The Bridge

2:00 PM

@Josefvz I am a convert to the portable lifestyle. I didn't think I'd use my Nexus 7 for much, but I use it for a lot of things

shopping (Ocado), xbmc remote, reading, YouTube, ordering takeaways

Amazing value for £160, probably the best utility/£ of anything I own

Josefvz

@fredley i know... i'ts actually scary how 'lost' you would be without an active internet connection.

RedRiderX

@fredley A portable and palmable supercomputer is amazingly useful.

fredley

@Josefvz Well, I wouldn't be lost, it would just take so much more effort to do everything. Our house shop now takes 5 minutes with the tablet, previously it was an hour's trip to the shops. Ordering take out using JustEat is a few taps compared to a tedious phone call.

@RedRiderX This, exactly. A palmable, fast, internet connection with fast native apps.

Ben Brocka

@fredley I bought my dad a Kindle Fire last year when he thought tablets were pointless. He has since bought a 10" tablet and wanted the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 for christmas

pixel

@RedRiderX I spent less than that on my current desktop... core i7 2600k unlocked overclocked to 4.4ghz, 16gb of RAM, 2tb of hard disks in raid0, 60gb SSD...

fredley

2:04 PM

@BenBrocka Yes. Everyone I've spoken to says pretty much this: They didn't want/need a tablet... until they had one.

badp

@fredley Hey! I'm okay with saying I need a tablet before I have my very first one.

pixel

good luck finding anything in a laptop form factor with even half of that

RedRiderX

@pixel Wow, you've done much better then I have in my recent experience then, good on you.

pixel

@badp help, I made 3 comments this morning and it spawned a multi-user discussion several hours later!

Ben Brocka

@fredley It's one of those things you don't know you need until you have it. Like Google Now, which my NExus 4 has. I have relatively little use for it (I don't search sports scores or anything) but it's still awesome

fredley

2:06 PM

@pixel My housemate bought a ridiculous laptop from Novatech with similar stats. Not sure what he paid for it.

badp

@pixel What kind of help do you need? The banhammer kind of help perhaps?

pixel

@RedRiderX only thing I'm missing is a good graphics card, but my graphics card is still better than pretty much anything you'll find in a laptop for that price

Ben Brocka

@pixel I know that feel. Never post comments on MSO

fredley

@pixel Discussion can be a side effect of posting in internet chat rooms.

pixel

@fredley for the price he paid, I could have built HAL9000

fredley

2:07 PM

@pixel I agree, his purchase was extremely stupid, since with the power supply it's no easier to move around his purchase than yours.

Ben Brocka

I pretty much did build HAL9000...big monolithic black computer, ominous red glowing circle in the front

fredley

@BenBrocka Yeah, I'm looking forward to see what they do with it.

Ben Brocka

@fredley It's a shame I got the phone after a bout of shopping, the "your package shipped!" thing is sweet. But I got it after like 10 deliveries

fredley

@pixel Everyone has a different utility function when buying a computer though. It's why I hate it when people ask me for buying advice. How the hell am I supposed to know what they want?

@BenBrocka Brain just caught up with that. Fuck you and your successfully purchased and shipped N4 :-P

Ben Brocka

@fredley I got two thanks to shopping cart issues actually, sold the other one

fredley

2:09 PM

@BenBrocka :'(

Invader Skoodge

1

A: What is an "X-Ray"?

x-ray represents the letter "x" in the phonetic alphabet. x stands for xenomorph. xenomorph= alien

Why do people always re-answer questions that have answers by providing the same answer with less information?

fredley

@InvaderSkoodge Rep whores

Invader Skoodge

He has 11 rep.

Fledgeling rep whore?

fredley

@InvaderSkoodge His whoring has worked so far, he got an upvote for that redundant answer

Ben Brocka

@fredley It's not fully operational yet though, still need a sim card from straight talk. I got a t mobile one but their service here A) Sucks B) is considered data roaming

pixel

2:11 PM

@fredley its easy, desktop pc for heavy lifting, tablet form factor for low use work, if they absolutely must have a laptop shaped device then an ultrabook of some kind

fredley

@BenBrocka Here being...?

pixel

the 'work' that the vast majority of people do can be done on a tablet

and that statement becomes more and more valid now the windows devices are on the market

fredley

@pixel Thin client. Server at home, low-powered ultrabook for tapping away on the go.

Lazers

0

Q: Hitman Absolution "Absolution" Trophy/Achievement

The last trophy I need for Hitman Absolution is the golden "Absolution" trophy, rewarded for completing the game on any Professional difficulty. Diffulty's are devided in two groups: Enhanced Easy Normal Professional Hard Expert Purist I started on Normal difficulty for like 4 levels ...

hitman-absolution

Ben Brocka

@pixel there's a wide range of desktop "heavy lifting" though. My parents need considerably less power than I do...though I built my mom's PC almost like I built my own, just sans the graphics card, since parts were cheap

pixel

2:12 PM

@fredley if you're going to go with that model, a tablet will still do the job

fredley

@pixel Not for coding it bloody won't

I want my Sublime Text 2, and I'm willing to spend extra £s on a device that will run it.

Ben Brocka

@fredley Iowa, right on the mississippi. T mobile has no native service here and their roaming sucks. AT&T has a good network here, hence Straight Talk

pixel

@fredley pff, it could still be passable, the only thing you're really missing there is a physical keyboard, and tbh laptop keyboards are crap to type on anyway

fredley

@BenBrocka Ah. 'murica.

Ben Brocka

Also AT&T and Verison have hilariously expensive prepaid plans

fredley

2:14 PM

@pixel Depends on your preference, I find mine fine. Depends on whether you like clunky keys or tappy keys (I like the latter)

pixel

the only use a laptop shaped device really has is when you need a comparable desktop operating system in a small form factor, but a windows 8 pro tablet would provide that (although be more expensive than a cheap and cheerful laptop shaped thing)

fredley

@BenBrocka I bargained Orange down to £5/mo for my phone service, and I'm buying an N4 as soon as bloody possible

@pixel This is pretty much me. I use Ps, SublimeText and Chrome (heavily) constantly. No way a tablet is going to cut it for a long time.

RedRiderX

@fredley You haggled with a telcom?

fredley

@RedRiderX Yes

Do you want tips?

RedRiderX

@fredley Sure.

pixel

2:17 PM

@fredley I live via RDP, to the point where I earlier accidentally connected to a customer site via an RDP to my home PC

which is completely their fault for allowing it

;)

even more impresive

guild wars 2 launches via rdp

fredley

1) Do your research. Find the *perfect* plan, on another network. Regardless of whether their coverage is crap, or whatever. 3 is a good place to look.

2) Leave the network. Ring up and actually get a PAC code. They will bump you around between people, who will mock you for leaving and try and offer you better deals. Be armed with the details of the plan you are moving to and say you're *not* going to budge.

3) Await call back. I was called back within 24 hours with the £5 deal ( ultd texts, 500 mins, 1GB internet, 1mo rolling contract, Orange/EE ).

pixel

and I get comparable fps to when @badp runs it locally on his machine

Ben Brocka

@fredley What sort of "phone service", data and such? The plans listed on their site seem as bad/worse than US prepaid, and seem to be contract offers

badp

uh

Ben Brocka

And I'm never getting a goddamn contract plan again

fredley

2:18 PM

@pixel Fair enough! Latency to much of a biggie for me, although new versions of RealVNC should address this within the next few months.

pixel

@fredley oh yeah latency while typing gets annoying, fortunately I don't get it that frequently via rdp

badp

The hell is this?

pixel

when I do though, it makes chatting annoying to the point where I give up, let alone doing anything productive

@badp an image

Ben Brocka

@badp Use it, is that the echo you get in your inventory at the start of the game?

pixel

I haven't actually worked out where I can get a bow from yet

Josefvz

2:20 PM

@badp IDK.. cause @ work..

fbueckert

Good morning, Bridge

RedRiderX

@fredley And no threats needed whatsoever!?

badp

@BenBrocka I didn't know you'd get an echo recorder at the start of the game

fredley

@RedRiderX No. Rule One of haggling in any situation is to walk away. You will be chased with the best deal they can offer.

Ben Brocka

@badp all but one class does I think...surely you would have noticed that one before now though right?

fredley

2:21 PM

Learned this one in India.

badp

@BenBrocka Is the one the gunzerker?

OrigamiRobot

@badp Zero

RedRiderX

@fredley That's true.

badp

@OrigamiRobot No, the one pictured is Zero's start-of-game recorder.

I mean, it's called "Helmet data Rec0rding"

Ben Brocka

I forget if Mechro starts with one. I thought it was Axton

OrigamiRobot

2:22 PM

@badp I read "the" as "this". My wrong.

Fluttershy

Morning, Bridge!

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy Morning. I took the day off so I could play more Dishonored.

Fluttershy

@pixel How you liking GW2 so far?

pixel

@Fluttershy slow

I haven't quit yet though

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot Cool. While you're playing Dishonored, I'll be going to a movie with @FAE. =)

@pixel Find jumping puzzles! They're so much fun!

pixel

2:33 PM

jumping puzzles would have been out of my reach lastnight

far too tired for coordination

Fluttershy

Well... Stay sober and then find jumping puzzles! <_<

pixel

I guess that was a combination of tired and fried

badp

@Fluttershy You, siree, have a odd definition of "fun"

Fluttershy

In other news, I quit smoking! =D

badp

woo!

Fluttershy

2:36 PM

@badp You don't like the jumping puzzles?

badp

I only bothered to do one vista

I really didn't like movement in GW2 at all

pixel

@badp you don't count, you didn't buy the game

badp

or maybe I did three or four

@pixel I still get to have opinions on it!

Fluttershy

Ah. See, vistas are different from jumping puzzles. Jumping puzzles are my favorite part of GW2. That and the new Fractals of the Mist.

Invader Skoodge

@Fluttershy I did 2 back to back jumping puzzles yesterday and it was awesome.

pixel

2:37 PM

@badp yes but your opinions are as valid as the person who comments on a movie based on the opening credits :P

badp

@Fluttershy How's a vista not a jumping puzzle?

@pixel I played for twenty or so hours all in all

pixel

@badp % complete?

<10% for sure

badp

world %? I think 6 or 7.

pixel

I do think the movement doesn't feel that responsive though

Fluttershy

@badp Some vistas require jumping to get to, but they're nothing like jumping puzzles. <_<

Invader Skoodge

2:38 PM

@badp There is a specific class of thing called "jumping puzzle" that you get an achievement for completing. Vistas are like miniature versions of them.

badp

@InvaderSkoodge oh dear

pixel

I can't get onto Crystal Desert though

server is 'full'

Invader Skoodge

@pixel Lame.

Fluttershy

@pixel It is a popular server. =P We're pretty awesome.

pixel

yes but it means I'm playing an MMO by myself

that will never end well

Fluttershy

2:41 PM

They're supposedly implementing a feature that will allow you to run dungeons with friends cross-server, I think... Some time in the future... Maybe.

pixel

not the same though

Invader Skoodge

@pixel Check the server switch stuff occasionally and see if you can get over.

pixel

yeah I've checked about 8 times today

and everytime I got d/c'd lastnight

which was about 4 times

Invader Skoodge

Although from what I understand, most server switching has to do with WvW and since Crystal Desert is dominating this week, I doubt many people will switch out.

pixel

which got really annoying

ironically, when I logged in for the first time, it was on 'high'

but because my home region was europe, I had to restart the client while my account got moved

and it changed to full during those few minutes

Lazers

2:45 PM

0

Q: What does health actually mean?

The health rating on the character select screen, what is the actual meaning for it? The wiki mentions how one health is equal to one red heart container, but this is not the case. Case in point being Eve which has 1 health but 2 containers. What does it actually mean?

binding-of-isaac

Fluttershy

@pixel Just wait til we're losing in WvW and you should be able to switch without issue. =P @InvaderSkoodge is right. We're pretty much destroying in our match-up this week. (Last I checked, at least)

Ben Brocka

Can Earth EXPLODE? An essay surprisingly/depressingly not by Mr. Torgue

badp

@BenBrocka What a terrible presentation

Ben Brocka

I was expecting more explosions

badp

Nothing ruins a possibly convincing argument like a conspiracy theory, a shitty webpage, a bunch of crappy images and, just, it screams UNTRUSTWORTHY all over the place.

Ben Brocka

2:51 PM

Your definition of convincing is far more generous than mine

badp

"possibly"

Ben Brocka

Conspiracy theories seem to correlate strongly with hilariously poor web design, writing style and argumentation

exhibit A: timecube.com

Martin Sojka

@BenBrocka I'll save you the trouble actually reading. The answer is "Yes, but ..." with the "but" being "..., but there's nothing the whole of humanity can do to either cause or prevent it currently, nor for any foreseeable future."

badp

We could always create a new universe...

Ben Brocka

> It Is The Absolute Verifiable Truth & Proven Fact
That Your Belly-Button Signature Ties
To Viviparous Mama.

fredley

3:03 PM

@BenBrocka Not sure if parody, or real thing

Ben Brocka

@fredley If it's parody he's very, very, very dedicated to the act

Time Cube

Time Cube is a website created by Gene Ray, also known as Otis E. Ray, in 1997 John C. Dvorak wrote in PC Magazine that "Metasites that track crackpot sites often say this is the number one nutty site." Concept The following quotation from the TimeCube.com website illustrates a recurring theme from Gene Ray's ideas: Ray has wagered $10,000 that his theories cannot be proven wrong. The site has been criticized for the centered 24-to-30-point font of its design and the "endless blather" of its content. Public reaction Ray spoke about Time Cube at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

fredley

@BenBrocka thousands of words of dedicated

Ben Brocka

With hand-done HTML style badness

No wait, he must be using a WYSIWYG editor. Still though

also

fredley

2 days at the top of the supercollider, and it wasn't even a question with a misleading title!

@BenBrocka This is going on our company website, now

Martin Sojka

@BenBrocka ... and now I have "Always" from Erasure bouncing in my brain. Thanks!

Ben Brocka

3:10 PM

ALWAYS I WANNA BE WITH YOU AND MAKE EMAIL WITH YOU

3

Lazers

0

Q: How can I train Options Selects?

This question explains what an Option Select (OS) is, but how can I actually train them? I know it is possible to go into training mode and use the dummy to record an OS, so I can test it with the 1st player char. Scenario 1: Get hit -> Option 1 gets executed Scenario 2: Backdash -> Option 2 ge...

super-street-fighter-4

fbueckert

Yay, client renewed their remote desktop licenses.

Except now, I get punted out of the connection every time it completes it.

Fluttershy

3:32 PM

So, anyone who has not gone to see Cloud Atlas.... GO SEE IT IMMEDIATELY.

badp

PROTIP: do not open your Echo device during cutscenes

sighs and closes the Borderlands 2 window

Ben Brocka

I didn't think it let you

badp

yeah, it's a bug

I guess

race condition and whatnot

I press I as the cutscene started, so it got stuck midway the fade from white with the echo device sound playing in the background

Ben Brocka

"Handsome Jack here and--are you even listening to me? Put the damn ECHO down!"

badp

Esc, I, Tab, none of that worked

Lazers

3:45 PM

0

Q: What causes desync in multiplayer games?

A very simple question I am trying to solve my desync problems. I have looked around the net and some people say it is one thing that causes it others have different conclusions. -Is it caused by my computer not being as good at performance of other players computers processing capabilities mean...

multiplayer lag

Fluttershy

When Handsome Jack introduced me to Buttstallion, I really knew Borderlands 2 was money well spent. <_<

Wipqozn

user15026

@fluttershy....

Wipqozn

cc: @OrigamiRobot.

OrigamiRobot

1 hour ago, by OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy Morning. I took the day off so I could play more Dishonored.

badp

3:48 PM

@AshleyNunn Well at least he didn't call him Piss for brains.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Our jokes are so subtle.

user15026

@badp yeah... I suppose so.

We're so clever.

@Lazers Bleh.

3:50 PM

@Wipqozn @OrigamiRobot I don't even care anymore!

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy That's not a very honorable thing to say.

actually swooshes

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn You guys can enjoy your Dishonored. I'll get it during the Christmas sale. =P

badp

The world will be dead, or asploded, by then!

fbueckert

@badp In which case, who cares!

FAE

3:55 PM

@Fluttershy So there is a network here, but it's a little spotty.

user15026

.... That's almost better than my Internet.

FAE

@AshleyNunn We're sitting at like 1 bar on the wifi >_>

fbueckert

@FAE I didn't realize F+ was an actual score.

user15026

Oh ick. I can usually get more than that. :(

FAE

@fbueckert I didn't either.

@fbueckert Kinda par for the course for hotel wifi.

fbueckert

3:57 PM

@FAE If that's par for the course, I wonder why hotels even have wifi to begin with.

Because that's about as bare minimum as you can get, and still call it wifi.

FAE

@fbueckert So they can say they have it, advertisement!

fbueckert

@FAE You'd get many more tech-oriented guests if you at least tried to provide proper internet.

FAE

@fbueckert I can chat and once I get a sim card, I'll be able to use my phone on it, so that's pretty much my biggest concern at the moment.

@fbueckert Kinda sitting in the middle of nowhere here.

fbueckert

@FAE Ah, that explains things.

Fluttershy

@FAE Hullo! So, is the full stay paid for, or...?

FAE

4:04 PM

@Fluttershy Did first week.

Fluttershy

@Fluttershy Perfect. Because we might be switching places. <_< One less in the middle of nowhere. We'll discuss it when I get off work! It might have better internets!

@InvaderSkoodge ... oops. @FAE ^^

Invader Skoodge

@Fluttershy Talking to yourself?

Fluttershy

Wait... What!? Dammit, mobile chat!!

FAE

@Fluttershy Can you sign onto your phone's gtalk?

Fluttershy

@FAE I can try. Gimme a few.

Lazers

4:15 PM

1

Q: I can't get my controller working

I bought a PC gamepad at Radio Shack that appears to be functioning in windows 7, as I tested it in its configuration window. However, I cant get it to work in Black Ops II. It has the most recent drivers. Is there a way to get this to work with this game or do I need to get an xbox controller...

call-of-duty-black-ops-2

FAE

4:41 PM

I am eating Triscuits! I missed Triscuits.

Fluttershy

@FAE Triscuit used to be my nickname. <_<

FAE

@Fluttershy ...wat

Invader Skoodge

Triscuits are delicious.

@FAE Try the roasted garlic ones.

Lazers

0

Q: Are there benefits for achieving max chaos?

I was playing Dishonored and for now, it seems to encourage stealth. Is there a benefit of going for max chaos? ie. killing anyone I see and doing evil choices. Are there unique items? Quests dialogs? Anything at all?

dishonored

Fluttershy

@FAE when I worked at Best Buy, my manager misheard me when I introduced myself. Thought I said "Triscuit". So... It stuck! They made me a name tag that said Tricuit. I would alternate between that and my regular name tag.

Martin Sojka

4:49 PM

@Fluttershy I can't imagine what it should have been instead. "Dry Squid"?

FAE

@InvaderSkoodge I've never had those, I usually just get plain.

@Fluttershy How in the world could someone mishear your name and think that someone is named Triscuit.

Invader Skoodge

@MartinSojka His name is Tristan. He used to go by that on here until he changed to @Fluttershy.

OrigamiRobot

@FAE ... I misread this as Tristan...

FAE

@OrigamiRobot And you just almost made me spit out my drink over his laptop.

Martin Sojka

Oh. So - I can't imagine any variant spelling of Drust, Drest, Drustus, Tristan, Drystan, Tristram and so on to be ever misheard as "Triscuit". Strange, that.

OrigamiRobot

4:56 PM

@FAE This sentence did not read right either...

FAE

@OrigamiRobot ...>_>

OrigamiRobot

Don't blame me!

Fluttershy

I'm so confused... <_<

OrigamiRobot

Better?

Fluttershy

No...

OrigamiRobot

5:03 PM

@Fluttershy Now?

Fluttershy

Not even gonna click that.

FAE

5:27 PM

and internet here is somewhat dying

badp

FAE \o/

FAE

@badp Hi!

I may randomly disappear because the wifi here seems to want to randomly stop working sometimes.

badp

...wifi?

oh, hotel wifi. Beats Dialup!

goddammit, Deus Ex. How am I supposed to be stealthy in this narrow corridor

with the stupid safe passage only available with increased jump height, which you CAN'T HAVE by now

Ullallulloo

@badp No boxes?

badp

@Ullallulloo no boxes

(This isn't Splinter Cell!)

yeah there's alcoves but obviously you get spotted as the patrol do check there

the safe route is behind the conveniently placed red pipe

actually there's a couple of crates right behind me but...

tiddy

5:46 PM

Are you going non-lethal as well?

badp

Turns out they actually don't check the alcoves

Lazers

1

Q: Do troops gained as council rewards have Iron Will advantages?

Just taking a council request mission and the reward is a new soldier, of rank Major. Do these "reward" troops get the Iron Will bonus & so have the higher will-power?

xcom-enemy-unknown

badp

and there's a corridor at the second alcove's height

That said if some guy needs killing I'll be killing

tiddy

I've never played it lethal

badp

The problem with lethal is that this is too early in the game to have stuff like iron sights

so headshots are just a lottery

also, fuck doesn't this DLC have hard hacking minigames

I don't remember anything in the main game being this challenging, possibly because I had much more praxis to work with

GnomeSlice

5:59 PM

@badp I should probably play this game.

badp

jesus christ. There's some kind of super crappy super creepy super autotuned song about the CE toy certification. It's been added to the list of things I need to unsee

or, more poignantly, unhear.

Lazers

6:18 PM

1

Q: How do you discover passcodes?

I've seen hints that media files can give you codes but I haven't been able top figure or any from the media I have. How does it work?

ingress

0

Q: How do I get my pre-order bonus content in AC 3?

I've pre-ordered the AC III deluxe edition and now It's ready. I've installed it, but it seems that I only installed the game without the added contents of the deluxe edition, I didn't receive any codes or instructions on installing the extra contents, only a link to the download manager, and li...

pc dlc assassins-creed-3

user15026

6:43 PM

....things I wonder over - I have garlic bologna, and it says "Dutch Treet" on it. Ignoring the fact that the mispelling of treat is just irritating, is it actually something Dutch people eat, like a special Dutch thing that my family never really did? Or is it just because it is kinda like solid leverworst or something? Or is it like Russian dressing, which is not Russian at all, and still baffles me?

user15026

Man, I do think about the weirdest crap.

agent86

user15026

@agent86 Yay grumpy cat :P So versatile.

agent86

@badp you can just walk up right next to him and give him a good punchin'

enemies have terrible peripheral vision

WARNING: creepy animated gif

user15026

@agent86 I am horrified now.

agent86

6:47 PM

@AshleyNunn as you should be

user15026

It's the eyes that get me

agent86

@AshleyNunn I post grumpy cat just for you!

I wish my cat was grumpy like that

user15026

@agent86 True or not, this statement makes me un-grumpy.

agent86

I'd totally look at her and laugh all day

user15026

@agent86 My cat is too derpy to make a good grumpycat

fbueckert

6:48 PM

Any cats I get won't be good grumpycats.

They'll be stealthy ninja assassins.

GnomeSlice

►

Also, -5 respect points for the lead Twisted Metal dev

fbueckert

Also, I can't bash jQuery to the point to find a stupid span tag in my Sharepoint page.

James

2

^^ Poor Pluto :(

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice For whatever reason I decided to click both those links. I have learned from my mistakes.

Lazers

1

Q: Follower skill set

My follower Jordis the Sword-Maiden is supposedly fully maxed out in terms of her skills set and has reached level 50, but I've noticed her perks aren't in effect. She's currently equipped with full Daedric Armor and dying almost effortless by upper level enemies such as bandit marauders. I've tr...