The Bridge

@LessPop_MoreFizz The opinion is pretty scathing too, stating that it "...violates basic due process and equal protection principles applicable to the Federal Government"

fredley

@kalina yes daddy

kalina

@fredley ...weird

OrigamiRobot

2:19 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I know, still sad. It's something though.

fredley

@kalina Our relationship has never been anything but weird

OrigamiRobot

And by something, I mean a huge thing.

kalina

we had a relationship?

@OrigamiRobot yay huge things

3

...like skyscrapers

OrigamiRobot

@FREDLEY AND @KALINA HAVE A RELATIONSHIP: DATA ACCEPTED

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LessPop_MoreFizz

yesterday, by LessPop_MoreFizz

What various planets would look like if they were as far away from the earth as the moon is.

kalina

2:20 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I told him he was slow already

also, all evidence has been removed from the star list

Fluttershy

If I was still a room owner, I'd move stuff to android hell.

2

kalina

I AM SO GOOD AT MANIPULATING THE STAR LIST

If I was a room owner, I'd move stuff from android hell

2

Martin Sojka

@fredley That's a silly headline. Jupiter wouldn't replace the Moon; Earth would replace Io (roughly). And Jupiter still wouldn't give a damn.

kalina

STAR LIST: MANIPULATED

Tim Stone

@OrigamiRobot I'm mildly surprised that one or two of the dissenting justices didn't agree with the fact that the actual issue of "What is marriage?" aside, the federal government has no place attempting to sidestep something that has always been the issue of the states.

I'd have to read their opinions to find out why though, and that seems like a lot of work.

Feeds

2:23 PM

StrixVaria has added Fluttershy to the list of this room's owners.

kalina

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo..........................

fredley

If I was a room owner I wouldn't generate stuff that ends up in Android Hell

Martin Sojka

What's "DOMA" again?

OrigamiRobot

If I was a room owner, I'd move Android Hell stuff here!

@MartinSojka Defense of Marriage Act

kalina

@fredley If I was a room owner, I wouldn't either

StrixVaria

2:24 PM

@fredley @kalina no

fredley

@kalina o/

kalina

completely backed up by past examples too

fredley

@StrixVaria I was a room owner before!

kalina

me as a room owner = me behaving, 100% tried and tested

fredley

And during that time no posts ended up in Android Hell!

Shotgun Ninja

2:25 PM

@fredley code-rot

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MartinSojka It's the law that denies federal beneifts (and there are a lot of federal benefits) to same-sex couples that are married in states that allow gay marriage.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot I already said this

fredley

@ShotgunNinja eh?

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Make me!

kalina

@OrigamiRobot I... er...

Shotgun Ninja

2:26 PM

@fredley If nothing gets binned, then that means crap is allowed to persist. Hence the parallel to code rot.

Ben Brocka

@LessPop_MoreFizz Jupiter = OH GOD WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE

Shotgun Ninja

Hey Whip

Feeds

StrixVaria has removed Fluttershy from the list of this room's owners.

2

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy You failed your test.

fredley

@ShotgunNinja I'm not saying I would move nothing to Android Hell, I'm saying I wouldn't post anything that would be a candidate for moving

Shotgun Ninja

2:27 PM

Fair enough.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria He's on mobile.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot He shouldn't make claims he can't back up then.

Fluttershy

I WAS TRYING

2

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria Just being informative.

kalina

also, whoever linked George Barnett earlier, my day has been consumed by listening to everything on his channel

StrixVaria

2:28 PM

@kalina He's so good.

fredley

You get room-owner! You get room-owner! Everybody gets room-owner!

Wipqozn

I remember when I used to be roomowner, back before @LessPop_MoreFizz went on his made tirade.

fredley

@kalina Understand my crush?

kalina

@StrixVaria he is really good

Shotgun Ninja

@fredley BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

kalina

2:28 PM

@fredley hey I didn't say I had the hots for him

fredley

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Martin Sojka

@LessPop_MoreFizz USA are a strange and quirky country indeed. Given that our current foreign minister is openly gay (and in a relationship) I don't see anything like that going over well here despite the fact we're ruled by a nominally Christian party. :D

Fluttershy

Non-mobile chat is terrible on mobile. And mobile chat's features are too stunted.

kalina

@Fluttershy excuses

fredley

@Fluttershy Make a meta post about it. I'm sure they'll listen

SaintWacko

2:30 PM

@fredley I've never gotten room owner :(

Fluttershy

@kalina Switch to a phone to chat. See how you like it.

fredley

@SaintWacko If I was room owner, I'd make you room owner

kalina

@Fluttershy I use phone chat daily

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy I'll be honest I'm not really paying attention to chat.

kalina

If I was a room owner, the first thing I'd do is remove myself

fredley

2:31 PM

@StrixVaria Worst room owner

Shotgun Ninja

I'm a room owner over on SO proper. For both Java (eugh) and C#.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Mmmmeh. The eye-sore messages are out of my view now, so it's whatevs.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@kalina Been there, done that.

kalina

@LessPop_MoreFizz wasn't the first thing you did

Shotgun Ninja

Of course, C# has like fifty billion room owners, so it doesn't really count.

@kalina Wow, you're really pervy today.

LessPop_MoreFizz

2:32 PM

@kalina No, I'd been owner for like a year before I did that.

kalina

A swimming pool full of alcohol sounds like a really fun night

2

Martin Sojka

@ShotgunNinja C# room is full of commies.

Shotgun Ninja

Either that, or I am.

kalina

@ShotgunNinja lies, it's all down to interpretation

Shotgun Ninja

@kalina Just don't get any in your dangly bits.

fredley

2:32 PM

@kalina Drank

Shotgun Ninja

Or flappy squishy bits.

fredley

if-i-were-room-owner

kalina

@ShotgunNinja ...

Martin Sojka

@kalina Beware: ethanol is significantly less dense than water, which means you're very likely to go under.

Shotgun Ninja

Alcohol would burrrrrrrrrrn.

Sepia Lazers

2:34 PM

1

Q: Do we allow questions about unofficial game releases (fangames)?

I'm specifically asking about Pokemon Ash Grey, which is a fan-made hack of Fire Red/Leaf Green, but this question could relate to any complete game overhaul. I have a question or two about Ash Grey I'd like to ask but I am not sure whether they are considered on-topic on Arqade, as I'm not 100...

kalina

@ShotgunNinja you're thinking it through a bit too much

Martin Sojka

Also, yeah, don't swim and smoke at the same time. Or anywhere nearby. ;)

kalina

@MartinSojka I hadn't thought of that one

fredley

@MartinSojka Is a cigarette hot enough to ignite alcohol fumes?

Shotgun Ninja

I'm an engineer. It's my job to consider all possibilities.

fredley

2:34 PM

/joint, whatever

Also don't throw liquid nitrogen into the pool. The cool cloud effect is actually pure nitrogen gas, which will suffocate you

Shotgun Ninja

It's not so much the heat, it's the proximity and how much you drag on it.

tombull89

@kalina As long as you don't accidentally inhale. And just imagine what you'd smell like after

LessPop_MoreFizz

Shotgun Ninja

As you drag on a cigarette, it raises the temperature at the end.

kalina

@ShotgunNinja well done Mr Point-out-the-obvious, 10 points..

LessPop_MoreFizz

2:36 PM

YAY CONTIGUOUS CORNER OF ORANGE

Martin Sojka

@fredley The auto-ignition point of Ethanol is at just 636K, so very much so.

Tim Stone

@LessPop_MoreFizz I blame New Jersey from cutting Delaware off from the rest of the corner.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@TimStone Blame Chris Christie for not signing the bill

Shotgun Ninja

@LessPop_MoreFizz New York and California? Only a matter of time until it's countrywide after that. Go gays!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ShotgunNinja hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

fredley

2:37 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Problem here: gay people wishing to marry are incentivised to move to states where they can, exacerbating the problem.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Congrats on making the most politically naive statement in the history of The Bridge.

2

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz It makes me sad that my state has gone in the opposite direction.

Journeyman Geek

@fredley I think this happened in mexico. The one at gencon was safe since it was a bunch of geeks ;p

fredley

@JourneymanGeek Yeah, there was a video of it happening recently. No deaths, but one coma.

Tim Stone

@LessPop_MoreFizz shakes fist

Journeyman Geek

2:38 PM

ya

@fredley: they used too much

fredley

@JourneymanGeek 4 bucketfuls apparently

Journeyman Geek

@fredley: the safe one was a single wok(!!!!) full

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz What a jerkface.

fredley

@JourneymanGeek I have never seen the word wok given such excitement

Shotgun Ninja

@JourneymanGeek Pro.

StrixVaria

2:40 PM

He's pretending he singlehandedly helped everyone after Sandy. Like any governor wouldn't have done something in his place.

Journeyman Geek

►

Shotgun Ninja

@StrixVaria Have you been to Illinois recently?

StrixVaria

@ShotgunNinja Ever? No.

Martin Sojka

Speaking of ethanol, I love to use that for starting a barbecue. Quick, easy and clean, but you have to know what you're doing, especially if you want to rekindle one.

fredley

@JourneymanGeek huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/19/…

Martin Sojka

2:41 PM

Strangely enough, I've yet to manage to get so much as burnt hair out of it. ;)

Shotgun Ninja

From the Wikipedia page for "Governor of Illinois":
> Four Illinois governors in recent memory have gone to prison.[2]

Martin Sojka

@ShotgunNinja ... the others we prefer to not remember?

fredley

They poured it in while people were in the pool. Cretins.

Journeyman Geek

@fredley: ya, i remember that one. Too much, and stupidity, and drunkeness and...

fredley

Stupid people shouldn't have access to liquid nitrogen

Shotgun Ninja

2:43 PM

@MartinSojka The big one was Blagojevich, who just kept digging himself deeper.

Journeyman Geek

@fredley: alas you can buy it off amazon

Shotgun Ninja

Rod Blagojevich

Rod Blagojevich (born December 10, 1956) is a former American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago. He was elected governor in 2002, the first Democrat to win the office since Daniel Walker's victory 30 years earlier. In March 2012, Blagojevich began serving a 14-year sentence in federal prison following conviction for corruption including the soliciting of bribes for political appointments includin...

fbueckert

@JourneymanGeek Those are not smart people at all.

Shotgun Ninja

He bribed a ton of people to try to take President Obama's former seat in the Senate.

Journeyman Geek

@fbueckert: most of them kept a safe distance ;p

Martin Sojka

2:44 PM

@fredley Stupid people will manage to get themselves killed by liquid water. In bottled form.

tombull89

@JourneymanGeek There's something else you can buy off Amazon. For $1200.

fbueckert

@MartinSojka In which case, we have a Darwin Award!

Shotgun Ninja

@MartinSojka Drink enough and you get overhydrated and die.

Journeyman Geek

@tombull89: yes, but this isn't the comms room ;p

Shotgun Ninja

@tombull89 What else can you buy for $1200?

It sounds like you trailed off there.

tombull89

2:46 PM

@ShotgunNinja It's a The Comms Room joke. No-one knows where it came from.

Shotgun Ninja

or what it was referencing?

fredley

@tombull89 Not even the chat history

Journeyman Geek

@ShotgunNinja: giant barrel of lube

fredley

@ShotgunNinja Almost certainly this

Journeyman Geek

@fredley: bingo

fbueckert

2:47 PM

@fredley Thank you for not one-boxing that.

fredley

Warning: clicking the above will result in your Amazon recommendations being affected

You have been warned

Journeyman Geek

Its one of those running jokes, like me being a small dog.

Shotgun Ninja

@fredley Thanks for warning me AFTER I clicked.

Anyway, who cares. Not like I can't wink it away for anyone who may get offended.

Tim Stone

@LessPop_MoreFizz Heh, and funnily enough they dismissed the appeal saying that the precedent the petitioners cited as support for them having standing actually proves that they don't have standing at all.

Journeyman Geek

@ShotgunNinja: there's always room for water based ....

Shotgun Ninja

2:49 PM

@JourneymanGeek Except when it comes in a giant barrel.

Martin Sojka

@fredley ... like I care? Also, only 10 left in stock!

Shotgun Ninja

And you live in a small apartment.

Journeyman Geek

@ShotgunNinja: put it in a loft, mount it on a wall, use it as a stool!

Put it in bed, spread it on bread....

fredley

@MartinSojka $12,000 worth of lube?

Journeyman Geek

oh wait, this is sounding like a demented kids rhyme

Ben Brocka

2:50 PM

@fredley you can remove items from amazon recommendations

Shotgun Ninja

@fredley I think you added a zero there

fredley

@ShotgunNinja He implied he's buying up the last 10 barrels

Martin Sojka

That reminds me of a QI quote (from E.01): Stephen Fry: "What could you make with an ultrasound rectal probe, a light-emitting tube, bicycle helmets, protective clothing, a huge tub of Vaseline, and a wheel-barrow?" - Jimmy Carr: "I could make you the happiest man alive."

3

fredley

@MartinSojka Now I need to know what the actual answer is

Martin Sojka

►

You're welcome.

Shotgun Ninja

2:52 PM

I would not, could not, in my bed
I would not, could not, on some bread
I can't afford that tub of ....
I can't afford it.... Nothing good rhymes with that.

fredley

@MartinSojka Transcripts are easier

That is a lot of effort to go to to get an elephant pregnant

2

Journeyman Geek

I would not, could not, in my bed
I would not, could not, on some bread
I can't afford that tub of lube
I can't even afford a town bike inner tube

3

Powerlord

So, 2 hours until everyone on Steam has the Steam Trading cards. And possibly the start of the Steam Summer Sale

StrixVaria

3:07 PM

@Powerlord Possible HL3 confirmed.

FEichinger

@StrixVaria Yeh, right, no.

Nathan C

@Powerlord The Steam Summer Sale ...tagline "We'll deplete your wallets just in time for the holidays!"

fbueckert

@NathanC Last Steam sale was disappointing; I didn't buy anything!

Journeyman Geek

lol

fredley

I don't open Steam, and I don't buy things

Journeyman Geek

3:10 PM

isn't buying anything until he finishes BL2. Unless the arena DLC is cheap

Nathan C

I can't buy anything since I have to spend all my savings on my car :(

fbueckert

@NathanC Aww. That bites.

fredley

I sit in my corner, playing Minecraft, telling myself it's all I need

Nathan C

Needs a new engine, muffler, and fuel filter. Plus brakes. Oh, and a new sticker.

Wheee

Journeyman Geek

@NathanC: so, most of the car?

Nathan C

3:12 PM

Yeah, pretty much.

Journeyman Geek

@NathanC: oh, I do need to pick up a hard drive next month

Nathan C

For storing uh...things?

:p

Journeyman Geek

and that eats up the 170ish of 300 quid of spending money I get per month

@NathanC: my backups drive died

fbueckert

@NathanC New engine? Crap, what did you do!?

Nathan C

Backup of the backup?

Journeyman Geek

3:13 PM

@NathanC: oh, pretty much

Nathan C

@fbueckert The seals and rings are all blown out. It's been leaking oil inside the engine and burning off ...like 2 quarts a week.

And I've been driving it ~80 miles a day for work, so that wasn't helping.

fredley

RedRiderX

@fredley Binding of Steve?

fredley

@RedRiderX Mining of Isaac

RedRiderX

@fredley Oh, much better.

Grumpy Lazers

3:18 PM

0

Q: Do I need the Dawnguard DLC to get the dragon plate armor?

I'm ready to install the dawnguard DLC for skyrim because I want to get access to the dragon plate armor, but I did a little research and I'm not sure if dragon plate is in the game or I need to install the Dawnguard DLC.

skyrim skyrim-dawnguard

Wipqozn

Oh, today's the day people are thinking the summer sale is starting.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Indeed

Nathan C

Must...resist...urge...to open steam

fbueckert

@NathanC Won't start for another 90 minutes.

Nathan C

Oh wait, still at work. Crisis averted! Until I run a game and the update news pops up.

fbueckert

3:23 PM

You're safe until then.

Nathan C

Whew.

fbueckert

Offensive flags, please

And might as well destroy the user at the same time.

Journeyman Geek

done

SaintWacko

I'm thinking about going in to best buy today and trying to get the 3DS xl for the sale price it was on last week

I bet I could do it, because the reason I didn't buy it then was that I wanted to try out the 3D, and their floor model was broken, so I couldn't

Unionhawk

@fbueckert commencing destruction sequence

SaintWacko

3:25 PM

So a manager would probably approve it

fbueckert

@SaintWacko The 3D will probably hurt your eyes.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert I understand you.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert It didn't seem too bad, but then I just tried it for a minute or two

fbueckert

@SaintWacko 3D, in general, hurts people because your brain is attempting to parse a 3D image displayed as 2D.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Right

fbueckert

3:28 PM

Once we get true holographic displays, THEN I'll jump on the 3D bandwagon.

Until then, it's a gimmick to sell more junk.

Sconibulus

I remember having an awesome 3D dinosaur game when I was a kid

I think that was the one use of 3D I actually liked... possibly ever

Nathan C

VirtualBoy? Anyone?

Well, wasn't 3D, but still.

badp

3:47 PM

We'll be hitting flag #50,000 soon!

although that number now may or may not include close votes

in other news, Candy Crush's #144 is a big load of balooney

not as big as 133 but...

Ben Brocka

@fredley neat

Grumpy Lazers

-2

Q: Can You Help Me?

I am playing on a map. All the sudden, A gamer tag appears and I have no idea who it is. My gamer tag is white and the green one is not mine. Anybody know who's it is?

world-of-warcraft

0

Q: Does Counter-Strike: Source works in LAN with a normal Counter Strike?

I was considering buying a Counter-Strike: Source on Steam, but first I would like to know if it works in LAN mode (that mode you create a server to play with your friends in a LAN) with normal Counter-Strike.

counter-strike counter-strike-source

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