The Bridge

@MadMAxJr I never loved Firefly the way everyone else seems to. Like it was good, but it wasn't nearly as good as general nerd nostalgia seems to make it out to be

Sterno

I'M LOOKING AT YOU DOCTOR WHO

fredley

@Sterno That's because you lack the cultural context

GnomeSlice

5:04 PM

@Yuuki found it, reading now

originaluser

I tried to watch Doctor Who but I couldn't get into it

Yuuki

I'm actually not that surprised it got cancelled, it was waaaay too trippy for the average viewership.

MadMAxJr

@AshleyNunn It was decent, it was some fresh ideas, but it didn't get to finish any of them.

Wipqozn

It also made me hate all the stupid reddit fanboys that hated on big bang theory,a nd claimed it crowd was "smart humour"

No, it's actully really dumb

user15026

I liked a lot of the new Doctor Who, until series 6 or so

user15026

5:05 PM

Now I am bored

fredley

@originaluser It's a kids show, and low budget. A lot of why people love it is nostalgia, and a kind of love for the tacky/crappyness of it.

SaintWacko

IT Crowd was funny, but it certainly wasn't "smart humour"

fredley

It's almost ironic, but not quite.

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn That's because it got terrible at series 6

Sterno

Let's all just agree that CSI:Wherever is the pinnacle of television.

user15026

5:05 PM

@fredley I love Classic Who for those reasons

MadMAxJr

IT Crowd just made me feel better about working IT. Perhaps not so much comedy as therapy. :(

fredley

@SaintWacko It's a hell of a lot better than TBBT though

exactly

originaluser

@fredley That's fair, I guess I just don't really go for that style. It's fun to mess with Doctor Who fans by making things up and claiming it happened in "the old doctor who" and they should know about it

SaintWacko

@fredley I've only seen a couple episodes of TBBT, but it looks really stupid

Sterno

The highlight of IT Crowd was "I'm disabled"

fredley

5:06 PM

Doctor Who with big budget CGI and not-terrible plots would be...wrong

Wipqozn

@Sterno What about Here comes honey boo boo?

Sterno

Brits excel at uncomfortable humor.

fredley

@Sterno I just chuckled out loud.

@Sterno Watch The Inbetweeners

I can't watch more than an episode or two before the anxiety overwhelms me

MadMAxJr

@Wipqozn Okay, when this room claims you are 'the worst', you're reinforcing the stereotype right there.

originaluser

I don't have a hateboner for BBT or anything but it just seems to be a really mild show. People have sent me clips of the real zingers and it just doesn't seem very fun

GnomeSlice

5:07 PM

cliqueclack.com/tv/2009/10/29/…

sadness

fredley

@Sterno Most uncomfortable thing I've ever watched I think. The lead character was at school with me, so a lot of it is based on those experiences, which probably doesn't help.

Unionhawk

@MadMAxJr Just let him dig his own hole

He'll reach the core pretty soon

MadMAxJr

I went to college with a person like Sheldon off BBT. Very smart, likes to lord it over others, does not understand people. You do not move IN with people like this.

fredley

@Wipqozn America does really excel at find the lowest common denominator

Sterno

THE INBETWEENERS IS A SHOW ABOUT @FREDLEY: DATA ACCEPTED

Apparently I forgot how to backtick or something

fredley

5:08 PM

@Sterno This is surprisingly true. Watch it.

Sterno

Someone is watching John Oliver in my office

About 50 feet away

and I can still hear it

GnomeSlice

> However, when it became clear that ABC wasn’t going to give us a big summer launch and not be promoted as well as we wanted, I was encouraging the studio not to sell it and go to Syfy. And in fact they did go to them, but they did it too late and after we already aired two episodes. I said, ‘would you guys buy this if we pulled it from ABC and give it to you for free on rerun and buy us into a second season?’

> But then you’ve already aired and you’re taking the wind out of Syfy’s sails, because they can’t promote it as ‘their’ show. And Mark Stern [Syfy Exec VP of Original Content] was very interested in it, but once it aired on ABC you lose your caché. And you’re done. But we could have survived on Syfy and done many seasons.

;_;

Sterno

GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER AND PUT ON HEADPHONES, SLACKER

MadMAxJr

The end of last nights John Oliver is golden

He keeps up his FIFA promise

Wipqozn

@fredley It's their superpower

originaluser

5:09 PM

Kitchen Nightmares was a perfect example of US vs UK for me

user15026

@originaluser Oh, this is a really good example, yes

originaluser

US might still be entertaining but it's much more dramatic and silly

user15026

Gordon Ramsay's UK shows = great

user15026

His US stuff = screaming angry crap

originaluser

UK version is very interesting and more in depth

MadMAxJr

5:10 PM

As an American I apologize for what we did to The Office.

Sterno

I feel like the character arcs in reality TV never pay off!

originaluser

@AshleyNunn Yeah... that now infamous Amy's Baking Company episode was just hard to watch

fredley

@originaluser US version is ridiculous and I love it

Mostly to boggle at the absurdity

Unionhawk

@fredley FOX is a ridiculous network with some really dumb shows

originaluser

I'd like to see them double down on the US version's premise

fredley

5:11 PM

@Unionhawk And some great ones

Unionhawk

But mostly dumb-at-the-core shows

Sterno

I'd probably be able to get into British TV more if everyone dropped those ridiculous accents.

STOP TIMING OUT MY GEMS OF WISDOM, SHITTY WORK NETWORK

MadMAxJr

@Sterno To them, we're the ones with the ridiculous accents.

UniKitty

@Unionhawk There is a whole page dedicated to you here

fredley

@MadMAxJr This is true

Sterno

5:12 PM

@MadMAxJr Impossible

user15026

@fredley I got bored, especially when it comes to Hell's Kitchen

fredley

Relevant

@AshleyNunn I only watched a couple of seasons

Unionhawk

@MadMAxJr Nope, I am from Ohio, this is how they teach radio people to speak.

fredley

And I watched them drunk with my housemates which helped

originaluser

@Sterno I bet you hate the accents in the recent Dragon Quest stuff, too

You monster.

Unionhawk

5:13 PM

I am the most provably not-accent-have possible

GnomeSlice

@Yuuki wtf that ending

user15026

@fredley It started out more awesome but now it is just another reality tv show where peopel all yell at each other and screw up stuff and Gordon Ramsay hates everyone

user15026

It's not really about food anymore

fredley

@AshleyNunn It used to be about food?

Sterno

It's mostly that I can hear them sticking "u"s into everything. It's terrible.

Unionhawk

5:15 PM

Fox actually sends the eliminated people to a week of therapy and psychiatric evaluation

Sterno

@fredley What's weird to me is the concept that comedy series are short to avoid filler. IT'S A COMEDY. IT'S ALL FILLER.

Unionhawk

@Sterno moustly, intou*

user15026

@fredley It tried?

fredley

@Sterno That's...not how we view comedy

@AshleyNunn Ha

MadMAxJr

Anybody else watch the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals Friday/Saturday?

StrixVaria

5:16 PM

@MadMAxJr I tried to but they didn't know how to YouTube.

fredley

@Sterno Really great comedy is an art, and no amount of cheap gags and laughter tracks can approach it.

Wipqozn

I think the solution to bad TV it to just read books.

Sterno

@fredley I'm not clear how adding more episodes of IT Crowd would suddenly make those episodes "filler".

MadMAxJr

@StrixVaria Robosimian from JPL was a fantastic thing to watch.

fredley

@Wipqozn You're school librarian's dream child.

Jason Berkan

5:17 PM

@Wipqozn As of last week, I no longer have cable. It has been a non-event.

Wipqozn

@JasonBerkan Yeah, I haven't had cable since I moved out on my own. I don't miss it at all.

Sterno

You know, unless they're shitty

Wipqozn

I have netflix and internet. That's all I need.

fredley

@Sterno Because you'd run out of class A material and start having to use class B

StrixVaria

@MadMAxJr I watched like a team overview video or something that included that one. I was wondering why so many teams used humanoid robots and then that team made a ton of sense.

Sterno

5:18 PM

@fredley I'm not sure I agree with the notion that "6" is the highest number of "Class A" material comedy episodes that can be created in a year.

BUT MAYBE

MadMAxJr

@StrixVaria Robosimian got classified as a humanoid robot because it can take the form of one. :D

fredley

You can't just bash out episodes of something like that once you've got the formula down.

@Sterno relevant

Unionhawk

irrelevant

Sterno

There were definitely some IT Crowd episodes I yawned through.

UniKitty

Look at this room in the future here. Is this a bug?

fredley

5:20 PM

@Sterno IT crowd isn't A grade material to begin with tbh

Black Books though

originaluser

@MadMAxJr I didn't but a while back I saw this Japanese robot challenge where they all tried to build stupid robots that didn't work which then fought to the death

fredley

You should all watch Black Books

StrixVaria

@fredley This has led me to an article about Naruto: The Abridged Series which sounds pretty promising.

Sterno

Black Adder season 1 was awful

Season 2 was gold

fredley

It's about a book shop owner who hates everything

@Sterno 3: silver, 4: gold

user15026

5:21 PM

@fredley This sounds like a thing I would like.

fredley

@AshleyNunn You would like it Ms Nunn

Unionhawk

@fredley So @OrigamiRobot as a book shop owner?

Sterno

@fredley Sounds right

fredley

@Unionhawk But drunker, and more Irish

Unionhawk

Heh

Sterno

5:21 PM

Knightmare

Knightmare is a British television programme for children and was broadcast on CITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994. An adventure game show, Knightmare involves a team of four children – one taking the role of the sightless dungeoneer, and the remaining three acting as their guide – traversing a medieval environment as they attempt to complete a quest and exit the dungeon, using their wits to overcome puzzles, obstacles and the unusual characters they meet along the journey. The show is most noted for its use of blue screen chroma key (an idea borrowed by Tim Child from weather forecasts...

fredley

And with Bill Bailey as his assistant, who loves everyone

Sterno

Knightmare is the single greatest thing British television has produced.

fredley

@Sterno The nostalgia you hold for the shittyness of this is the same reason people love Dr Who

Black Books S01E01 - Cooking the Books

►

Actually that's a terribly cropped version

You can probably do better

originaluser

The guy in the thumbnail looks a bit like Louis CK

user15026

@fredley Then I will make a note to check it out at some point when I can

fredley

5:27 PM

It's on Netflix here, but don't know if it's overseas

Unionhawk

checking

Jason Berkan

@fredley Use Hola!

Unionhawk

Hulu Plus, looks like

SaintWacko

@JasonBerkan Ha

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: No more sugar canes

I've found all the sugar canes in my world and used it now I've got none to grow. How on earth do I get sugar cane now?! I've looked everywhere for a solution but still no sugar canes. Help?

minecraft

0

Q: When the effect of invigorating gemstone procs, does it do so before or after taking damage?

The invigorating gemstone's rank 25 effect is to heal the player when a control-impairing effect hits. Does this heal go before or after taking damage from said effect? Example: Some shitty elite pack has frozen I stand in the area where frozen is going to hit while having this gem equipped an...

diablo-3

user15026

5:43 PM

@fredley I can get access to UK Netflix if I need

Unionhawk

@AshleyNunn At least in the US, canistreamit says Hulu Plus only

GnomeSlice

Just use Hola

Mooseman

Quick question: I'm buying a graphics card. (GTX 750 Ti) MSI vs. EVGA vs. Zotac. Any thoughts?

Unionhawk

@GnomeSlice hue

GnomeSlice

huehue

murgatroid99

5:46 PM

@Mooseman I have an EVGA card and it seems pretty good

user15026

@Unionhawk the proxy provider I use lets me set my netflix to whatever country I desire

Unionhawk

@AshleyNunn Fancy

Didn't Netflix threaten to ban people for that though?

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: How do I light (and clear) a torch?

I'm sure that I have some torches in my inventory. But how can I light a torch? What exactly do I have to do? And how long does a torch "burn"?

the-witcher-3

user15026

@Unionhawk I've not had an issue, and I've been using US netflix consistently for eons

Unionhawk

So you're using Hola except not Hola. Got it.

user15026

5:48 PM

Yeah, effectively.

user15026

Costs me $5 a month. but it's served me well.

Mooseman

@murgatroid99 Ok, thanks

Wipqozn

@Mooseman /r/buildapc would be a good place to check

Mooseman

@Wipqozn Cool, thanks

Wipqozn

they've got a lot of resources in their sidebar, and the folks there are pretty knowledgeable.

murgatroid99

5:52 PM

@Wipqozn Oh, yeah, I'll second that. They helped me build my current desktop

Chippies

@Mooseman my wife's PC has EVGA and it's great

gpu with 2 fans is gonna be better than with 1 fan though

Unionhawk

50 mins ago, by Wipqozn

Also, don't forget: Fans are stupid.

@Wipqozn Said so!

(I'm not sorry)

Chippies

@Unionhawk stupid is irrelevant to performance

Unionhawk

Fair enough

Chippies

or, I guess in this case it's somewhat relevant

if fans = stupid, then stupid = relevant

hm.. I'll leave it at that

murgatroid99

5:55 PM

The one issue I had with my video card (and I have no idea if it was manufacturer related) was that the driver just completely didn't work on the Windows 10 preview

Unionhawk

Something that is stupid can be more effective than not having the thing at all.

I will give you that.