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12:00 PM
@kalina I am ill, so that excuses any/everything
 
no
this is an outrage
 
@fredley For real?
 
@fredley yes
Mighty Boosh <3
 
@kalina <3
 
12:03 PM
@kalina I'm going to disagree with your disagreence. Also I don't know how to spell that. I'm also not sure if it's actually a word.
 
There are 17 mirrors in the mirror wurld...
 
@Wipqozn shouldn't it be disagreement?
 
@kalina that's probably a word that actually exists that I should have used instead.
Also I don't care what you flag it as so long as the answer winds up deleted.
 
@Wipqozn well, I put a delete vote on it
so go figure
@PrivatePansy while I hate people changing spellings like that, he did add useful information to the post
"another country's spelling" is hilarious though
 
12:07 PM
I'm not sure where all those 'useful information' is coming from. I can't verify them, and the edit summery doesn't tell me anything useful
 
@kalina me too
 
Because he dedicated the entire summery to that one small change it seems like he made the edit solely to change one acceptable spelling of a word to another acceptable spelling of the word
 
whether he did or not, the content added was worthy of acceptance
 
@3ventic where can i see that
 
profile > flag link
 
12:11 PM
are questions about emulator ok?
since emulator implies cracked versions
 
where it says "helpful flags"
depends on the nature of the question
 
@kalina thanks kalina :)
 
emulators do not imply cracked versions
emulators imply emulated versions
 
which can not be bought officialy
 
that could be from legit souces
 
12:12 PM
how?
 
@kalina I don't know, like I said I don't play the game, so I have no idea if he actually added anything useful. He didn't explain why or what he was adding, which was what the edit summery was suppose to be for
 
like running a playstation game by inserting the disc into your drive
 
which company sells roms for emulators?
oh
:D pc can read ps2 cds?
 
you're allowed to create your own roms for backup purposes in some countries as well, from cartridges
and bleem proved that writing an emulator is not illegal
by beating sony in court
 
well ok... my roms are all legit too :D
so if now create questions you know they are totally legit
 
12:14 PM
@PrivatePansy I played it, he expanded on the purpose of research points and changied a spelling of a word to make it American
 
i dont understand why my reputation and responses do not get refreshed after i read them via the red notifier
 
I accepted it based on the additional information/clarification he added, against my wishes regarding the spelling change
@Wandang you're going to have to be more specific
 
if i go to my profile i still have 9 responses open (they are red)
 
American spelling! Yeah! shoots gun in the air
 
@Sterno "yee-haw"
 
12:15 PM
@Sterno hits civilian down the road 'MURICA!
 
@kalina receive a message-> go to your notification box , read message, go to your profile and see that a message is waiting for you
so you go there to responses and read the same message again
 
@FEichinger When we shoot our guns in the air, we always do it northerly, towards Canada.
 
it should be marked as read with the notification box
 
@Wandang sounds like you broke something
problem exists between keyboard and chair
 
@Sterno southeners shoot to north because its tradition right
 
12:17 PM
@kalina No, he's talking about the new topbar and the profile not being synced like that.
 
@kalina Edits which add information are usually frowned upon, and often rejected because of that. Edits aren't intended for adding or correcting information.
 
slave war
@kalina no way
 
Dismissing notifications in the new topbar doesn't dismiss the values in the profile.
 
i will do a meta when i come home
with video for you
 
@Wipqozn I see this as clarification and have no issue with it
 
12:18 PM
The red counts in the profile will remain until you dismiss them through the profile.
 
anything that clarifies anything increases the value of the posts
 
@Wipqozn What ...
 
There's been a few metas about this.
 
Edits are precisely intended for correcting information.
 
@FEichinger Not, really no. At least that's not how we use them on Arqade.
 
12:19 PM
@Wipqozn sadly, none of these are linked in the attempt I had to create a workable FAQ outlining our policies, so as far as I'm concerned they don't exist
maybe a moderator should create a working FAQ with all of our active policies on it
 
@kalina That's nice.
 
@Wipqozn BRB, splitting all Minecraft answers we updated into a dozen different answers ...
 
so that people can't just arbitrarily link random meta posts and claim them as active policy
it's not like much effort is required, I did all the ground work for it already
 
@kalina Hey, wasn't there, like, a candidate running with that exact platform?
I remember something like that... Who was that?
 
@FEichinger I don't know, I stopped paying attention when I withdrew
hopefully one of the candidates I voted for can pick it up and make it happen, what with the tag being restricted to mods only
 
12:35 PM
i should start doing videos for all my scripts
and all my questions
apparently i am unable to explain myself properly :D
 
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Q: Lost Profile on Xbox 360 w/o xbox live

lmooreMy husband was playing COD Ghosts this past weekend. When he turned the xbox 360 on the next day all of our profiles were gone. In memory, we can see 2 saved COD games but they say "unassigned profiles" underneath. We do not play online and are not connected to xbox live as we don't have wifi in ...

 
zzz... o/
 
o/
 
12:42 PM
 
So, the German highest court published their take on re-selling used digitally distributed software: Yep, that's legal. All parts of any license or EULA which say otherwise are void by law. The one who's in charge of distributing the software has to allow the new owner of the license to download it as well as any updates which are part of the license. You're even allowed to break software bought in bulk into parts (turning a 10-seat bulk license into 10 one-seat ones).
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@MartinSojka Go Germany!
 
@MartinSojka jeah for sanity!
 
heise.de/-2104055 <- German news link with details (they'll probably make an English translation later on).
 
12:54 PM
@MartinSojka So I can sell on an app I bought in iTunes?
For example
 
@fredley You have the right to, yes. Now it's on Apple (that's who runs the iTunes store, right?) to actually implement that, or get sued in Germany if they don't (will happen soon enough; there's already a bunch of similar lawsuits "on hold" until this was published).
 
@Martin Important question however: are distributors of software required in any way to provide the infrastructure to help you do this?
 
@Wandang that's the desired behavior, I sometimes miss stuff and catch up using per-site notifications
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Surely it's more a case of they're breaking the law by not providing a way to do this (assuming they are locking down your content with DRM)
 
@fredley that's in no way implied.
 
12:56 PM
@MartinSojka can u give me a link
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yes. Since you're the legal owner of the license now, they are required to provide you the same service as you would to the original owner (... or face lawsuits).
 
german law ftw
nvm i should read the entire chat :D
 
@Wandang indeed
 
The bigger question is how would software companies remove access to the previous owner of the license
 
@PrivatePansy Some of them have the ability to de-install the software if they take it back. I'm pretty sure Steam does (they did have a few cases of refunding purchases, after all).
 
1:00 PM
@MartinSojka Yeah, but that implies some form of DRM. Anti-consumer DRM was never illegal, and a law like this could push software companies to add that to their software
 
Others ... will have to either patch that ability in, or at some point trust their users. But then, if you resell the software and don't deinstall it, you're a dirty pirate.
 
@MartinSojka afaik this is incorrect. i heard that they do not provide the service
 
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Q: Do complimentary experience boosts count for Legacy XP when you are already at max level?

AssylumWhen I am doing my story missions, I constantly get experience boosts as quest rewards. However, since I already level way too fast just by doing a lot of missions, I don't see the point in using them. In fact, I would like to level slower to enjoy the different planets more at the optimal level,...

 
@Wandang Digital distribution sellers don't provide the digital distribution service? News to me. ;)
 
i read it in a news paper like FZ or Zeit or heise
i am not sure
need to dig it up
 
1:03 PM
@MartinSojka basically this means everything will now ship with 100-year-long licenses
(or shorter)
@MartinSojka yes, that wouldn't grandfather existing software
 
@badp Possibly, but it'll also very likely to not fly in courts, especially not if any of them tries to do it retroactively to already sold licenses. Judges really hate it when you try to be smarter than them.
 
@MartinSojka I fear this is just going to cause digital distributors to block Germany...
 
@3ventic They just need to change the EULAs for all new licenses to add a time expiration term. Again, everything that's been already licenses without time limits is grandfathered in and you can't do much about it, but for the new stuff this wouldn't be a problem.
 
@3ventic I hope that it'll cause them to grow the fuck up already and stop treating their customers like shit.
 
@3ventic would not be the first case of publisher avoiding germany to sell
 
1:06 PM
Hell: they probably were just waiting for a chance to sell you even less of the same product for the same price: time-limited-only subscriptions! the German made us do it!
 
but i guess it will take some time so you guys from oversees can enjoy that
usa court needs to take a shot first right?
 
It would carry more weight if the whole of the EU adopted it
 
@MartinSojka I don't think I share your point of view...
 
before it applies to us citizens
 
@Wandang I don't think it'd be illegal to buy a resold copy from Germany
 
1:08 PM
If not being able to resell my Steam games means I get 50-90% sale periods 2-3 times a year, I'm fine with it.
 
so i am gonna build a resell for stackexchangemembers
buy all my stuff
 
It's better than buying used games/licenses for 10-20% cheaper
which I probably won't end up selling anyway
Speaking of which, does anybody want Natural Selection 2 on Steam?
 
i got it already
:P
 
@3ventic That reminds me, I should make apoint to play that more. I bought it ages ago when it was on sale and only played it once.
It seems like a lot of fun, but the learning curve also seems steeper than steep.
 
@3ventic Why?
It's not much different than the accepted answer, except for the wording.
 
"There's no limit before 88" is basically what it says
 
In fact I'd claim it's actually better than the accepted answer since it provides some information to back up his claim.
@3ventic The accepted answer isn't any better, and is in fact worse.
 
I don't think it's an answer, it's more a passing comment based on observation
 
Neither of them should be answers tbh
 
1:15 PM
the accepted answer is worse, but that doesn't make the answer in question acceptable
 
If no one has tested it properly, there shouldn't be an answer to begin with
 
@3ventic I am fine with this.
 
It's only bothering me because it's the only reason the flag number is in the top bar
 
Also, I think they're both answers, just very poor answers.
One doesn't provide any reasoning, and the other is just using anecdotal evidence.
 
Alright, they're just horrible answers
 
1:21 PM
@PrivatePansy Hey neat, what does it look like in portrait mode?
 
This just strikes me as a case of downvote and comment, which I tihnk I'll do right now!
 
Ack I'm about to go mad!
Halp halp!
 
@RedRiderX ...?
 
@kalina Do you play Fallen London?
 
 
1:28 PM
no
 
@kalina Then shoo, you are no help here :P
 
is it a browser game?
 
Yes
 
@RedRiderX go red go mad go red go mad
 
...
But going insane is such a pain
It wastes so much time
 
1:32 PM
@RedRiderX what is your name in fallen london?
 
"redriderx"
What's yours?
 
Flyk
 
Ah ok
Ok I'll send some messages about my night mares
 
Good morning, Bridge
@kalina I have added you
 
There.
@kalina Can you see them?
@SaintWacko can I spread some of the love nightmares love to you?
 
1:37 PM
@SaintWacko what's yours?
 
@kalina SaintWacko
I'm very original
@RedRiderX Sure, I recently spent a bit in the Mirror-Marshes, so my nightmares are low
 
Ah okay
You should have said something!
 
Also: Day 1 without a car
 
Ah darn :(
 
@RedRiderX I sent out requests, and got responses, but I was generating nightmares too fast
 
1:39 PM
Ah okay
 
Both of the ways I make money generate Nightmares on failure
 
Oh I see
The Investigations into the Murder of _______'s Senior Reader take a real toll on the nightmares
@kalina I could only imagine what these calling cards actually look like
 
Why is Mass Effect 1 & 2 on Steam but 3 not?
 
Because EA
 
ah
 
1:44 PM
Maybe since they were already on Steam they didn't bother taking them down
 
It'll be on Origin then.
 
But EA also didn't want to give them any more games they though people would use Origin for
@tombull89 Yeap
 
I got Command and Conquer 4 (boy that was a mistake) through Steam, cheap, and one day I found it in my Origin account. And it's still on my Steam account too.
 
@tombull89 wat
well if it's still in both accounts I guess you can't really complain
unless you are complaining about the game itself
Then you can complain all you'd like
 
Well let's just say I've had less than an hour playtime...
 
1:48 PM
Heh
 
The right sidebar slides out when you hover (touch) the side
 
Ah okay
 
I played a game of CnC 3 with three friends the other day...two GDI, one NOD, and I went with Scrin. The mothership is OP as I remembered.
 
@PrivatePansy Woah how did you do that?
 
@3ventic I've been meaning to post that for a while you bringing it up in chat reminded me to do it.
@3ventic What is that you ask? You'll see! You'll all see!
 
1:50 PM
Post what?
 
@RedRiderX Just your everyday :hover pseudo-class
 
I need to figure out how to use MySQL triggers, brb
 
@PrivatePansy But, on what?
 
#sidebar {
    position: fixed !important;
    top: 0 !important;
    right: -35% !important;
    width: 40% !important;
    background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8) !important;
    transition: all 0.3s;
}

#sidebar:hover {
    right: 0 !important;
}
 
Oooh you don't completely hide it
Okay
Yeah that works pretty well
You might want to do #main { width: 90%} or something though
 
1:52 PM
Yeah, already done
 
Ah ok
 
You could read the CSS, you know :P
 
@Wipqozn Not so much lately, but for a while there 90% of my time in the flag queue was rejecting NAA flags
 
@PrivatePansy Uuum
I don't have that css
 
@Sterno Yeah, I remember you complaining about that before. I thought the problem got bit better but after they clarified the description, but I've noticed a bit of a spike lately.
 
Ah okay
 
@KevinvanderVelden I like it because it makes LoL players look bad and SC2 players look good.
 
@Wipqozn indeed, it is apparently possible!
Course, this can happen in starcraft:
 
Hello, here is your daily prescribed dose of reasons to get mad at stupid racists. That is all.
 
well, you showed starcraft in the first 20 seconds vs lol after 30 minutes
 
@Sconibulus I think it'll usually take less than 30 minutes
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh lord, I was raging about that in /r/subredditdrama today. Someone in /r/conservative was going on about how he's a racist (I'm paraphrasing of course).
 
nobody is happy after Terran Drops, or Swarm Host rallies, or DTs
 
@Wipqozn You linked to a meta post that requires me to now say:
RIP @MarkTrapp
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1:58 PM
@Sterno Sorry :(
 
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Q: Not An Answer flag are not intended for low-quality answers

WipqoznThis has always been a problem, due in part to the Not An Answer (NAA) flag previously having some unclear wording, but Not an answer flags are not intended to be used on low-quality or wrong answers. This has been brought up before, but since the NAA continues to be used not as intended I think ...

 
And the relevant XKCD of the day:
 
Good morning, Bridge
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@KevinvanderVelden I ain't in no damn Cherkee land! I'm in goddamn Powhatan!
 
2:02 PM
@Sconibulus well maybe whoever wrote that comic was in Cherokee land, did you think about that you racist? :)
 
@Wipqozn My view on the NAA thing has changed, too. I was just reading that old, linked post, and I used to be in favor of deleting all the crap. Heck, after reading @MarkTrapp's answer, I'm leaning that way again!
 
@Sterno I'm not all together opposed to deleting crap, in fact I think we should eventually delete it, but the low quality flag should be used for that. Not the NAA.
 
@MarkTrapp is still good at arguing even when not on the site!
 
@Frank YOLO SWAG HO!
 
@Wipqozn is this still about those two "answers" on that tds question?
 
2:07 PM
@kalina That's what reminded me to make that post, but it's not specifically about those ones, no.
 
@Blem Flagged as uhhhg
 
NAA flag being used not as intended is a problem which goes beyond just two answers. It's a common recurrence.
 
@Wipqozn mk, haven't read your post in fairness, but in those instances NAA isn't the right flag for sure - I used mod flags explaining it should be converted to a comment
 
Apr 17 '12 at 20:29, by Sterno
ronnie's next campaign platform could be "im much delete"
Why didn't you run, ronnie?
 
gosh, I might switch to mobile ff instead of chrome just for the userstyles
 
2:10 PM
 
@kalina That's technically also a usage of NaA.
 
@Frank half of the people believe it is, half of the people believe it isn't
 
@kalina It's right there in the description!
 
Personally the biggest improvement the userstyle did for me was sticking transform: scale(3) on the tiny star/reply buttons
 
I've put a comment on @Wipqozn's meta post so that we can actually establish some consensus on how we're meant to deal with these kinds of posts
 
2:11 PM
 
@Frank it depends on your interpretation of "attempts to answer the question"
 
> This was posted as an answer, but it does not attempt to answer the question. It should possibly be an edit, a comment, another question, or deleted altogether.
 
The NaA flag description includes "It should possibly be an edit, a comment, ..."
 
I'm well aware of what the description says
like I said: it depends on your interpretation of "attempts to answer the question"
 
2:12 PM
@RedRiderX Nice wallpaper
 
Home icon could use some work though
 
@kalina It is a proper usage of NAA, but a custom comment saying "Convert" is more helpful to the mods.
 
@kalina If we go purely on the basis of attempts to answer a question, we'd be a generic forum in no time...
Conclusion: Support this feature-request
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Q: Split up the "not an answer" flag reason

Mr ListerI think it would make sense to split up the flag "This is not an answer" into three flag choices: This should be a comment This should be an edit This should be a new question If we had that, it would make it easier (and therefore more efficient) for mods to figure out what to do with answers...

 
@3ventic I'm not completely sure what you're trying to say with this
 
Read the message above.
 
2:13 PM
Frozen Synapse: Red soundtrack available standalone for the first time from http://www.nervoustestpilot.co.uk
 
@3ventic Moderator flag is intended for converting answers to comments.
not every comment-answer should be conveted, and the ones that do can only be handled by mods.
 
@PrivatePansy Hey tahnks
I've got a pretty good collection now
 
I generally use mod flags when I intend for something to be converted to a comment and NAA when I intend to cast a delete vote as well
because that way, my intention is never misunderstood
 
@Sterno Is that not how young people greet each other now a days?
 
I just use a live wallpaper
 
2:16 PM
Hmm
What do you use?
 
@Blem @Frank isn't young.
 
It's very pretty
 
@Sterno Nope! I got into a nightclub on the weekend without having to pay cover!
 
Ah okay
Yeah that's pretty nice looking
 
I went to a nightclub once. It was awful.
 
2:19 PM
@PrivatePansy Nit pick but overflow: scrollable might be nice on that side bar
 
@RedRiderX You're looking for overflow: scroll, and no, it doesn't do what you think it does
 
@PrivatePansy Oh
And derp yeah that's what I mean
 
overflow: scroll forces the scrollbars to appear even if the content doesn't overflow. Of course on mobile browsers this doesn't do anything because scrollbars don't show by default anyway
In chat the JS ensures that the amount of content shown always matches the viewport height, so there's never a 'need' for scrollbars, even if that's undesirable in this case
 
@frank psssssst, you know that usually means the bouncer thinks you're attractive, right?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz The nightclub I went to had, "No cover for anyone 30 or over!"
Not that it mattered; I remembered why I didn't like nightclubs in the first place.
 
2:24 PM
Kinky.
 
Between the pat downs and it being loud and sweaty, it's not anything I really enjoy.
 
@PrivatePansy Hmm okay
It seemed to work in my tests but I didn't really test it to much on mobile
 
If the viewport was really small the JS would run out of things to hide
But what I really want is for the starred messages list to be displayed in full, always, since you can scroll the sidebar as a 'panel', as it were, to display more stuff
 
Right
 
Also, I discovered that there is no media query to detect touchscreen devices
Which would be really annoying in the future, where all screens are high DPI but not all are touch enabled
 
2:29 PM
@PrivatePansy Lol nope
@PrivatePansy Indeed
 
@Frank That sounds like a great night in the right context!
 
@Sterno In the right context, I'd agree, too! Sadly, this was not the right context.
 
night clubs are the right context
also, drugs
 
@Frank not-the-right context is the worst context =[
 
LOUD MUSIC
dancing
 
2:30 PM
@kalina meh
 
@kalina crowded
@kalina TOO LOUD TO TALK
 
@Frank oh well if it was over crowded then that's totally different
 
The area of the club I was in was roped off because there were too many people.
 
0
Q: Map blocking my screen in Hexxit

DiamondKnightWhen I play Hexxit, my map blocks my screen. I can't get rid of it and I can't fix it on settings. Its really annoying because I can't see where I'm going. ![2014-02-03_09.16.13.png] That's my screenshot. It might not show up, but anyway, please help me with this matter. Thanks.

 
@kalina Plus, everyone there was old.
 
2:34 PM
@PrivatePansy Just use big buttons
Lots of big buttons
That's totally enough
 
STOP PLAYING FALLEN LONDON PEOPLE I HATE YOU
 
@OrigamiRobot BUT WHY
WHY NOT JOIN US
JOOOOOOIN UUUUUS
 
@RedRiderX BECAUSE I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS
 
@OrigamiRobot DID YOU TRY IT
 
@RedRiderX BECAUSE ENERGY BASED BROWSER GAMES ARE THE WORST
4
 
2:36 PM
HELLO LITTLE AUTO-CAD-ING ROBOT
 
NO THIS IS ACTUAL YELLING
 
@OrigamiRobot NOT IF YOU ACTUALLY PLAY 5-10 MINS AT A TIME
 
WHY IS EVERYTHING IN CAPTIALS?
 
THATS WHAT I DO
ITS FINE
 
The AutoCAD work I'm doing now is all copy/paste and moving stuff around, so no caps is required.
Yet...
 
2:37 PM
ITS ABOUT THE ONLY GAME I HAVE TIME TO PLAY
 
@Sterno oh, that's terrible
 
@RedRiderX THAT IS THE WORST
 
@tombull89 well, I assumed because of autocad. But apparently we were just yelling
 
@OrigamiRobot I TAKE IT YOU DON'T LIKE STUFF LIKE ANIMAL CROSSING THEN
 
@OrigamiRobot Soon though, soon...
I've always found auto-cad @OrigamiRobot to be best @OrigamiRobot.
 
2:48 PM
@RedRiderX I like Wild World, but not New Leaf.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Well, there goes what little faith I had regained in humanity last night.
 
@Wipqozn You know what's not soon enough? Banished.
 
0
Q: What to do in Pokemon X/Y?

RobotVulpixokay so I've beaten the 'Four and have caught Mewtwo and Zygarde. I've done the Looker Quest, and I'm working on getting all mega stones, and the legendary bird. is there anything else to do on the game? thanks for the help c:

 
@ori I agree 110%
 
@RedRiderX I have problems with games that revolve around real-time and penalize you for not playing every day.
I used to like the idea, but that was when I had free-time.
 
2:52 PM
Also, @ori, you should play mh tongith. @fra and @raven too.
 
And I mean actively penalize you, not in some sort passive "you lost some potential turns today" way.
 
@Wipqozn One week until Lightning Returns!
 
And yuki should find his gamepad
 
@Wipqozn I have some freelance work to do; I may not be able to make it.
 
@fra I haven't even played the first one
In that case we should steal @trent
 
2:58 PM
@Wipqozn Please do so; we haven't played Monster Hunter together in forever.
 
@Frank Again?
 
@Krazer Har har. :P
 

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