number

fredley

@ManishEarth 1

ManishEarth

(and you'll need a benchmark if you want to find out who got the millionth)

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ManishEarth Accuracy is overrated.

And on that note, I am off to eat reheated hotel breakfast and then drive in circles around Tennessee.

fredley

12:43 PM

This is slightly more civilised than 4chan, but only slightly.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@fredley something something your mother joke goes here.

ManishEarth

@Sconibulus yep

correct for once

:)

FTFY

Blem

the cake is not a lie!

tiddy

Either is diabetes

Blem

@tiddy it is also Wednesday, so we get candy, long live diabetes!

Lazers

12:56 PM

0

Q: Get to Mega Zone in first 30 seconds of a round?

In Super Monsters Ate My Condo, level 45 (Executive), the 3rd challenge is to reach Mega Zone in the first 30 seconds of a round. I've done this before, the last time I went through all of the levels, and I remember it taking a while before getting the challenge. What boosts are best, if any, to...

ios

fredley

My prediction: @Lazers will get message 1,000,000

4

badp

To the 1,000,000th costumer, a free 1,000,000-messages-long ban!

4

A value of $299, 100% FREE OF CHARGE to the winner!

OrigamiRobot

Can we unban @GnomeSlice for the millionth message?

4

Sconibulus

we are still several hundred away, probably don't need to worry about it too much

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Sconibulus Spoken like someone who has not seen how fast the bridge moves.

Blem

1:10 PM

anyone got experience Warframe? is it any good?

Sconibulus

well, I mean, I think we've got 2-3 hours

well... if @fredley stops spamming numbers : () )

fredley

@ManishEarth Do any other chat rooms have this many messages?

Ben Brocka

EL&U surprisingly has 800k

That's the second highest outside of SO that I see

FAE

@BenBrocka Yeah, they're pretty active.

Blem

how long till @badp hits 100.000 messages?

@fredley I was thinking the same, most likely with some post that gets closed :)

fbueckert

1:18 PM

Good morning, Bridge

Sconibulus

I should probably learn how to play Bridge at some point in the next 30-40 years

5

it seems like something old people need to know

Fluttershy

Good morning, Arqanauts!

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Arqanoids*

SaintWacko

Morning, Bridge

@fbueckert Arqadians*

Ben Brocka

Arqadarqalarqians

SaintWacko

1:29 PM

One of @fredley's numbers spam will probably be the millionth message

OrigamiRobot

I'm just going to spam "first" until it's the millionth message.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Just spam "1,000,000 get"

Ben Brocka

>9000

SaintWacko

@Sconibulus This is going to be a long day

badp

@Blem I already have 100,000 messages

115,079 actually.

SaintWacko

1:32 PM

@badp How can you check that?

fbueckert

I'm thinking I'm going to spend time in the M3U chat instead, if all we're doing here is counting.

badp

@SaintWacko It's the number in the lower right edge of your user card on your profile page

@fbueckert heh

Ben Brocka

91,742 by badp (in the Bridge)

badp

@BenBrocka details details details.

Actually you have a good point there.

→ 22 messages moved to The Android Hell: This Is The Part Where All The Robots Scream At You.

Blem

@badp maybe in total, but not in here

badp

1:35 PM

@Blem Next you're going to tell that I have 100,000 messages in here, but not containing the letter "a."

OrigamiRobot

@badp YOU'RE THROWING THE NUMBERS OFF

badp

@OrigamiRobot YES

OrigamiRobot

:(

Blem

@badp that would be silly! I would use "e". :)

fredley

@badp HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO COUNT NOW?!

badp

1:42 PM

@fredley That's right it, don't count :P

Counting is CHEATING

fredley

@badp @BADP IS WORST MOD

12

Sconibulus

but without a count at least every once in a while, how will we know when 1,000,000 is?

and by that I mean, which specific message

Unionhawk

With a count, I can tell you exactly what the millionth message would be... "1,000,000!!!!!"

Sconibulus

nah, @OrigamiRob would post something about butts

OrigamiRobot

@Sconibulus ಠ_ಠ

badp

1:46 PM

@Unionhawk That'd never be the millionth message. Takes way too long to type.

Sconibulus

copypasta?

badp

CHEATING

fredley

@ManishEarth Updated count please

Unionhawk

@badp You're right. It would be "999999" then "laskhd"

Or some other random garbage keyboard smacking nonsense

Blem

message 1mil will be something like "→ 1 messages moved to The Android Hell: This Is The Part Where All The Robots Scream At You."

7

fbueckert

1:53 PM

Offensive flags, please

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

So, I got the T-shirt paint, the comic, and attended the meetup. Not too bad, I'd say

FAE

sigh I live like 10 minutes from a game development studio and don't qualify for any of their internships. T_T

OrigamiRobot

@fredley I am going to make the public entrance to my base very dangerous.

Sconibulus

aww

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Lava pit?

fbueckert

1:56 PM

@FAE Aww. That sucks.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Parkour course over lava.

fredley

Is there any way of making the opposite of a levitator, that sucks mobs/people in?

M'vy

Hiya. Just a ping to someone in the blog team (@Fae ? @GraceNote?): 1. the room has been frozen for inactivity. 2. I've (completly?) modified one of my long pending draft and it might need a first proof-reading before I go to the final format for publishing.

Sconibulus

@OrigamiRob converting them into biomass?

OrigamiRobot

@Sconibulus ಠ_ಠ

FAE

1:57 PM

@fbueckert Triumph Studios, the people that did Age of Wonders and the Overlord series, are located in the city I live in.

badp

@M'vy Link to the room?

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRob If you do the parkour course, make the last jump impossible.

OrigamiRobot