The Bridge

8:11 AM

Sometimes classic Dr. Who is the best. Doctor parks the Tardis in the Louvre, towards the end of the serial John Cleese and a lady I don't recognize from anything (Eleanor Bron) are seen critiquing the Tardis as a piece of art.

badp

Today's table flip:

function countDocuments() {
var count = 0;

for ( var i = 0; i < user.documents.length; i++) {
count++;
}

return count;
}

user58869

@badp what is this?

fredley

Lol

Pity there isn't a switch block inside the loop too

user58869

why not function countDocuments() { return user.documents.length; }

badp

What if in three years' time you need to count some documents triple?!?!?!

user58869

8:17 AM

i want to get an xbox one, but there seems to be a very limited selection of games available for it

5pike

@Alex I would wait for more releases.

also for a price drop

Arperum

8:47 AM

@badp I suggest renaming the function to facedesk

Lazers

0

Q: How often do artifacts appear in Temple Run 2?

Do artifacts appear based upon time, distance run, or something else like that? Also I've noticed I seem to get artifacts faster when there are holiday artifacts to collect. Is that also a variable? If anybody knows the spawn rate of artifacts that would be nice.

temple-run-2

Kevin van der Velden

ALMOST LAN LAN LAN LAN LAN LAN LAN LAN LAN LAN LAN LAN

Lazers

0

Q: What happens when you level up in Temple Run 2?

I know that when you get to level 9 you get a gem powerup or something, but what happens at other levels? If you get past level 9 do you get a prize or something?

temple-run-2

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden ALMOST PPM PPM PPM PPM PPM PPM

Also, my code works!

user58869

9:13 AM

@Arperum code?

Arperum

9:24 AM

@Alex I'm a programmer. I write code that preferably works. This one piece finally does.

user58869

@Arperum what does it do?

FEichinger

@Arperum "works" or " "works" "?

Private Pansy

5pike

4

Lazers

0

Q: Bloodskal Barrow won't appear

I am on the dawnguard quest 'rings of blood magic' i have obtained the ring that quadriples khajit claw attacks and gives +100 health, but Bloodskal Barrow won't appear on my map, i have tried repeatedly activating and deactivating the quest but there is still no marker.

skyrim-dawnguard

Private Pansy

9:39 AM

@5pike Hey, as long as it doesn't set the user's hair on fire and bring about the apocalypse I'm sure it's A-ok

5pike

@PrivatePansy Just call it a feature and be done with it

Lazers

0

Q: How do I get the platypus in Deponia

I am trying to reach the other side of the green water in Deponia where there is a platypus, a fork and some other items but I am not sure how to get there. Thanks!

deponia

Arperum

@FEichinger Bit of both. I've neglected to ask for clarification from the client on a certain point, and just took the simplest option. because fuck ASP.

@PrivatePansy Now I want chocolate. And all my chocolate is at home :(

Arperum

10:06 AM

Belgium is doing stupid again... Seems like the government is "actively" going to pursue people who do couchsurfing or the like, for some reason it isn't allowed...

Martin Sojka

Spammy spammy spammy spam

Arperum

@MartinSojka sharpened rock thrown

5pike

@Arperum da fuck? Is it in violation with a law?

Arperum

@5pike Seemingly. You seem to have to register to allow tourists to stay at your house, and then you need to have a fire extinguisher avialable, and signs indicating where the exit is or something.

5pike

@Arperum shenanigans ...

Arperum

10:17 AM

There are elections in ~a month, so all politicians are going crazy and mad.

5pike

@Arperum Well, whoever proposed this surely gets many votes from hotel owners

Arperum

@5pike And no votes from anyone who does this. It's also dumb as fuck. Seriously.

Martin Sojka

@5pike Votes signed on Euro bills.

5pike

@MartinSojka Yeah, that too

Arperum

I don't do couchsurfing, but right now I kind of want to, just to spite this retarded law.

Oh, wait, there are friends coming over this weekend, do they count as tourists? And are thus required to follow this stupid law?

Martin Sojka

10:20 AM

Tourists are just friends I didn't meet yet.

Arperum

@MartinSojka Exactly.

Trent Hawkins

@Arperum like, readily available or just somewhere in the house? because a fire extinguisher is probably something a house should have anyway (although mandating it in this way is just silly).

Arperum

@TrentHawkins probably readily available.

Trent Hawkins

@Arperum gotcha.

Arperum

@TrentHawkins I think I might add a ridiculously large sign above the door "EXIT HERE" and another one on some random wall "DO NOT EXIT HERE".

Lazers

10:27 AM

0

Q: How do you catch a fairy in a bottle

Everytime I try to press the y button I set the empty bottle to, it makes the beep sound, can I even use the empty bottle at all?

zelda-link-between-worlds

0

Q: How do I sell my Elder Scrolls?

These Elder Scrolls are useless after the quests, and they weigh 20 each, I know after I complete the Dawnguard side of the quest I can sell them to dexion for a dissapointing 6000 gold, and I had also noticed that Urag in the Arcanium inside the college of winterhold will take the Elder Scroll(D...

skyrim skyrim-dawnguard

user58869

10:48 AM

@5pike when gears of war or an xbox 360 emulator comes out for xbox one i will immediate get one

5pike

@Alex you mean backwards compatibility?

user58869

@5pike yes... i'm aware that they have different types of cpu so i'm not holding my breath

5pike

@Alex It's really a shame that they don't have that feature. Would be a great selling point, because if your 360 dies, you could get a new xbone and still play your old games.

More games would also not hurt =P

user58869

yeah, come to think of it i can't understand why they broke away from the xbox 360 like that, must be something to do with how much it costs to produce the hardware, or maybe there are other reasons

Private Pansy

List of animals with fraudulent diplomas

Animals have been submitted as applicants to suspected diploma mills and, on occasion, admitted and granted a degree, as reported in news and magazines. Animals are often used as a device to clearly demonstrate the lax standards of awarding institutions. In one case, a cat's degree helped lead to a successful fraud prosecution against the institution which issued it. Cats Colby Nolan Colby Nolan is a housecat who was awarded an MBA in 2004 by Trinity Southern University, a Dallas-based diploma mill, sparking a fraud lawsuit by the Pennsylvania attorney general's office. Colby Nolan belon...

This... this is a thing

5pike

11:02 AM

> In one case, a cat's degree helped lead to a successful fraud prosecution against the institution which issued it.

HAHAHAHA

user58869

my cats should get degrees, they deserve some kind of recognition for their achievements

user58869

Martin Sojka

11:21 AM

@PrivatePansy "List of animals with diplomas" isn't, sadly.

Lazers

0

Q: What directx do you need to play games old like x-com enforcer?

I can't launch this game - x-com enforcer, i googled and added DEP SETTINGS in control panel, but another solution is to install corresponding directx for old games made around 2001-2

xcom-enemy-within xcom-ufo-defense directx-9

Private Pansy

3ventic

> it’s a particular honour since dear, sweet, little Hettie died about a year ago.

haha

5pike

@PrivatePansy ... Mario?

Martin Sojka

One of the linked articles is also good for funny anecdotes:

Non-human electoral candidates

Non-human electoral candidates have been found in a number of countries. Often, the candidacies are a means of casting a protest vote or satirizing the political system. Other times, it is simply done for the entertainment value. Electoral regulations may explicitly require candidates to be human (or equivalent wording), or may require candidates to do things which animals cannot reasonably do (such as sign their name legibly on a legal form). On some occasions, however, animals have been accepted as candidates, and have even won office. Examples * Incitatus, the horse of Caligula, who i...

I especially like this one: "In 1967, an Ecuadorian foot powder company advertised its product, Pulvapies, as a mayoral candidate in the town of Picoazá. Surprisingly, the foot powder won by a clear majority." Ah, 1967. When few people had internet and most could be actually surprised by such turn of events. Nowadays, it's just trolls trolling.

Arperum

11:32 AM

1 hour ago, by Arperum

Belgium is doing stupid again... Seems like the government is "actively" going to pursue people who do couchsurfing or the like, for some reason it isn't allowed...

Private Pansy

@Arperum Couchsurfing, as in, sitting on a sofa and surf the web?

Martin Sojka

Can't you guys just go back to having no government? Wouldn't be any worse, it seems.

Arperum

I found out who is pushing this nonsense. And it's one of the more popular parties...

Private Pansy

Also, a moth just flew into my coffee...

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Arperum

@PrivatePansy couchsurfing as in sleeping with unknown people when being a tourist.

Martin Sojka

11:33 AM

@PrivatePansy It was probably the only dark place around it. "Finally! I found some dark hole I can fly through to go to sleep!"

Private Pansy

@Arperum Oh. That. Is that something they can actually regulate?

Arperum

@MartinSojka Rest assured, I'm convinced that we are back to no government in a month.

@PrivatePansy Seemingly. They are trying anyway.

Because elections next month, and last time that resulted in one less government for more then a year.

5pike

@Arperum They can make a law, but I'd be surprised who will be enforcing it

Arperum

@5pike They said they are going to try to enforce it. Or that was announced.

Private Pansy

Singapore has a law against male homosexual acts. The government has never, except for one occasion, attempted to enforce it. Mainly because doing so would be a terrible breach of privacy.

5pike

11:36 AM

@Arperum The wording of the law would be very interesting - if it is only applicable on tourists or everyone...

Private Pansy

The law is still kept on the books to appease the religious conservatives

Arperum

You seemingly need to do the following: have a safety exit, signalisation to the exits, fire extinguisher and smoke detector if you have less then two rooms you let people sleep in.

@5pike Only tourists, friends are fine.

Private Pansy

Oh, I love Untrusted. This is my ("cheating") solution for level 13 i.imgur.com/ifWM0ei.png

5pike

@Arperum Well, when an enforcer guy comes in to check, the tourist is your friend

Martin Sojka

Private Pansy

11:38 AM

The game prompts you to employ a pathfinding algorithm. I just programmed a giant D-pad for my character to stand on to move the robot.

Arperum

@5pike Yup. that would be my idea too.

@MartinSojka That is actually impressive.

Private Pansy

@MartinSojka Let me guess - the deadline was never set, so it defaulted to the first of January of 1970

Oh, 1900, according to WolframAlpha

Arperum

I didn't know a system existed ~114 years ago to digitally upload files.

Martin Sojka

@Arperum I just love Prof. Richard Bartle's blog. He always manages to dig up the most hilarious occurrences from his college job.

... or the story how he ate bear.

5pike

> if the rest of this trip is a disaster, it doesnt matter. Today, I ate bear.

Wonderful

tombull89

11:45 AM

@MartinSojka wat

Does anyone remember the name of the screen-recorder program, a bit like FRAPS, but it continually records and when you hit a button it saves the last 30 seconds of video?

Martin Sojka

I think Fraps can do it as well.

user58869

@tombull89 shadowplay?

user58869

comes with nvidia graphics cards

user58869

i used it once, it's really good

tombull89

@Alex could be it, but I'm on an ATI card

(should have mentioned, sorry)

3ventic

11:51 AM

@tombull89 Fraps can do that

tombull89

I've had a look through the FRAPS options, doesn't seem to be

3ventic

@tombull89 It's the loop back buffer thing. It's not too good, though...

user58869

@tombull89 found this

user58869

AMD alternative to nVidia's Shadowplay

Newly Opened Proposals for Entertainment

1

Five9 API's

Proposed Q&A site for developers utilizing the Five9 API's to create innovative extensions to the Five9 solution.

Currently in definition.

5

Laws

Proposed Q&A site for experts in the law, and those who want to find our more about specific local, national or international laws, or those who want to find out about concepts regarding laws in general. The site is not for specific legal advice.

Currently in definition.

4

Students

Proposed Q&A site for students. They can ask questions like "how to" - score more, "how to" be attentive, can ask for solutions to problems regarding student's life etc..

Currently in definition.

1

Hindi Language

Proposed Q&A site for proposed Q&A site for students, teachers, and linguists wanting to discuss the finer points of the Hindi language. Also for students having questions about Hindi, and translation questions from any language to Hindi.

Currently in definition.

1

Hackintoshs

Proposed Q&A site for people trying to install Apple's Mac OS X on normal PCs.

Currently in definition.

tombull89

12:05 PM

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment well that's gonna last

@Alex I'll take a look, thanks.

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:20 PM

2

user15026

Weird, my star list is not existing at the moment.

Private Pansy

amazon.com/Phoebe-Her-Unicorn-Heavenly-Chronicle/dp/1449446205

Well that took long enough

Ronan Forman

Oh mobile chat. I haven't missed you one bit...

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn what is it like to live in a cold, lifeless void without stars, without light, without joy?

Private Pansy

@LessPop_MoreFizz I replaced mine with a unicorn. It is so much better now.

user15026

12:27 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz It is pure sadness.

user15026

Also, it looks like I am alone here for my entire shift.

Private Pansy

I missed the notice. What is your new job again?

user15026

Grading bets for a sportsbook site

Frank

Good morning, Bridge

Lazers

0

Q: How to move items in a furnance only when there is space

i have a electric furnance (and a steam dynamo and a puverizer) in my pipe system, to automatic transform or use items. At the beginning I lost many items because the furnance was full and the dropt out off the pipe. Now i have this setup: But i don't like it.. i search for a way that the it...

minecraft-tekkit

0

Q: How do I move this account-bound booster to an alt?

Most of my characters got boosters on my account anniversary, including one character who's too high in level to take advantage. I would like to move the account-bound booster from that character to one of my low-level alts that didn't get one, but I don't see any way to send this to my bank. How...