The Bridge

agent86

1:00 AM

amazon just offered to gift wrap a 20# bag of cat litter.

Wipqozn

@Tristan oh, right

yes, yes it was

agent86

who am I going to be giving cat litter to as a gift?

how awkward would that be?

"here, have like 20 lbs of granules for your cat to poop in. happy birthdaaay!"

Wipqozn

@NickT THIS DESERVES SO MANY STARS

John

I just took on the Snarbolax single-handedly and only died once. :)

Tristan

@NickT Those people obviously never read Lamb.

GnomeSlice

1:03 AM

What do you guys think of an SE proposal about tattooing?

Tristan

@GnomeSlice Not sure I follow you...

GnomeSlice

It was a yes or no question.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice No.

Tristan

@GnomeSlice To which I can't give a reply unless I know what it is you're talking about.

Wipqozn

@Tristan gnome wants to propose a SE site about tattoos

GnomeSlice

1:05 AM

@Tristan You don't know what a tattoo is?

Wipqozn

or so I assume

Tristan

@GnomeSlice I know what a tattoo is. I just don't understand what it is you're asking. Are you wanting a tattooing.stackexchange.com or something?

Wipqozn

@Tristan I assume so, yes.

Am I correct @GnomeSlice?

GnomeSlice

Why not?

Ullallulloo

@NickT I am very tempted to flag that.

Wipqozn

1:08 AM

@Ullallulloo I'll agree, it is borderline.

Although I still think it's hilarious.

agent86

@Ullallulloo you should know first, that batman is right behind you and is ready to punch you if you flag it.

FallenAngelEyes

@GnomeSlice If stuff like "Is this a good tattoo?" was disallowed and it only focused on stuff like proper hygiene and aftercare, then maybe

Tristan

@FallenAngelEyes What about tool suggestions for people who want to get into the business of tattooing?

Wipqozn

@FallenAngelEyes You can't have an entire site around "proper hygiene" of tattoos though.

Nick T

20:10 - α-helix, β-sheet: NIGGA WHAT
20:10 - John: ? You're Nick T from SE, right?
20:10 - α-helix, β-sheet: WHO DAT BRO
20:10 - John: ...
20:11 - John: Um...

GnomeSlice

1:10 AM

I don't even know what category it would fit under.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@NickT Wat.

FallenAngelEyes

@Wipqozn Yeah. I think the factual information involved in the subject matter wouldn't be broad enough to account for an entire website for it, in addition to stuff like health standards/laws being too localized on account of depending on the legal standards of various states/countries.

GnomeSlice

I can't decide if it's 'business', 'culture', 'life', 'arts', or 'professional'.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Define it more for us.

GnomeSlice

Erm...

No.

Wipqozn

1:13 AM

are we talking for those working in the tattoo industry?

people who want a tattoo...?

GnomeSlice

Probably both, or the site wouldn't have enough content.

FallenAngelEyes

Not that I don't think the subject's broad enough for professional scrutiny, but a lot of it would be very, very subjective.

Nick T

@GnomeSlice probably would fit under 'arts'

Wipqozn

@FallenAngelEyes that's my concern.

GnomeSlice

I'm thinking 'arts' or 'life'.

Or even 'culture'.

Tristan

1:15 AM

@GnomeSlice I dunno, I think culture might lean more toward the history of tattooing, or topics of that nature.

GnomeSlice

Lets try 'life'.

John

@NickT So it is you!

Nick T

I don't think a tattoo.SE would work just because it doesn't seem to really be amicable to ongoing questions

John

I was coming in here about to be all like "NickT is pretending he's not NickT", and I find you here being all like "I'm pretending I'm not NickT".

FallenAngelEyes

@NickT Yeah, there's kind of a finite nature to it

Nick T

1:16 AM

sure, there are maybe a 100 or so FAQ about tattoos, but beyond that they'll get really subjective

GnomeSlice

That's what I was thinking too.

Ah well, no harm in proposing.

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Tattoos

Proposed Q&A site for people who want to get tattoos, tattoo artists, and tattoo designers.

Currently in definition.

Nick T

yeah, worth a shot, I don't really know that much about it all

GnomeSlice

Me neither.

FallenAngelEyes

I foresee "tattoo rec" issues :P

GnomeSlice

I'm just thinking of getting one.

Wipqozn

1:18 AM

@GnomeSlice So, are you just making the site so you can get some tattoo-recs?

GnomeSlice

I think it's going to die out for lack of content, but then again, bicycles.se took off so...

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Oh, true.

FallenAngelEyes

@Gnome Look up recommended parlors in your city, read reviews about it, talk to people who have gone there, go there and ask to see their health board certifications.

Tristan

Bikes are one of the #1 modes of transportation where I'm from.

GnomeSlice

@Tristan China?

FallenAngelEyes

1:20 AM

@Tristan Same where I'm living

Tristan

@GnomeSlice Seattle. Tons of bike riders.

Wipqozn

whoa, what a craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy coincidence!

Nick T

@GnomeSlice I don't think Bikes.SE "took off", I think someone on the SE staff thought "I like biking, lets totally launch that"

GnomeSlice

@NickT Makes sense, Jeff.

FallenAngelEyes

Other than stuff like that, there's not a whole lot people can do to really give you any advice re: design and stuff.

GnomeSlice

1:21 AM

No, I'm not proposing it just for me.

It just gave me the idea.

Did someone kill @Lazers?

0

Q: How Do I Access Anti-Air Defensive Towers?

There are three defensive towers to choose from when fortifying your platforms: Machine Gun Artillery Anti-Air However, I'm almost done the second chapter of the game, and my anti-air towers have always been 'greyed out' in the build menu. How can I access them?

oil-rush

Lazers

0

Q: How Do I Access Anti-Air Defensive Towers?

There are three defensive towers to choose from when fortifying your platforms: Machine Gun Artillery Anti-Air However, I'm almost done the second chapter of the game, and my anti-air towers have always been 'greyed out' in the build menu. How can I access them?

oil-rush

0

Q: Why are the controls so slow in "Donkey Kong Country Returns"?

I previously discussed some issues with the controls in Donkey Kong Country Returns: Why am I seeing serious Wiimote latency on Donkey Kong Country Returns? I would like to ask a more specific question. After carefully checking that my Wiimote is synced correctly and there are no other wireless...

controls wiimote

Nick T

GnomeSlice

I knew. I KNEW he was waiting for me to post it first.

FallenAngelEyes

Well I mean in general. Like @Nick said, there's kind of a finite number of questions for the subject, and after that, it gets very subjective.

GnomeSlice

@FallenAngelEyes I agree. Let's see what happens.

Wipqozn

1:23 AM

@GnomeSlice yeah, @lazers is pretty awesome

We all love you @Lazers <3

GnomeSlice

I don't.

Nick T

I had one of my grad interviews last weekend, at one of the places I went apparently they make a sport out of beating the shit out of locked up bikes

GnomeSlice

@NickT Did you apply?

Nick T

yeah...that's why I had an interview

that's usually how it works

apply > interview > offer

GnomeSlice

Was it part of the interview?

FallenAngelEyes

1:25 AM

Good luck, @Nick!

Nick T

beating up a bike? naw

just thinking I should have taken pictures for bike.SE

agent86

@Lazers didn't this already get posted? this seems like it should have been an edit to the existing question, rather than another question.

Wipqozn

@Lazers dup mc-dup-dup

@agent86 already VTC / flagged / commented

GnomeSlice

@NickT Oh man. Look what you've done. Now I need to go ask about beating up bikes.

agent86

@Wipqozn I am pleased with this. PLEASED. you live another day.

Wipqozn

1:27 AM

@GnomeSlice Do it.

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn You can't flag a question after you get close powers, can you?

FallenAngelEyes

G'night all

Wipqozn

@Ullallulloo Yes you can.

Nick T

@Ullallulloo you can, but not for one of the close reasons

agent86

@Ullallulloo the options are different, but you can flag.

Ullallulloo

1:28 AM

@NickT Ah, right.

Nick T

spam, etc

agent86

most of the pre-close vote "flag" reasons are actually close reasons.

Wipqozn

flagging as spam / not welcome will result in a VTC though

@agent86 this.

agent86

confused the hell out of me when I got close vote powers.

Tristan

@Wipqozn Wait... Did he just ask the same question twice?

user15026

1:29 AM

@Tristan Essentially, yes.

Wipqozn

@Tristan Yes

agent86

@Tristan preeetty much.

Wipqozn

@badp, quick! Give us the last close vote: gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/49029/…

GnomeSlice

Gah, I can't create new tags...

vandalism

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice What? really?

Tristan

1:30 AM

Hm... I haven't been a member of this site for very long, but I can honestly say I've never seen the same user ask the same question twice...

GnomeSlice

Need more than 300 reps.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Oh wow, you're actually doing that.

I can't say I'm surprised though.

GnomeSlice

0

Q: How Can I Beat Up a Bicycle With My Bare Hands?

A friend of mine recently told me about a place he went for an interview where they apparently make a sport out of trashing locked up bicycles in the area. How the hell is this even possible? Do you just pull on it until it breaks? Do you need tools?

security

5

Leave me alone.

badp

@wipq I'm not on chat because I've spent the lastfour hiur packing my stuff up. Also, I forgot the laptop battery charger at home. Details. Where's your nomination btw? Don't worry about making it epic, it'll never match mine. :P

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice Noooo! That's not how SE wooooorks...

GnomeSlice

1:31 AM

@Ullallulloo Why do people keep saying that?

Mana

@GnomeSlice Wow.

Wipqozn

@badp Are you le gasp, moving?

GnomeSlice

They closed my question about mashing potatoes too... =[

runs for mod

Wipqozn

Also, I'll have my nomination posted either tonight or tomorrow.

@GnomeSlice Those bastards.

Oh @GnomeSlice, you may be many things, but you are not boring.

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GnomeSlice

Aug 22 '11 at 1:33, by GnomeSlice ツ

0

Q: How do I Mash Potatoes?

Whenever I try to make mashed potatoes, I end up with an excruciatingly sore forehead and a huge mess. And that stuff takes FOREVER to get out of your hair. What am I doing wrong?

potatoes

Nick T

1:32 AM

@badp so it's illegal to work on Sunday in Italy? I was watching Top Gear, they got pulled over and Clarkson remarked, "we appear to be working on a Sunday and I guess we need a permit for that...that's why Italy's nearly bankrupt"

Wipqozn

Okay, I concede what I said before.

You are the master troll of Gaming.SE.

badp

@wipq yeah, end of erasmus, back to Italy I go.

Wipqozn

@badp so, no more annoying room mates?

GnomeSlice

Does bicycles.se not get much traffic?

badp

@nick until most recently shop opening times have been strictly regulated, but obviously that's a pope joke.

Nick T

1:34 AM

@GnomeSlice see, @Mana's diversifying and hating on your questions on other SE sites

GnomeSlice

Also. area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/9946/…

Wipqozn

THanks for the free flag weight, err... helpful flags, on Bikes.SE @gnome

GnomeSlice

Whyyy is this still in the defining stage?

Tristan

@GnomeSlice There's a joke in there somewhere...

GnomeSlice

@Tristan Bwahahahahah didn't even see that.

Nick T

1:34 AM

@badp there's some audio from one of the cops saying something like "you're working on a holiday"...

GnomeSlice

Oh my god. I can't even escape it in bikes.se

in The Velodrome, Nov 20 '11 at 6:13, by Ward

It's in the Goddamn starred list.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice ...I really want to edit that title to remove the improper capitalization

GnomeSlice

Goddamn ponies.

Get out of my bike chatroom.

Tristan

@murgatroid99 I still have that gif you posted last night open in a separate tab. o.O It's still making me lol

Wipqozn

If this was Gaming.SE, that question would have been deleted already.

badp

1:37 AM

@nick he's probably just part of the show, or some bs he made up on the spot. Religion is not law in Italyand nobody takes sunday as not-working days seriously anyway. We're not hebrews.

Wipqozn

Surely our mods are awesome.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Look closely at the image I just linked.

Nick T

@badp Jews don't work on Saturdays, not Sundays

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice I noticed.

It's awesome.

Also...

badp

I'm aware

Wipqozn

1:37 AM

@agent86, holy shit

gaming.stackexchange.com/election/3#post-49015

Nick T

is anyone on a university network right now?

Wipqozn

@NickT Not I. Why?

GnomeSlice

@Mana can you create/add the tag vandalism to that question?

Mana

@GnomeSlice NO

Nick T

@Wipqozn want a paper my univ doesn't have access to

Mana

1:38 AM

@agent86 You're a dad?!

GnomeSlice

ಥ_ಥ You don't have to shout at me.

Mana

Congrats!!!!!!!!!

John

Ok @RavenDreamer, why is that too localized?

murgatroid99

@Tristan I think it's even more amusing on the page where I found it

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan What about Dropbox now?

user15026

1:39 AM

@NickT I am not on one, but I can still access the databases from home?

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot I think we got it taken care of. Had a bit of a virus scare, and thought it might have originated from there.

GnomeSlice

Is there something wrong with my oil rush question? No ups.

Nick T

depends on your university

@AshleyNunn would need to proxy

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan yeesh! That's no good.

user15026

@NickT ?

Ullallulloo

1:41 AM

@GnomeSlice I don't play Oil Rush, so I didn't look at it. =/

GnomeSlice

YOU SHOULD.

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Indeed. I think @Wipqozn might have been crying. But it got sorted.

GnomeSlice

It's incredible.

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice It looks good.

Tristan

@GnomeSlice I'm waiting for it to go on sale (for more than the 10% off)

OrigamiRobot

1:42 AM

@Tristan Well, that's good.

FallenAngelEyes

@GnomeSlice I watched TotalBiscuit's "WTF is..." on it, but the inability to control your units is rather a turnoff for me

John

Hm, Steam messages are getting to my phone faster than they're getting to my computer.

agent86

@Wipqozn would you believe I edited that down, it was longer :(

Ullallulloo

But money.

Nick T

IMMMMMMMMMMTOTALBISCUIT

Wipqozn

1:42 AM

@John I concur, I'm also confused.

agent86

@Mana haha, yes, 2 times over. #3 in may :)

Tristan

@agent86 Congrats!

FallenAngelEyes

@agent86 Whoa, didn't know if you and your SO were expecting, congrats!

agent86

I'm currently supervising their playtime. well, not the unborn one. but the other two.

Wipqozn

@agent86 oh wow, congrats on the third.

Grace Note

1:43 AM

@FallenAngelEyes That is an odd abbreviation to see in these parts

Mana

@agent86 Oh my god congratulations!! My brother is also a dad of two children now as of last Saturday.

Tristan

@agent86 You should probably keep an eye on all three... Just to be safe.

agent86

@FallenAngelEyes & @Tristan thank you! it's a girl this time.

2 boys and 1 girl and I think that's it for me

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote I was just about to say...

Wipqozn

@Mana Oh wow, you have a brother. I've always just assumed you only had a sister.

Maybe two sisters,

No, just one sister.

Mana

1:44 AM

@Wipqozn Two brothers, two sisters.

Wipqozn

@Mana holy crap

agent86

@GraceNote I impregnated a website, and now it's carrying my daughter.

Raven Dreamer

@John Because it is outdated. Kevin Y talks about in it in a comment in his answer.

Wipqozn

Talk about old school

John

@Wipqozn I've got 2 brothers and 3 sisters...

Mana

1:44 AM

FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote Haha, being someone who didn't start out on StackOverflow, I more immediately associate the abbreviation with "Significant Other" than the site.

Ullallulloo

@RavenDreamer It's just less useful.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote has a new avatar. It is pink.

Grace Note

@Wipqozn His brother (at least, the one of them) is the only sibling of his I knew about.

GnomeSlice

@Mana Hoverhand?

Mana

1:45 AM

@Wipqozn Face it, you will never be as cool as my brother.

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer It's temporary.

Tristan

@murgatroid99 You're right. It is better on the actual site. I can't help but laugh when it runs behind the ads.

John

@RavenDreamer That's Kevin Reid.

Mana

Either of them.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote I was really hoping it was a Flamingo.

Grace Note

1:45 AM

You'll only have to deal with Lili as long as I need to run SciFi's town hall chat.

Raven Dreamer

It looks like a Flamingo.

Wipqozn

@Mana Well, he is wearing sun glasses. That is pretty bad ass.

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer Her motif is butterflies, as it were.

Raven Dreamer

@Ullallulloo Which is why it's closed, not deleted. I'd not have touched it if someone hadn't flagged it.

John

@RavenDreamer Yay for the cache!

agent86

1:46 AM

@RavenDreamer this.

Wipqozn

@RavenDreamer Wouldn't the proper course of action be for the answers to be updated, not the question to be closed?

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer I have been pondering where to use a nice image of BoF 2's Nina, though, for later usage.

John

@Wipqozn But, the answers all still say how to build spawners.

That's not wrong.

Raven Dreamer

@Wipqozn The behavior was removed. There's nothing to update to.

Tristan

Oh wow. from a distance it does look like a flamingo. I like the art style though.

Ullallulloo

1:47 AM

@RavenDreamer They still spawn.

John

@RavenDreamer Not removed, changed. Big difference.

Ullallulloo

Just less frequently.

Raven Dreamer

It is impossible to make an animal spawner in minecraft.

Wipqozn

@RavenDreamer that should be the answer then.

Ullallulloo

@RavenDreamer No it isn't...

Wipqozn

1:48 AM

"As of Patch X it is no longer possible to build an animal spawner in Minecraft"

Ullallulloo

Depending on your definition.

The second answer does say you can't build an animal spawning block.

Raven Dreamer

@Mana y u never on steam?

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer Because of me, probably.

John

I always forget I can vote to reopen. I should do that more often.

GnomeSlice

Also, because he deleted all of his games.

Raven Dreamer

1:51 AM

Pay no attention to changes in the starred list.

You can trust me. I'm a jedi.

John

Someone must be canceling stars...

@RavenDreamer YOU LIE! YOU'RE A DARTH!

Tristan

@John These aren't the stars you're looking for.

Raven Dreamer

@John Alas, still but "Apprentice".

John

@RavenDreamer But...we always call you Darth...

Raven Dreamer

@Tristan Oh, hey! Found one! Here! This one. I found one!

@John I know. I'm slacking on my class quests.

user15026

1:53 AM

Equip does not have a t at the end. IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE A "T" SOUND.

John

@RavenDreamer Shame, shame.

Nick T

you mean equipped?

Grace Note

@AshleyNunn What if you equipt it?

John

@AshleyNunn The past tense does.

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn equipt?

John

1:54 AM

And @GraceNote strikes again.

Tristan

@AshleyNunn If it's in the UK past tense, it ends in a t instead of ed.

user15026

"How to equipt a bottle"?

user15026

That doesn't work.

John

@AshleyNunn Yeah, that's probably wrong.

agent86

sounds like something Shakespeare would write, "and doth, forsooth, I shall equip't the bottle thusly"

StrixVaria

1:55 AM

Oh man :( I just found out Kingdoms of Amalur is going to be published by EA. Now I can't get it.

Because **** EA.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria BROTHER!

Tristan

@agent86 It seems we both have made fun of Shakespeare today.

user15026

@Tristan Oh. okay, that is odd. One of the few things Canadian English did not (afaik) thieve.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I'm not here for very long; I just wanted to get that off my chest to people who might care :)

Raven Dreamer

@agent86 I equipt the bottle against his head most soundly, and lo, he war struck dead.

Wipqozn

1:55 AM

@StrixVaria I support this statement.

agent86

oh right, that reminds me

Tristan

@AshleyNunn American English didn't take it either. At least not in all uses.

Wipqozn

I don't want to star it though... I think I've already starred 10 messages today.

agent86

@GraceNote, hey, are we having more gaming grants? I like free games :)

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria Things to do, people to see. I understand.

Grace Note

1:56 AM

@agent86 Yes, we're probably starting one tomorrow

Wipqozn

@agent86 No you don't.

woooooooo

@GraceNote Yay!

Censorship!

For those who might want FF13-2 or Amalur, I recommend buying it on your own and getting us to reimburse you.

agent86

1:56 AM

this went better than expected.

Raven Dreamer

@StrixVaria Apologies.

StrixVaria

No problem. Better that than get suspended I guess.

Tristan

@agent86 I could've sworn there was a meta post about it a while ago, but I can't seem to find it anymore.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Amalur? More like... amALLURE-ing.

Tristan

@RavenDreamer I want to play that game so bad... =(

StrixVaria

1:57 AM

Anyway I'm out for the night, despite just getting here.

See you all later!

agent86

@GraceNote are we doing anything special about ME3? I don't want to lock myself out of that game (cause that's #1 on my grant list) but amalur looks tempting.

John

@RavenDreamer Wow you should do that more often.

StrixVaria

Oh, also, vote for @agent86

Raven Dreamer

@Tristan The combat reminds me of Darksiders crossed with the Witcher 2.

@John Aplogize, or censor?

agent86

@StrixVaria woo, an endorsement! I like endorsements. Thank you :)

GnomeSlice

1:58 AM

Tristan

@RavenDreamer And Todd McFarlane is involved, so I'm pretty excited about it.

John

@RavenDreamer I was thinking censoring. But only when appropriate.

Raven Dreamer

@agent86 bounces Agent64 off the glass ceiling

StrixVaria

I pretty much single-handedly won Mana the last election with my endorsement, so there you go.

Raven Dreamer

@John Yes. It's been brought to my attention.

agent86

1:58 AM

@RavenDreamer OW that is hard and sharp at the same time

John

@StrixVaria That's exactly what @Wipqozn said.

StrixVaria

Wipqozn doesn't know what he's talking about.

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GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria I wonder if that would work in reverse for me.

Raven Dreamer

@StrixVaria Endorse Not Gnomeslice.

Grace Note

@John Of the two, I'm strongly more inclined to listen to Strix.

John

1:59 AM

@GnomeSlice Likely so.

@GraceNote Same.

StrixVaria

Night all!

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer I'm not running.

Wipqozn

@John I did?

John

@StrixVaria Goodnight!

Raven Dreamer

@GnomeSlice I know. Otherwise making that joke would be in bad taste. ;)

Tristan

1:59 AM

I'm beginning to think @RavenDreamer's previous comment about the star list meant that he was going to be starring things, thus flooding the list more than @Wipqozn usually does...

Wipqozn

I was unaware I endorsed mana in the last election.

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