@ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ does that X-Planes have random events like engine failure or russians random insurgents firing missiles at you?

wtf

Windows needs to STFU and reboot like it's told!

@OliverSalzburg WUT

(come to the dark side... we have cookies!)

@OliverSalzburg lol

No idea what was going on, but it seemed really weird. A file deletion process in Explorer wasn't progressing, then I started to shut down applications, except they wouldn't close and just go into "not responding" mode

When I finally gave up and tried to reboot, the message came up. Had to reset in the end

Lovely

smells a potential hw failure

Yup

I'm suspecting the hard disk I was deleting files from

@Mokubai I was SO trying not to make that joke ;p

Whoa wtf, google now reads my emails.

I got a tracking email from amazon and it shows up as a card with the location.

oh, yeah

@HackToHell That's been a thing for a while now. I reserved a van to move house and when I'm at the rental place I don't have to open my email because Google is right there with my details already...

Google is like a slightly creepy stalker who follows you around helpfully saying "Oh, your flight is on the 15th and your porn 'adult entertainment' was dispatched this morning. Isn't that nice?"

lol

google now is quite creepy

instant.ly/s/8q1Vm/nav#p/186a0

Should I apply :P ?

sure, why not?

Apparently the chances of getting approved isn't high unless you publish a windows phone app

And it needs the consent of a teacher.

@HackToHell do you have all the "fun" ideas they talk about at the bottom?

@Mokubai They talk about quite a lot, which one exactly ?

@HackToHell And probably some massive following on bookface and that bird site

@HackToHell Think about a creative project idea to engage and motivate students on your campus to build apps. Don't be afraid to think outside of the box. Please describe your idea and how you would go about implementing it.

for one

well convincing people isn't exactly my strong suit :P

use a bigger stick

And I most certainly have no idea what MSP is about

@HackToHell Probably Microsoft Student Partner: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Student_Partners

> Microsoft chooses one skilled student from each institution at a time to serve as representatives.

I don't have a chance then

You already got one?

Yeah, I just asked him what it was about :P

ah

sees removed message

assumes the worst

Nah, was just about to say that if you don't have one then you might well have a chance

They might still accept you, you never know until you try.

And if nothing else you could try finding someone who "knows a guy who could help you with that..." ;)

There is a slim chance. He got selected because he made some app.

Now he's getting pissed at my questions :|

Maybe he doesn't want the competition...

Do you get any real benefits from it?

I'm not sure.

> Microsoft offers compensation to the members of the Student Partners program through salaries (in some countries only) and software and hardware packages which are distributed to them for testing and promotional purposes. Student Partners are given access to MSDN Premium Subscriptions to support their promotional activities. At times, Student Partners are invited to technology-related conferences.

Hardware ? I'm in ^_^

Gonna try next year with a app for Windows Phone written :P

Aye, but the rest of that page makes it sound like a lot of hard work. Lots of involvement with other students, lecturers and need to invest a lot of effort "pushing the boundaries" type stuff

@Bob ^^ one of the scariest and gloomiest episodes where everyone lives

@Mokubai My college isn't that big, so it should be easier.

@allquixotic I remember watching that !

@HackToHell I don't want them to have to do an X-Air Crash Investigation for my X-Plane 787 crashing, so I need to learn the flight control systems and navigation enough to land before I unpause the game D:

lol

wiki.x-plane.com/777_beginners_tutorial

and the 777 is close enough to the 787 that I should be able to adapt

lol

my cat is frisky, she was chasing the laser... I think she's happier now that she's had her teeth cleaned, and an absessed tooth was removed, now she isn't in any pain

I told her she's a puppy and she looked at me in disbelief

o0

@allquixotic: I'm popping by a local bookstore at some point in the next few weeks. They have a cat!

@allquixotic But cats think everything we do after we feed them is shit.

@allquixotic Do you get to shoot stuff in it ?

I miss F-16 Aggressor

@allquixotic is that the one where they had to land on an old runway on an island?

The fuel pipe rubbing against the oil pipe?

@allquixotic if you are going too fast is highly likely you will crash

@Braiam: if he's going to slow, he'll stall, and crash

@JourneymanGeek going "too X" is likely fatal :P

not enough Y is also fatal

blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2014/07/29/10545697.aspx

That name sounds familiar...

@OliverSalzburg I was thinking "I swear I've seen and mentioned this before", went looking, and I was talking to you :P

@Bob ya

@Bob Different submission though. He seems to be active on that blog

lol

@allquixotic I think I've watched all the good ending ones... wish there were more :(

:/ I have a downvote, this makes it impossible for me to hit 66666

@JourneymanGeek Solution: 9 more downvotes!

Wait, do you mean you were the downvoter or downvotee?

I was the downvotee

:(

The CPU question? :S

no idea why that would be downvoted

ya

Oh yea, @Jou, the ATH arrived today :P

Just before I left for work.

Poor mailman had to run through the heavy rain...

I'm gonna have to test it when I get home, if I don't fall asleep.

which ATH did you get again?

@JourneymanGeek ...I forgot :P

;p

@JourneymanGeek WM77

apparently, they're not that great

but, worth a shot considering the price

ahh, on the ears

head-fi.org/t/655144/review-audio-technica-ath-wm77

reviewer is from singapore :P

I got it for $15

" Mids are .... I don't even know what are mids. I'd say with no EQ they are quite clear . The bass doesn't overpower them ." Honest reviewer ;p

Heh.

Hey, to me that's far better than random gibberish :P

> For $50 I think it's a pretty good deal.

OTOH, some other guy:

> I gotta say , these pair of headphones are the worst pair of Audio Technica headphones i ever bought...

I guess we'll see.