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6:00 PM
@MBraedley True...
I don't like the idea of an infinite death loop prank, personally.
Like
That's not a prank that's straight up griefing
 
Today, the wing truck actually came by like it was supposed to.
I am full of meat and breading and various sauces.
 
It could be set to work once, and then spawn the player back at world spawn.
 
And cheese. Because they were covered in cheese.
 
@MBraedley It could be, but it won't.
 
And since the player needs to be online when the prank is being finalized, all they have to do to avoid it is sleep in a bed. Prank plans destroyed.
 
6:03 PM
Ah, true
 
Smash Bros bugs
 
that's a big yosh
 
It is SO big
 
I'll probably draft an answer that points out these things later
 
man, I've forgotten how good Anamanaguchi is.
 
6:15 PM
@Batophobia I think there was also a bug in an earlier Smash, except that the eggs made the character smaller
 
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Q: Can a wheelspin give you a car you already have?

RapitorEverytime you level up you get a go at the wheelspin(slots) which awards bonus credits or even a free car. Can the Wheelspin give you a car you already bought? or won previously?

 
Annnnd so starts todays run on Clicker Heros
Might be the first day I ascend twice :)
 
@Batophobia that's the one
 
== Me
I IZ ZOOPER HAPPIES!
 
6:24 PM
 
!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MY TAPOOOOTER WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO‌​‌​OORKS!
!!! :D :D :D:D:D :D:D:D
 
Haha, Just commented on your Clicker question @Batophobia :D
 
@Batophobia Soo, my laptop died a couple of months ago ('orrible experience, most traumatic for me)
I heard this clicking sound and figured it was coming from the power circuitry, which I couldn't do a thing about :(
 
I thought all the clicker vets in here would be all over our questions.. but it seems most people play and have not figured out that much of the indepth mechanics, just general strategy
 
However, I totally didn't think to check der battery. I swapped batteries today w. the old one, and IT WOOOOOORKSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
6:30 PM
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Q: Does a Charr take her partner's last name when she marries?

StephanMy wife and I are thinking of creating married Charrs, and we think it'd be cool if they shared a last name. However, we're also trying to stick to Guild Wars 2 naming conventions. Is there anything in the game's lore that deals with this subject? Is there any precedent for this?

 
@RPiAwesomeness dancing rats!
 
halp
 
@badp Oh boy.
Are you trying to install Windows 10?
 
6:32 PM
I'm thinking about doing that myself, just for the heck of it...I actually doubt my PC can handle it...
@badp BTW! My Laptop that died? It works! :D
I be on it right nooooow!
 
Wait WAIT! What happened to Win9!?
 
If you can't tell, I'm excited
@James Totally skipped it
 
@James There is no Win9
 
@James Named by the people who named the Xbox ONE.
 
6:33 PM
9 is supposed to be the non-crappy 8! Are they skipping us straight to another crappy windows with out giving us the stable version inbetween!? :(
 
No, 9 is now known as 10
 
9 was too good for the public.
 
10 actually looks pretty good for a Windows version
From what I've seen, I'd definitely use it.
However, I have yet to actually try it
 
Is it meant to be run on a tablet like 8 still?
 
6:35 PM
@James No, that's one of the biggest changes
 
@James They dropped a lot of the Metro UI.
 
oOooo
We get a desktop again? :D
 
Its design influence is still visible, but most of it's gone :D
@James Yeah! and a start menu
 
If they released another windows that didn't work well on desktop, they would probably just lose the desktop market entirely
 
Aw, the Windows 10 preview isn't on MSDN?
 
6:35 PM
"Yay Im a desktop Os again!" - Win10
 
The start menu actually looks pretty good
 
@Koviko Kill it! Kill it dead!
 
yyyesssssss
my computer's finally working
 
@Wipqozn You too?
 
I've been having problems with my GPU, and I finally figured out why. I had the monitor plugged into the motherboard instead of the GPU.
 
6:37 PM
Hooray! We can be now-working-PC bros!
 
I've been so stressed out that I may have damaged my GPU when setting it up, and turns out Just derped.
@RPiAwesomeness high five
 
high five
and
low five
 
Just seems silly to have a separate program for Windows 10 and not just slap in on MSDN.
 
I think I may nuke my Win XP installation and install Win 10 in its place, just to mess about w. it. I never use Win XP anyways
EUFI might an issue though...
Can you install Windows 10 on a non-EUFI system?
'Cause...mine's like 7/8 years old...
 
6:40 PM
279 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 412 MB of archives.
Holy balls. This is what I come back to after not using my laptop for 2 months
 
@RPiAwesomeness launches shellshock and heartbleed probes at you
 
@badp :) I was around for heartbleed, though I need to update BASH ASAP.
Aaaand, I'm installing Xubuntu on my family's school laptop :)
Operation: Linux Convert is a go
 
@badp Pre-regret?
 
I've now got to get used to using my old keyboard again...mainly the media keys
Whoa-kay.
 
@Frank I have no reason to regret yet, but I know I am probably going to when it'll be too late
 
6:43 PM
You know you've got a lot of updates to install when scrolling down the list of updates in update manager lags your PC slightly...
 
@badp Sounds like a good reason not to install it.
 
@RPiAwesomeness aptitude, maaaaan
@Frank It's okay, I've got Ubuntu 14.10 to fall back onto if it needs be
 
@badp I have actually never used aptitude, I've considered it...I should check it some point.
 
>__>
 
@badp lol, bleeding edge type are we?
 
6:44 PM
@RPiAwesomeness oh come on, at this point it's basically release-grade
 
and Unity 8 probably still doesn't work on my hardware
 
10/18 is it?
10/23 is official release
 
oh god
someone in Rome signed up to a website with my email
...on a job hunting website
 
@badp I had that happen with my old e-mail on Facebook.
 
6:48 PM
...and the website sent me her password in plain text
 
I opened it one day and it was full of Facebook notifications for a guy who probably quit Facebook eventually.
 
what the fuck. what do I do now
 
@badp Hack The Planet!
 
@badp Think of it like finding her wallet, but it's got nothing of value inside.
 
@OrigamiRobot WHAT?! WHY?! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
 
6:49 PM
HALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 
@Chippies Eeeevil capslock
 
@spugsley o/
 
@James nah, it helps OrigamiRobot understand what I'm saying
 
@koviko ...so I should bring it up to the cops? :P
 
he speaks fluent capslock
4
 
6:50 PM
@badp The Internet Police.
 
Yes. The internet police will know what to do.
 
aaaaaaaa it's booting
 
They're trained precisely for this kind of situation.
 
@badp There's no turning back, now.
You will never unsee this.
 
@badp OMG Run man, Just RUN!
 
6:51 PM
WHERE
 
@badp ... Good point
 
MY COMPUTER BLOCKS THE DOOR
 
@badp That was a poor Feng Shui choice!
 
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Q: Do herbs grow back?

Uruk-HaiThere are Survival Challenges that require you to collect a certain amount of a specific herb. I'd like to complete these challenges, but I'm wondering if collecting the herbs when my health is full is a good idea. If they don't grow back I'm wasting a lot of healing potential that I might need l...

 
Well it should be facing north right?
Er, north side, facing east
 
6:54 PM
North West facing Kardashian.
Stupid joke, but I'm AFKing anyway so I won't see the grimacing reactions.
 
@Koviko We shall ping them into your inbox so they are kept fresh
 
Peoples. I am feeling worthless today because I can't find a job or even get an interview :(
I think I've been out of work too long and people just pass my resume by
 
@spugsley fight on.
 
can I put freelancing on a resume?
is that a thing?
@Rapitor <3
 
@badp How worketh it?
 
6:58 PM
finding a job is 50% skills, 50% luck.
 
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Q: Is AFK gaming more profitable?

JamesIn Clicker Heroes you will continue to 'earn gold' but not achievements (or progression?) while the game is closed, like when I go to sleep or the like. When I return though I am always amazed at the amount of gold I have earned. Is the amount of gold you earn increased if you close the game dow...

 
throw your resume all over the place; linkedIn, Indeed, careerbuilder, even your area's unemployment system are all good places
 
I'm not sure I can say, @RPI.
 
oooo...I just realized I can now use my Steam account :D
well...my family Windows PC has just finished restoring. I now have to go install Xubuntu...wish me luck :D
 
So, it looks like there's a good reason for calling the new Windows "10": reddit.com/r/technology/comments/2hwlrk/…
 
7:01 PM
@murgatroid99 You mean, O.O, MS actually thought about it?
O.O
xD
 
@RPiAwesomeness They basically announced Windows 9 a little while ago
 
lololol, is 3rd party code screwing with your naming schemes Microsoft? :D
 
@murgatroid99 Man, us lazy Windows programmers sure do cause Microsoft a lot of problems.
 
Eeh, I think Windows 10 sounds better than Windows 9
Dunno why...
 
Microsoft just counts in base 9
 
7:05 PM
@Batophobia Is that the number system where 1 comes after 360?
 
Well, I have Xubuntu LiveCD booting now. That's a good sign
Actually looks very nice
 
@StrixVaria clearly.
 
@StrixVaria No, but One does
 
@StrixVaria I think Microsoft may have reinvented the Numberphet!
 
@RPiAwesomeness numberphet
 
7:06 PM
@Rapitor Precisely
Now, the question is. Download and install Minecraft 1.8 and Steam, or install security updates.
Decisions, decisions
 
@RPiAwesomeness Security updates
Be responsible.
 
@Frank But...I don't wanna be responsible :(
 
Hrm...
 
I wanna stab creepers
 
@RPiAwesomeness Well, nothing I can do about that.
 
7:08 PM
@Frank You're just not trying hard enough.
 
@Wipqozn Says the guy who won't take the bet.
 
@murgatroid99 Then later when they're ready to tell everyone to go screw themselves they'll bring in Might No. 9 nods
 
Xubuntu 14.04 actually looks very nice.
Partitioning Ahoy!
I also need to back up my newly resurrected laptop
 
@murgatroid99 Hahahahahahahahahaha that's hilarious.
 
@Chippies for karma and paragon
 
7:10 PM
@spugsley Sure, why not?
 
@Unionhawk Who knows, maybe it's true :D
 
@RPiAwesomeness I have no doubts. If there's an easier/lazier way to program something, it'll be done that way.
 
@Unionhawk No kidding :P
 
@TimStone I guess I need to figure out a classy way to do it
 
I also need to set up Thunderbird w. my new email...
Boy, losing use of your PC for 2 months really wracks up the issues
I like the new start menu
Not quite as good as Win 7's in this screeny, the menu items are too large IMO
 
7:14 PM
@RPiAwesomeness there is probably settings for it.
 
@OrigamiRobot why?
I have the game almost completed and I doubt I'll reset
 
@Rapitor That's what I'm thinking
 
@RPiAwesomeness How did you do that?
 
@Wipqozn that's windows 10 preview screenshot
 
@Chippies So I can get to the same spot faster!
 
@Chippies Oooooh, okay
 
@OrigamiRobot is it actually that much faster?
 
@Chippies 1% production bonus per paragon
 
I am fairly confident I will have done everything I could do in the game faster than I would if I reset
 
I have 74 paragon
 
7:16 PM
Well, well. Microsoft finally got the memo that Linux and OS X had it right w. the idea of multiple desktops.
 
@OrigamiRobot so, not even twice as fast? great
 
Finally
That is a huge productivity thing for me.
 
You're farther than me
 
I go way faster when I can spread my windows out
O.O
Microsoft actually updated the command prompt in Windows 10.
Mein Gott...
 
@Chippies I mean to repeat my progress faster than the first time
 
7:18 PM
@OrigamiRobot yeah, I know, but will it get you to finish the game faster than it would if you didn't reset?
 
What is "finish the game"
 
@OrigamiRobot get all the technologies and upgrades?
 
Hmm...wonder if I should pick up a refurbish Curcial M4 SSD for my laptop...would definitely increase speed and capacity..
 
what do you do after you get all that?
 
@Chippies Even the ones that do nothing?
@Chippies Reset again
 
7:19 PM
the upgrades and technologies I have don't do anything already
 
@Chippies So what's the point?
 
@OrigamiRobot Kittens is a great game, but I don't see the point in resetting it
 
What's the point in resetting any game?
 
it is the most complex incremental game I have played thus far and resetting seems like a waste of time
@OrigamiRobot most other games rely on resets
 
Holy fuck what
 
7:21 PM
most other incremental games after few resets have insane production bonuses
 
@badp ?
 
I stopped being able to progress, so I made it so I could progress again
 
@badp Did your PC combust suddenly and violently?
 
After rebooting three times, Windows got me through first time setup
 
@badp O.O
 
7:22 PM
...and when that was done I got straight back to my desktop, as if I had just hibernated the computer
 
Wish I had a spare $50
@badp Wow, impressive
@badp Think Windows might become better?
 
Iunno, this was just surprising
Meanwhile, Windows told me to install my webcam software
 
I'd say so
 
I cancelled the setup wizard, and...
 
Yay, I have access to my music again :D
 
7:23 PM
$50 for a 128 SSD seems like a waste if it's new, moreso with recertified
 
!!
@OrigamiRobot I know
I'm putting all my cash into my build right now, no upgrades for this venerable thing.
 
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Q: Original non Steam 1.6 Keys/Download

adolfosrsI'm looking for a way to play CS 1.6 in LAN with computers that don't have permission to connect into Steam. Is really important that this version is a Orinal/Legal one. Is there a solution for this? Any ideas?

 
@GnomeSlice YOU CHANGED!
 
@spugsley Absolutely. If you don't, they'll ask what you'd been doing that whole time, anyway.
 
@Koviko yeah I know they'd ask, I just don't know how to include it correctly
time to Google!
 
7:32 PM
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Q: Why is 3333360 the maximum score of pacman?

chaosAccording to the wikipedia page of pacman, the highest score possible to achieve is 3333360 points. It's called a perfect game and it was achieved by 3 different guys already. What I want to know is: WHY is it exactly 3333360 points? It must be a technical limitation, but this number makes no se...

 
@spugsley uuuuuuuuuuugh
 
@KevinvanderVelden I want to write an article about it but when I try the only words that come out are "fuck you, fuck this"
 
@spugsley which, to be honest, should be the only required response
And every smart person will just go "Jup, that about sums it up"
 
Ohhh Yeah, I am approaching level 100 with a quick pace today
 
7:37 PM
@Lazers Proxy bypass. Generally, we don't support circumventing security measures, correct?
 
I may even ascend 3-4 times depending on how much attention I can give the game :D
 
@Frank I'd say no
 
@RPiAwesomeness can't go wrong with fox stevenson
 
@Rapitor Nope :D
We're Alive FTW!!
 
7:49 PM
@KevinvanderVelden I don't play CS. Can it be played without Steam?
 
@Frank original version is before steam, so yes
 
@KevinvanderVelden So there might be a solution there that will work, if he has a non-Steam version.
 
/cc @spugsley @FAE @AshleyNunn @Other Ladies.
> 5. Boys aren’t into girls who show too much skin, so just shed yours, much like a snake or a cicada—boys LOVE reptiles and bugs! Remember this PUA mantra: Making broad generalizations about his tastes = a surefire way to become his broad.
 
@spugsley What industry? In programming, I just list every contract as though it was a job. But my contracts are typically a few months, each.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Really, the best thing to do if you want to pick me up is to engage me in an interesting conversation.
 
7:54 PM
I've always found getting new jobs to be really easy (as such my resume deliberately doesn't include everything)
But that may also be factors beyond what's in the resume. I'm damned sexy.
 
@Koviko I've done Writing and Photography freelance but my degree is in English.
 
@Frank Sorry, but I think girls are better served by trusting this Reputable Teen Magazine On The Internet. (Actually, Rookie really is a reputable teen magazine on the internet, and also, it's existence is kind of an amazing story in it's own right.)
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I thought this was serious for a second then after reading began chuckling nonstop
 
> ... to make the Republican Party seem “culturally relevant” to “the generation that has their earbuds in and their minds turned off.”
Yes, because this generation totally won't see what you just said.
 
My wife got me a sword for our first anniversary!
Woo!
 
7:55 PM
@StrixVaria Wow! So cool!
 
@Yuuki Probably not. They are too busy trying to figure out where the earbuds go.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz If I ever see a girl shed her skin, I am so totally running the hell away.
@StrixVaria Pics or it didn't happen.
 
Let me try to get a picture of it...
 
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@LessPop_MoreFizz I think this is supposed to amuse me?
 
@Frank seriously? I'd be instantly in love. That's cool as fuck.
 
7:56 PM
@spugsley I subscribe to a newsletter called Freelancer's Union. They talk about freelance writing, a lot. Getting a job is less important than making lots of money as far as they are concerned.
 
@spugsley Whatever floats your boat, I guess.
 
Might be worth a look.
 
@AshleyNunn That is the intention, yes. I found it rather funny.
 
When I was 8, I bought a sword with a naked lady on it
 
@Koviko I'd settle for a stable income rather a giant lump sum.
 
7:56 PM
my dad was like cool, okay
 
But that's just me.
And I don't do freelance writing, so go ahead and ignore what I just said.
 
@Yuuki Stability is just an illusion, at least in America. You can be fired for no reason at any point.
 
@Koviko I actually don't need to make lots of money. The husband has the money covered. I just want to do something fulfilling and make enough to supplement our income a bit and pay off debt faster.
 
@spugsley Have you considered streaming League of Legends?
 
7:57 PM
@StrixVaria Okay, that's pretty cool.
 
@Koviko lol I've never played it. Is there money in that?
 
@Koviko Sure I can be fired for no reason at all. That's why you try to avoid attracting attention from the people who can fire you.
 
I need to look into how to clean the blade. It's a bit smudgy.
 
@spugsley I have no idea, but I hear that's the best game to stream on Twitch for donations.
 
It's not sharp, which is definitely a good thing.
 
7:58 PM
@spugsley lots, but you can make money with youtube/twitch not just on LoL.
 
@spugsley I'd say so, but it requires quite a bit of time investment. Less so if you're female, but that's the gaming community for you.
 
@Yuuki I've only ever worked in small companies with big wallets (investment firms, typically), but I can see where that makes sense.
 
@Rapitor lol I doubt people would wanna watch me play Diablo and that's about all I play these days (until BoI comes out)
 
@StrixVaria Did it come with a scabbard?
 
@spugsley If you're female. Sounds sexist, but it's true :|
 
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7:59 PM
@StrixVaria Oooh, very nice
 
@Frank No, but it came with a wall mount.
Which is probably more appropriate for what you should be doing with it.
 
@StrixVaria Any idea if it's actual carbon steel? Or just a prop piece?
 
@spugsley If you have a webcam, and turn it on while you play, and curse and scream at the game a lot, you'll make a few bucks. It's sadly sexist, but also definitely true, considering how entertaining your BoI stuff was an age ago.
 
@spugsley It pays to play a game with lots of players & viewers. Like, Guild Wars 2 would be an awful choice. The best streamers get 200 viewers at max.
 

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