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2:00 PM
Not really
 
oh, right then
 
I managed to update our core framework and only two things broke when I brought it up on our production server. I count that as a win!
 
well in that case
 
I mean, the gifs in there is good enough. I just thought you wanted to add some more yourself
 
2:00 PM
Anyone else think that looks terrible?
 
@OrigamiRobot The design of the ad? A little.
 
@OrigamiRobot the ad is terrible but the title is great
 
Yes, the question is awesome.
 
Clearly it needs more lasers, explosions, catgirls and popular soft drink products in it
 
and only 1 ship at the bottom
 
2:02 PM
@OrigamiRobot Not terrible, it just needs a better font
 
A ship being crushed by an exploding popular soft drink
 
It looks almost, but not quite, entirely unlike the sort of arcade it's trying to emulate
 
So, apparently some infopath form I need to fill out requires my employee id. The card that had my employee ID on it also had the text "do not laminate" and stuck to the inside of my card holder thing in my wallet (or to other cards). Meaning that I don't know what my employee ID is.
I have it on my computer at home, but lot of good that does me here.
 
@fredley Do you use TeX?
 
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Q: Global Mu Online "The game client is loaded only through the official website"

João MeloWhen I start the game through the official website I get the follow error: "The game is loaded only through the official Website" even thought I'm starting from the official website. When I click "game start" the launcher restart and I need to click it again to start the game, and I believe that...

 
2:08 PM
@BenBrocka Grumpy Lazers fits most of your requirements
I can add an explosion to it
 
@badp Coke with mentos seems to fit the description.
 
ugh
that would go against my artistic integrity
1 hour ago, by badp
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like this has but more
 
@OrigamiRobot It feels oddly colorless.
 
Fun fact: If @badp had any less artistic integrity he'd collapse into himself
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@badp You have the artistic integrity of a Vogon poet.
 
2:11 PM
@YiJiang'sEvilClone You don't want to know what's below that
@OrigamiRobot I think it'd be 100% better if it kept just the ship outline
 
@kalina what else is new
 
@badp I did something productive yesterday
 
Actually, Yinternet Jiangxplorer might just be one of my greatest masterworks to date
 
Oh glibbery shmibbery gumdrop of cheese,
Which hides away so ardently in my foreskin envelope,
How are you so tasty,
Don't think me too hasty,
But I could eat you all up with ease.
 
2:14 PM
@badp Godwin's Law...
 
@kalina But this is just paper! I wanted a present!
 
don't link to xkcd images, link to xkcd directly
 
@badp It is something I can never unsee
 
also you're missing months of context
 
My mind will be forever scarred
 
2:15 PM
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Precisely!
 
> Please enter a strong password: it needs to include at least 7 characters, one numeric and one uppercase. Example: Testpassword1
*facedesk*
 
@spyder PROPERLY
 
@badp I just noticed the "band" of the e going into her tiara; that's actually a neat touch
 
better
 
2:15 PM
@kalina you're welcome
 
Wow, that's... huge.
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@YiJiang'sEvilClone this doesn't need context
 
@BenBrocka yes, it's the small things that add up, although the name sealed the deal.
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone also, you're finally a man!
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone My onebox brings all the boys to the yard
 
2:16 PM
ho ho
 
...That was entirely too predictable isn't it?
 
yes
 
Simply delete your message. It's the cool thing to do
 
and if not you, somebody else would have fallen into the trap
@badp is this becoming a meme?
 
@badp I would rather die than shame myself like that
 
2:17 PM
@kalina ROYAL CANTERLOT VOICE again?
 
@kalina oh, it was just an innocent typo. nods
 
So yeah, xkcd images aren't subjected to max-width and max-height, apparently
 
@spyder yes
 
I wonder if I should file a bug
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone ONE MOMENT
finds the biggest one
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2:18 PM
@badp s/message/account
 
@kalina Up Goer Five, perhaps?
 
@BenBrocka don't make me talk about people that are no longer with us
bbl
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone I'm not actually looking for it, somebody would accuse me of being annoying/destructive/myself
 
@badp have fun!
 
2:19 PM
Nope
 
.ob-xkcd img {
    max-height: 500px;
    max-width: 100%;
}
There's an max-height, but max-width is clipped to your screen width
Normal images have a max-width and max-height of 300px I think
 
Well, the width of the container anyway
 
if you complain, it will just be another instance of why we can never have nice things
I hope you realise what you're doing
 
I have no idea how to make it not do this.
I don't even know what to search for to look for a solution
 
@OrigamiRobot Increase spacing after paragraph?
Oh wait
wtf
That's horrific
 
2:24 PM
Yes.
 
I am so glad I'm not you
 
Why would it ever think that's something I want.
 
@OrigamiRobot Generate table in separate document, paste in as image
 
@fredley I will not fight terrible with more terrible.
 
@OrigamiRobot hah
 
2:25 PM
 
@OrigamiRobot You're already so far down the rabbit hole
@kalina @badp migrate
 
@fredley what, you said something was horrific, I put it into context for you
 
@fredley Please man, I have a family.
 
@kalina The answer to horrific is not ponies
 
holy shi-.
 
2:26 PM
@OrigamiRobot Take the red pill
 
@fredley the solution to horrific is ponies
 
@OrigamiRobot What is it that you're trying to do?
 
Any suggestions for what I should get for dinner today?
 
You can screenshot your way out of this
:9144829
 
If you want to remove all the numbering in the table, just select the table and click on the numbering button again
 
2:27 PM
@kalina If I weren't lazy I'd edit the extra numbered lists to be ponies
 
@fredley needs more animation
 
@Blem Just insert a table.
 
@Blem And the screen tapping sound
 
2:28 PM
A simple table.
@YiJiang'sEvilClone That looks beautiful. I wish mine did that.
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Lets all torment @OrigamiRobot by doing what he cannot
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Eh? Like I said, just select the table and click on the numbering button
 
without the context, this conversation looks funny
 
@OrigamiRobot As a human I need something that is easier digested than tables
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone That only makes nothing numbered.
This Word is borked.
 
2:30 PM
 
@OrigamiRobot Are you sure you're only selecting the table?
 
And I did it on a Mac, which is like, hardcore mode.
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone I am not stupid, Word is just making me look stupid.
 
@fredley Actually, Office for Mac generally works better than the Windows version
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Not in my experience
 
2:32 PM
The only problem is their release cycle means they're one year behind
 
@OrigamiRobot select your table with all the numbers and press the Numbering button again
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Works better how?
 
@fredley office for mac has a ribbon?
 
@Powerlord The interface is better
 
@kalina Yes. Integrate all the UI metaphors.
 
2:33 PM
3 mins ago, by OrigamiRobot
@YiJiang'sEvilClone That only makes nothing numbered.
 
If you're really desperate, I suppose you could give us the file so we can have a look
 
works for me
 
if a conversation about creating a table is still on going, I can only claim user error at this point
 
@Blem Yes, I understand how it is supposed to work.
I am telling you it isn't.
 
@kalina Someday, historians will remember this as the epic battle between @OrigamiRob and Office 2010
 
2:35 PM
@YiJiang'sEvilClone ಠ_ಠ
 
@OrigamiRobot what are you using?
 
@OrigamiRob is this thing back on?
 
@fredley ಠ_ಠ
Please stop
 
@OrigamiRobot Haha
 
2:36 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz classic
 
So if I select as many cells as I can without selecting the whole table, it works.
 
@OrigamiRobot Hooray
 
@Blem I don't even know what you're asking here.
 
@OrigamiRobot what word processing application are you using?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz That is amazing
 
2:38 PM
@Blem I thought it was pretty clear he's using MS Word.
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone I have no idea how to do this, but someone should save the transcript of it
 
Although the version isn't shown anywhere... definitely 2007, 2010, or 2012 though
 
@Powerlord but what version? i have no problems with it in 2010
 
@Blem 2010
 
Also, I'm surprised the OSX version only has one tab for tables. I have the exact one shown there (except it's titled Design), plus a second Layout tab in Word 2010 Windows.
 
2:39 PM
Per an earlier comment
 
1 hour ago, by OrigamiRobot
I have never hated anything more than Word 2010.
 

The Epic Battle of 2013 between OrigamiRobot and Word 2010

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@OrigamiRobot Yes, that one
 
It's doing what I want, but I did not win.
It's only toying with me.
 
Hmmmm. 6 years of writing book reports and other assignment in Word means that I can usually wrestle what I want out of it
It's not too bad, really.
 
2:43 PM
I've gotten to where I prefer working in plaintext
Screw formatting
 
1 hour ago, by OrigamiRobot
At least I could work around the stupid assumptions they made in 2007.
 
@badp I read about that and it doesn't make any sense.
 
For all I know, it's some unrelated formatting elsewhere in the docement.
 
@Powerlord TL;DR: Copyrights used to be enforced at the state level. Works copyrighted before 1972 do not qualify for safe harbor protection.
 
2:47 PM
@badp So any owner of a 50 year old song can: Upload 50 year old song to any website > sue them for it > win
 
@BenBrocka Eeeeh, that specific chain of events would get you in trouble.
But for the most part, yeah.
 
Yeah, if they can prove that you're the one who uploaded it
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Copyrights being enforced at the state level is clearly unconstitutional, though.
 
@Powerlord enforced, as opposed to registered.
Lots of Federal laws are delegated to the states to administer as they see fit.
 
2:49 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz The problem with THAT logic is that the laws of 1972 are not relevant to 2013, which has a copyright law that encompasses music now.
 
@GraceNote Well, at least you can be sure it won't eat you
 
@Powerlord “any rights or remedies under the common law or statutes of any State shall not be annulled or limited by this Title until 2067.” - that language is explicitly in the DMCA.
So, no, the laws of 1972 are relevant to 2013, unless they have been expressly repealed or overturned.
Which the DMCA explicitly does not do.
 
@SaintWacko It's under room > create new bookmark. Anyone can use it.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz That's an interesting quote because, again, the states have no rights when it comes to copyrights. They're exclusively delegated to federal law as per Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
 
Oh, @BenBrocka, I'm on the way to the true ending~ ♪
 
2:55 PM
@GraceNote Lucky you
I assume you found all the cutscenes in the hidden dungeons?
 
Apparently I had.
Since they're, y'know, hidden, I couldn't fully be sure that I didn't just miss one, but it seems I hadn't.
 
@Powerlord No, the Constitution provides congress the authority to manage copyrights, but not the exclusive authority to do so.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz You're aware that the 10th amendment doesn't apply here?
 
@GraceNote roughly how many were there? I found like 2-3
 
@Powerlord Yes, very aware.
Regardless, as I said, prior to 1972, Congress exercised it's authority to establish copyrights, but not to enforce them, delegating that responsibility to the states.
 
2:57 PM
Also, quick, I need an excuse to get out of a meeting happening in...2 minutes from now
 
@BenBrocka If I had a post body, I could be more elaborate in answering that and tell you where each one was.
 
(teleconference meeting that is)
 
Sigh @GraceNote only wants me for my post body...
 
@Powerlord But, anyway, more specifically, the change in 1972 was specific to sound recordings, over which there was no federal copyright regime prior to 1972, that power having been ceded to the states by omission.
 
@lesspop by the way isn't the judicary's system ability to legiferate pretty much supposed to brr there so that whenever some retarded corner case like this is found it can be overruled?
 
2:59 PM
Legiferate is soooo not a word.
 
@GraceNote Neither is brr.
 
Hmmm, Black Mesa still isn't showing up
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz By omission? Again, 10th amendment doesn't apply...
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, but legiferate is fun to say.
 
@Powerlord Such protections were grandfathered and acknowledged by the act of 1972, regardless of their prior legitimacy.
 
3:01 PM
@GraceNote leges facere
damn you and your incomplete borrowing from latin
 
Hmmm? You can't edit a deleted post?
 
@badp No, no it isn't. Also, the Judiciary branch does not have the power to 'legiferate' - or 'legislate' for that matter. 'Legislating from the bench' is a political phrase used to slander judges who issue rulings you don't agree with. The power of the Judiciary is pretty much exclusively confined to interpeting the law, and invalidating those laws which are inherently contradictory to other, existing laws that have been demonstrated to take precedence (i.e. the constitution).
 
Anyway, I installed Source SDK, and actually managed to launch Black Mesa from the installer. But it seems like Steam still doesn't recognise the game
 
3:03 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz "invalidating those laws which are inherently contradictory to other laws" doesn't sound too much far from what's going on here, although I guess the contradiction is in the very law that's allowing web sites to continue existing in the first place
 
@RonanForman Why is mumble borked?
 
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Q: How can I get Steam to recognise Black Mesa when installed on another partition?

Yi Jiang's Evil CloneI just downloaded Black Mesa, and when installing it I tried to install it in the Steam folder on another partition instead of the default one in Program Files, in D:\Steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\BMS The installer proceeded without a hitch, but when I tried to restart Steam as per the instructi...

 
At any rate, I maintain my right to give this situation a retardedness rating of "Stack Overflow... in German!", from 0 to Math.SE flags
 
@badp Wow, that's pretty bad
 
@badp Except that there is no contradiction, because the law is quite explicit in saying "WHen in doubt, for works pre-1972, the old rules apply."
 
3:06 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz A contradiction of intents if you will
 
There are some really stupid flags
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@badp Intent is irrelevant.
 
@OrigamiRobot I may have forgot to start it when we updated the server.
 
That would explain it.
 
Okay. Time to go to work.
Later kids
 
3:08 PM
@SaintWacko Flagged for meab
 
"This law lets you accept any material from uploaders and blame the uploaders for what they upload, because determining whether things are illegal or not is too hard for a computer. In exchange, content owners get to pretty much take down any page on the internet they want; if you have the money to counter-sue, be our guest.

By the way, this doesn't count if it's a song from 1972 or before. Fuck you."
 
@OrigamiRobot I'm not sure how to start it, this may take a while.
 
@badp Pretty much.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I guess the contradiction is only glaring to me. No point in discussing this further, though.
 
@BenBrocka Legiferated!
 
3:09 PM
Later.
 
@RonanForman I don't need it right now, it was just giving me a "Connection Refused" error last night, which sounds more like something on my end.
 
@badp Although that last sentence is really more " This doesn't count for songs form before 1972, because they aren't really relevant to the DRM stuff that this bill is all about. Oh, what's that? It also fucks over lots of the people we tried to protect from the actions of their users? Oops. OH WELL, TOO LATE TO CHANGE IT NOW!"
 
By the way, @OrigamiRobot, this is what you deserve to get for not using LyX
 
Wouldn't it be a timeout if it was in your end
 
@badp I get what?
 
3:14 PM
er
I recalled wrong
 
You know, if you guys really want to talk about law so much, Singapore's Sedition Act is a real gem
 
@BenBrocka flagged for
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Does it obliquely affect me in ways that I am powerless to do anything about?
 
@badp I can't make documents for work that nobody can edit.
 
@OrigamiRobot DETAILS
 
3:17 PM
@badp Hmm, no, unless I get arrested under it
 
Just switch en masse to LyX, what's the big deal
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Be more careful with your IE avatars then
 
@badp I can't even get them to give me a 2nd monitor.
 
@OrigamiRobot What if you brought one from home? Would they complain about tampering with work equipment?
 
@OrigamiRobot those monsters
 
@badp No, but I only have one at home. Monitors cost money and I have expensive hobbies.
 
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3:20 PM
@YiJiang'sEvilClone read it Wow. That's...special. Especially the uses of it
 
@OrigamiRobot You monster
 
@BenBrocka I have far less use for two monitors at home.
 
@OrigamiRobot How on earth do you MC with one?
I need documentation on one screen so I can play on the other
 
@fredley I just remember things.
 
3:22 PM
sup nerds
 
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Q: How do I get the Secret/Best ending?

Ben BrockaTo get the Best ending it seems like you need to view certain cutscenes in Hidden Dungeons (found by scouts). How many of these cutscenes are there and where? Is there anything else I need to do? In addition I think you need to get some key items to But I'm already aware of how to do that. S...

 
Also, Alt+Tab
 
I have two monitors at work
 
Also also, nice avatar, @YiJiang
 
Programming is way easier with multiple monitors
 
3:23 PM
@OrigamiRobot Shit, how does that work?
 
I'm actually considering trying to get a third monitor
 
@SaintWacko yes. Although I have one at work strangely
@SaintWacko Vertical 3rd monitor ftw
 
@ShotgunNinja Thanks
 
:D
 
@ShotgunNinja You are its sole fan
 
3:25 PM
I need at least two monitors and at least two whiteboards.
 
@fredley Nice. That would be perfect for reading documentation
 
@fredley What? It's cute! Even if you don't like MLP, you should be able to appreciate it.
 
@fredley Bah! I'm a huge fan of that avatar['s personal interpretation of it.]
 
user15026
For working at home on school stuff, I cant imagine only having one monitor.
 
@ShotgunNinja I have three whiteboards in my cubicle, and I know where to find quite a few more
 
3:26 PM
@SaintWacko Yeah, three is a great amount. One for constants, one for business, one for explaining ideas and proofing stuff.
Or at least, that's what my SDL team did last year.
 
@ShotgunNinja One for documentation, one for Eclipse, and one for games
:P
 
Hmm, for the life of me, I can't tell the difference between the Asus VS247H-P and VS248H-P monitors except that one has a 0.4" larger screen size
 
@badp how do you do a tag merge?
 
@SaintWacko I meant whiteboards, not monitors. I can't play games that well on a whiteboard.
 
@kalina You can suggest a synonym if you are tall enough to ride or you can tell a mod about it
 
3:27 PM
Actually, I'd have eclipse on one, documentation/Chrome on another, and the third would be for various VPARS and chat windows
 
its not for arqade
 
@ShotgunNinja hangman
 
it's for general knowledge to help somebody else
 
@SaintWacko That's why I said "that well".
 
@fredley I am a robot.
 
@OrigamiRobot We know.
 
> Users with more than 2500 reputation and a total answer score of 5 or more on the tag, can suggest tag synonyms. Users with a total answer score (total upvotes minus total downvotes) of 5 or more on the tag, can vote for tag synonyms. Suggestions will be automatically approved when they reach a score of 4, and automatically deleted when they reach a score of -2.
 
@kalina Synonyms are easy if you meet the requirements. Merging requires mod intervention, so you would probably have to make a Meta post or something.
 
You need to be that tall to suggest tag synonyms and to vote on those, beware
 
nobody is just going to tell me how to do it are they
even though I've already told you why I asked the question the way I did
 
3:29 PM
There's a textbox there if you are tall enough
 
sets fire to @badp
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Suggest a minecraft synonym: [________________] [Suggest]
spycicles and dead ringers, vanishing into thin air
 
the only thing that will protect you from my fire is me.
 
Shoots a random flare and hits @badp
 
touches a resupply cabinet
 
3:31 PM
I actually got a kill that way once. One of my two favorite kills
The other was killing a sniper with a hadouken
 
@SaintWacko my bets are that spy walked over the remains of an engie building, instantly recharging his cloak, and flashed the dead ringer closed and open again
That's a very nice way to make people think you're dead for good when you aren't
well okay you need to decloak, walk over building remains and then reactivate it again
otherwise it won't work
but it's still very convincing
 
@badp I do that all the time.
Also, people underestimate the L'Etranger with the Dead Ringer.
 
Suddenly, Champagne
I like how this office has a champagne bell
 
@badp Well, this was before dead ringer. It was a while ago. I was shooting at people up on a bridge, and the cloaked spy walked in front of me while I was firing
Didn't notice I was there, I guess
 
@ShotgunNinja @fredley obviously needs reminding.
 
3:36 PM
poor spy
 
@badp I play pyro. It's my job
Although I actually got my highest score as a sniper on 2fort
 
@SaintWacko still, poor spy
 
@badp It was a wonderful surprise to me
 
More champagne. Lots is going to get done this afternoon.
 
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Does this...am I Jesus? Why didn't you guys tell me I was Jesus
Now I have to get new business cards
 
3:44 PM
@BenBrocka is Jesus: Confirmed
 
DATA ACCEPTED
 
user15026
@BenBrocka Huh. You make a very interesting Jesus. sets up new religion, which involves camping out in your yard
 
@BenBrocka So if they are following you for the sake of others, that means we can all ignore you right?
 
Next step: Killing @BenBrocka in some martyrous way
 
@fredley Friggin spawn campers
 
3:46 PM
1 min ago, by Ashley Nunn
@BenBrocka Huh. You make a very interesting Jesus. sets up new religion, which involves camping out in your yard
 
Ia! @BenBrocka!
 
So apparently you're allowed to bring books into BMT. I wonder what book should I bring.
 
Why is pip so slow at downloading packages? Silly pip.
 
Something really thick, I suppose, if it's going to be 9 weeks.
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War and Peace sounds good.
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Thickness/length is important if you're only allowed access to one.
 
3:51 PM
 
I swear, my printer needs to die in a fire...
I told it to print one page, and it's telling me "Paper too short to auto duplex" .....
 
@fredley I suppose. I finished Cloud Atlas without ever taking it out of the school library by reading it during breaks for about a month
So I guess I'll need something twice as long
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Kindle?
 
Very unlikely to be allowed, and besides I don't have one
 
@OrigamiRobot ...that's... that's a wow.
 
3:58 PM
hello people
 
I sent my boss an email before 10 and now, 2 hours later, she still hasn't responded...
 

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