Root Access

qasdfdsaq

14:02

Oh I missed a load of messages while I was pooping. Oops.

Hastur

@DavidPostill Ops I have written an answer to "I have to say your community stinks"... but it's just deleted... :(

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq Probably inspired by it

It also looks suspeciously like a TAR 21

qasdfdsaq

Oh I used to own noobs all the time with a TAR-21

Never handled one IRL though.

DavidPostill

@Hastur Hmm. "This question was marked as spam or offensive and is therefore not shown"

The Godwin probably didn't help.

!!wkiki godwin

ChatBot John Cavil

@DavidPostill That didn't make much sense. Maybe you meant: wiki

Godwin

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qasdfdsaq

14:13

That's probably the biggest gun I've personally fired

DavidPostill

!!wiki Godwin's Law

ChatBot John Cavil

Godwin's Law

Godwin's law (or Godwin's rule of Nazi analogies) is an Internet adage asserting that "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1"—that is, if an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long enough, sooner or later someone will compare someone or something to Hitler or Nazism. Promulgated by American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990, Godwin's Law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions. It is now applied to any threaded online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and blog...

Rahul Basu

Whoa

qasdfdsaq

And that's probably the smallest.

Rahul Basu

@qasdfdsaq @JourneymanGeek Just how many goddamn snipers are present in this chat room?

qasdfdsaq

14:17

I'm a self-taught Ebay sniper

Rahul Basu

@qasdfdsaq Yeah, that''s my personal favorite

qasdfdsaq

Dammit I have a drawer full of ammunition but left my nerf guns at home :(

Rahul Basu

2

qasdfdsaq

Hmm. Two people starred Becky.

Journeyman Geek

@RahulBasu I'm not a sniper. ;p

I'm a REMF

qasdfdsaq

14:24

!!google remf

ChatBot John Cavil

@qasdfdsaq * Urban Dictionary: REMF ; REMF - Wiktionary ; Pogue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

qasdfdsaq

Dammit, real google had a onebox

> REMF. (slang, US, Britain) Rear-echelon motherfucker; a soldier far from the front line, especially during the Vietnam War. [
REMF - Wiktionary
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/REMF

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq more amusingly, my old vocation no longer exists in my unit either so I'm a redundant reservist remf.

qasdfdsaq

[Where can I buy something illegal and toxic to kill clothes moths? ](mumsnet.com/Talk/housekeeping/…) LOL

Dave

@RahulBasu I personally like the last image in that comic, since there's not many female developers which makes it 2x funny

nc4pk

14:31

8

A: Red wire to green? Old electric wiring circa 1949 to new dimmer

Sounds like you've really screwed the pooch now. You cannot make random decisions when doing electrical work. By shorting Line to ground, and doing that repeatedly, you probably caused fire damage to the cabling in your walls between the switches. Now you get to rip down all of the drywall be...

and this is why i will never do electrical work on my own house

Dave

exactly

=)

Rahul Basu

@Dave IKR!

@qasdfdsaq Is that a joke??

qasdfdsaq

14:47

@RahulBasu No.

Rahul Basu

so....

No hope of getting a girlfriend who like tech??

:/

*likes

qasdfdsaq

Depends, if you're a girl.

And how much hope you have.

Rahul Basu

I'm a guy

...and I''m pretty hopeful

ArtOfCode

:26859483 That's not funny.

user136984

'ello 'ello 'ello, what's going on here?

ArtOfCode

14:58

@ParanoidPanda Poor attempts at humour. Or misdirected thinking, I can't tell which.

user136984

@ArtOfCode: Ok, I still don't see how lesbians come into the conversation above in any way... But maybe I don't want to know! :D

ArtOfCode

@ParanoidPanda You're probably better off just not :)

Rahul Basu

heh :D

DavidPostill

@ParanoidPanda scoll up to the xkcd comic to see what kicked it off.

Rahul Basu

@DavidPostill Any Expert comments?

DavidPostill

15:03

@RahulBasu @qasdfdsaq has ignored me so any comments would fall on deaf ears.

ArtOfCode

and it was deleted for a reason

Anonymous

@DavidPostill happy birthday

DavidPostill

@PatoSáinz Thanks, but it's not until next Friday ;)

Anonymous

oh, maybe I read too fast

Rahul Basu

@ArtOfCode OK, I'm still kinda new to chat customs and rules... Sorry.

ArtOfCode

15:13

@RahulBasu No worries. In general, if something's been deleted it's not a great idea to quote it - note for next time :)

Rahul Basu

I thought he deleted it himself...

@ArtOfCode Anyways, thanks for explaining all that...

ArtOfCode

@RahulBasu ah, that makes sense. No, it was deleted by several flags.

Anonymous

allquixotic

Silly joke: What's the favorite gun design of @JourneymanGeek the wauzer? Answer: The bullpup design.

2

Anonymous

Who doesn't love a good pun

Rahul Basu

15:21

Googleing WD-40

qasdfdsaq

15:40

@ArtOfCode Which part of "Is that a joke" "No" made you think it was supposed to be funny?

ArtOfCode

Don't start insulting people.

qasdfdsaq

@ArtOfCode So posting a joke about image about lesbians is OK but replying objectively to it is ground for suspension. Care to explain the "reason" behind that?

ArtOfCode

For the record, I didn't ban you.

qasdfdsaq

Someone did.

ArtOfCode

Yes. Someone wasn't me. I came over here in response to a flag, because your message was quite possibly offensive. It was my intention to delete the message and move on; someone suspended you before I got to it.

qasdfdsaq

15:42

I pointed out a fact from a psychology study. Maybe not in exact 100% verbatim, but nonetheless, not meant to be funny.. You obviously mistook it for a joke, other people clearly find facts offensive :-/

ArtOfCode

I'd hardly call that a fact. You made an assumption about a group's sexuality based on their profession. That's not OK.

qasdfdsaq

I call it a fact, because it's based on information from a scientific study about gender representation in STEM fields.

But quoting that's not OK, but joking about it and calling it funny is OK? Yeah that's the wrong way round methinks.

ArtOfCode

More to the point, even if it was a fact, it was stated in a way that didn't attempt to make that obvious, nor did it attempt to justify why it was there.

@qasdfdsaq Quoting that would have been fine; it's a quote from a source. You didn't quote. Nor is joking about it funny.

qasdfdsaq

Nobody asked... plus it was in reply to this:

1 hour ago, by Dave

@RahulBasu I personally like the last image in that comic, since there's not many female developers which makes it 2x funny

Which was in turn a reply to this:

1 hour ago, by Rahul Basu

ArtOfCode

@qasdfdsaq that is, in fact, a fact.

Rahul Basu

15:46

Please don't tell me XKCD's are grounds for termination...

ArtOfCode

Strangely enough, I do read context in chatrooms before taking any actions, let alone suspensions. Neither of those previous messages was worth acting on; yours was.

qasdfdsaq

I dunno, am I suppose to qualify everything I say in here, even in response to a joke, with a link to the source now?

ArtOfCode

@RahulBasu they're not.

@qasdfdsaq So someone makes an XKCD reference. Someone states a fact. You reply to that fact with saying "female developers are lesbians". Tell me you wouldn't come in from another chatroom, look at that, especially if you're a female developer, and find it offensive.

qasdfdsaq

So again making a joke about lesbians and female developers is OK, but me saying "That's basically true" is "actionable".

@ArtOfCode That's NOT what I said.

ArtOfCode

@qasdfdsaq Paraphrased, that's exactly what you said.

Anonymous

15:48

@ArtOfCode probably nothing of my business but it takes some really conservative worldview to be offended by being called a "lesbian"

ArtOfCode

This is why I don't do suspensions lightly. They cause far too much butthurt and argument.

qasdfdsaq

So it's OK for you to paraphrase what I said but when what I said was basically paraphrasing a) the comic and b) an actual scientific study, it's "actioable"

Anonymous

Maybe annoyed but not offended/insulted/etc.

qasdfdsaq

Yeah I still don't see the logic.

ArtOfCode

@qasdfdsaq It's part of my explanation to you. If someone finds that offensive, I'll gladly delete my message.

qasdfdsaq

15:50

@PatoSáinz I'm neither annoyed or offended personally.

ArtOfCode

@PatoSáinz That's not the point. What do you do for a living?

Anonymous

@ArtOfCode for now, I'm a sysadmin. Why?

ArtOfCode

@PatoSáinz So that's like me coming along in response to an XKCD on sysadmins, and saying "sysadmins are gay". It's not the being called gay that's offensive, it's the assumption about an entire group based on a totally unrelated fact.

qasdfdsaq

I'm a sysadmin who self identifies as lesbian, many of the developers, support, managers, and designers I work with in I.T. are also lesbians. None of us find it offensive to joke about the preponderance of lesbians around here.

Anonymous

Hmm well I can understand your point.

Anonymous

15:52

Still, this whole debacle is probably none of my business.

ArtOfCode

@qasdfdsaq That's fair enough. But that's your opinion. To an objective observer, you're making an assumption about a group based on an entirely unrelated fact - see my last message.

qasdfdsaq

It's just like when people call me racist when commenting on my own race. Some people just actively want to be offended by everything.

ArtOfCode

Look, this argument won't go anywhere because we're both convinced we're right and only one of us is. What's done is done; I can't unsuspend you now.

qasdfdsaq

Or maybe I just never get offended by any gender related issues because so many of my friends are gay, queer, lesbian, transgender, or just plain don't know.

Rahul Basu

The way I see it, let's just stop making assumptions and get over with it. If someone can get offended, DON'T SAY IT

2

I'm starting to feel guilty for this argument now...

ArtOfCode

15:55

^ the purple emoji has it right

qasdfdsaq

@RahulBasu I am offended by your comment.

I am offended by being starred.

Fuck this, EVERYTHING offends me.

ArtOfCode

@qasdfdsaq someone reasonable.

Rahul Basu

LOL

qasdfdsaq

Survey: What proportion of self-identified reasonable people finds it offensive to joke about lesbians?

Zero votes either way. Hmm.

Indeterminate result. I'm going to go with NO.

!!taytaytayderp

ChatBot John Cavil

@qasdfdsaq That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.

ArtOfCode

15:57

@qasdfdsaq Not me. I find jokes about lesbians no more offensive than jokes about any other subset of society. In other words, it depends massively on context.

qasdfdsaq

!!tayderp

ChatBot John Cavil

qasdfdsaq

Offense is taken, not given.

Wait did I quote that right

ArtOfCode

@qasdfdsaq No :)

qasdfdsaq

reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/3euv6y/…

> He said, “offense is not given it’s taken.”

Close enough.

ArtOfCode

15:58

He also makes an incredibly convincing argument saying "this is an illegitimate point of view".

qasdfdsaq

I agree with the guy who said there's a difference between giving and intending.

ArtOfCode

So do I, as a matter of fact.

qasdfdsaq

BRB, I'm off to offend some fleas.

ArtOfCode

@qasdfdsaq inserts Donald Trump

qasdfdsaq

!!trump

ChatBot John Cavil

16:01

2

Ben Richards

@JourneymanGeek

qasdfdsaq

@BenRichards

Ben Richards

@qasdfdsaq

qasdfdsaq

@DonaldTrump

Ben Richards

@No

I thought he would enjoy this anyway

Currently typing on my Samsung Galaxy Note 5 with an IBM Model M keyboard. This is how every phone should be. https://t.co/cNVDeMeprs

Tweeted by lazygamereviews on January 15, 2016 at 4:27 AM

qasdfdsaq

16:04

Hah and only two adapters needed!

Ben Richards

Yeah!

qasdfdsaq

Oh I just noticed it's Friday

Anonymous

@qasdfdsaq yeah and today I'm working remote

Anonymous

couldn't be a better day

qasdfdsaq

When I'm "working remote" I'm usually playing MMOs all day feeling guilty about not actually doing work

So now I'm not allowed to work remotely.

Anonymous

16:08

@qasdfdsaq heh I'm procrastinating a bit but I have a huge problem on my to-do list

Ben Richards

@qasdfdsaq What, did they find out and remove that privilege?

Or did you just decide it wasn't a good idea and stop doing it?

Anonymous

porting a fucking patch from a minor version to a new version

Anonymous

thing is, I'm not really that good at C

Dave

(confused)

qasdfdsaq

@BenRichards I decided living wasn't a good idea, but I can't stop doing it

Dave

16:12

never heard of anybody porting patches before.

lols

qasdfdsaq

@PatoSáinz In-house software or third party?

@Dave I do it all the time. And I'm not even a real developer

Dave

ive heard of people applying patches but not porting them

qasdfdsaq

Patches don't always apply cleanly. Fixing a patch to apply cleanly to a non-intended version is basically porting it.

Also they should really use what proportion of people's comments are offensive in determining the ban -_-

Dave

yeah i understand now.

qasdfdsaq

!!learn nowigeddit <>http://www.beatthedesk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/now-i-understand.jpg

ChatBot John Cavil

16:14

@qasdfdsaq Command nowigeddit learned

qasdfdsaq

!!nowigeddit

ChatBot John Cavil

Dave

Sounds about like fixing merge conflicts via git

qasdfdsaq

Basically, yeah.

* Avoids git like the plague

Anonymous

@qasdfdsaq third party

Anonymous

16:26

DRBD

qasdfdsaq

Ooh, DRBD, I messed around with that once

You have to patch DRBD?!

Anonymous

@qasdfdsaq yes, I want to use Xen Remus which needs Protocol D

Anonymous

and there are only two patched versions of DRBD supporting Proto D

Anonymous

both of which are somewhat old meaning they only support ooold kernels

Anonymous

and I'm not downgrading from Linux 4.X just for drbd

Anonymous

16:28

it's a quick patch but the difficulty is in tracking whether some functions/structs have been renamed/refactored

qasdfdsaq

I'm not even using kernel 4.x on anything yet >_>

Our HPC is still running 2.6 :-/

Anonymous

even if I downgraded the kernel I'd have to downgrade it past a supported old version

Anonymous

I think

Anonymous

@qasdfdsaq what do you use then, mercurial?

qasdfdsaq

@PatoSáinz Nothing!

Having to use version control software implies actual real work

And I don't like doing real development work.

Anonymous

16:32

git is my saviour and lord

Anonymous

btw, if my porting attempts are fruitless I'll just give up and go with an old kernel

Anonymous

because fuck it

qasdfdsaq

Why do you need kernel 4.x anyway

Anonymous

@qasdfdsaq just cause

qasdfdsaq

> Create your Password

must be made up of 8-16 letters and numbers
must not contain special characters e.g. *!£&=+

Urgh. Seriously. Hate. People. Who. Force. You. To. Use. Insecure. Passwords.

> Enter a word or phrase you'll recognise

Stuck for ideas? You could choose a song lyric, a line from a book or even your favourite sport person's name.

So it's between Oppan Gangam Style or It's Friday Friday Gotta Get Down on Friday.

Ell

16:43

Hi folks

qasdfdsaq

Hi Ell

Ell

@qasdfdsaq gah

I hate this

qasdfdsaq

I hate me too.

Ell

I'm having a real problem with my btrfs -.-

qasdfdsaq

Oh.

Ell

16:45

apparently I set up my hdd & ssd in raid1 instead of raid0

and I've run out of space :P

Do you have any experience with btrfs?

qasdfdsaq

BTRFS? No. I just point and laugh while bragging about how ZFS is better.

Also what you have sounds like a better idea than what you were trying to do anyway. SSD + HDD in RAID-0 is... not optimal

But being RAID-1 you should be able to easily remove one and convert it to RAID-none

Rahul Basu

Sometimes, you just wish this worked with your annoying sister: xkcd.com/149

Proper User Policy apparently means Simon Says.

qasdfdsaq

@RahulBasu I wish this worked with all females.

allquixotic

!! s/ with all females//

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic @RahulBasu I wish this worked. (source)

allquixotic

16:48

(tip: people tend to do what they want to do)

Ell

@qasdfdsaq how come?

Rahul Basu

uh...

Ell

I just want to see one 1.2TiB device instead of having to put some things on the disk and some on the ssd

qasdfdsaq

sudo don't tell the police

Rahul Basu

@allquixotic It seems to work with none :/

allquixotic

16:49

@Ell sounds like a job for JBOD! :P

qasdfdsaq

1. That's not what RAID is for
2. You can easily do that without RAID

@allquixotic Sounds like a job for Linux LVM.

Though ZFS can handle JBOVDEVs, I dunno if BTRFS can do the same

JBOVDEV? JBOV? JBOARGHI'MCONFUSED

Ell

ahh

I want single I think

qasdfdsaq

I want single women.

Ell

thanks, JBOD is the keyword I needed to search for :P

qasdfdsaq

Noooooooooooooooo. LVM!

Though it's not really better, it's just, a more ideal way of doing the same thing.

Ell

16:51

actually single isn't what I want.

I want duplicated metadata but not duplicated or stripped data

I think.

@qasdfdsaq LVM snapshots are sloooooowwwww

allquixotic

@qasdfdsaq NullPointerException

qasdfdsaq

JBOD snapshots are... non-existent.

Also mixing HDD and SSD is going to be slow nomatter what

Ell

plus btrfs is hip and cool

@qasdfdsaq why not?

qasdfdsaq

Aren't you better off just using SSD as cache for the HDD?

Ell

it's not about performance for me really

I just want the combined space

Anonymous

16:54

btrfs is mature enough, a cool zfs alternative and its raid seems to work well

Anonymous

I'm still using linux md+lvm tho

Ell

well, it hasn't died on me yet

qasdfdsaq

But Ell doesn't want RAID

Ell

and snapshots have saved my bottom a multitude of times

qasdfdsaq

I don't have a bottom so I don't care about saving it.

Anonymous

16:55

@qasdfdsaq I fucking give up on porting the patch, maybe as a longer-term project but for now I'm just going to downgrade to kernel 3.4

qasdfdsaq

I think I' mstill on 3.1...

Ell

I am going to install gentoo after my exams though so I'll have a fresh start

but I'll still use btrfs I think

with mirrored metadata and regular unmirrorred, unstripped data

qasdfdsaq

No wait, it's 3.13.0-74

Jeesus, my webserver's still running 3.13.0-46

Anonymous

yaysus

Anonymous

github.com/superpatosainz/remus-drbd

Anonymous

16:58

this is the repo of hopelessness

qasdfdsaq

Wait where's the patch?

> root@s4a:~# uptime
16:46:56 up 307 days, 16:08, 2 users, load average: 0.05, 0.03, 0.05

Gee, well that explains the old kernel

> [root@vs2 ~]# uptime
16:58:56 up 496 days, 22:51, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

Hah, and that's my "accidental chmod" server. Still haven't rebooted it

Anonymous

@qasdfdsaq look at git commit history

Anonymous

you'll find it there

Ben Richards

I'm going to upgrade my gaming PC's disks from 2x500MB hybrid HDDs in raid0 to a 128GB SSD + 1 TB HDD for data storage.

qasdfdsaq

Moped

A moped (/ˈmoʊpɛd/ MOH-ped) is a small motorcycle, generally having a less stringent licensing requirement than motorcycles, or automobiles, because mopeds typically travel about the same speed as bicycles on public roadways. Strictly speaking, mopeds are driven by both an engine and by bicycle pedals, but in common usage and in many jurisdictions the term moped is used for similar vehicles including a scooter. Mopeds occasionally resemble powered bicycles, more commonly called a motorized bicycle. Some mopeds are of a step-through type design, while others are step-over designs, having a motorcycle...

Anonymous

17:00

@qasdfdsaq Linux testxen1 4.3.3-300.fc23.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 5 23:31:01 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Ben Richards

But I just realized that I can't just reimage it on the new drives since the image is > 128GB

qasdfdsaq

My gaming PC is 2x250GB SSDs in RAID-0.

Ben Richards

So I am probably going to have to just back up my personal files and reinstall on the new drives. :|

qasdfdsaq

@BenRichards Just use the SSD as a cache.

Anonymous

for some reason it needs to assert x86_64 3 times lol

Ben Richards

17:00

@qasdfdsaq How so?

qasdfdsaq

@BenRichards google.co.uk/search?q=intel%20ssd%20cache

Assuming you have an Intel system.

Because gaming on an AMD system would be madness.

Ben Richards

Madness? This is Sparta!

Uh, I mean, yes, it's an AMD system :P

qasdfdsaq

!!sparta

ChatBot John Cavil

@qasdfdsaq That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.

Ben Richards

Too bad

I upgraded the CPU and motherboard recently. I could've switched it from AMD to Intel but I wanted the transition to be as smooth as possible and switching the entire platform out from under the Windows installation seemed like a risky proposition.

qasdfdsaq

17:03

@BenRichards I did a while back, it wasn't as straightforward as a same-vendor switch but wasn't too hard either

Ben Richards

Sticking with AMD, even sticking with MSI for the mobo mfgr, things went as smooth as butter. Just had to call Microsoft to revalidate Windows.

@qasdfdsaq I know it isn't impossible. But I wanted as few things to have to deal with as possible.

Ell

meh balls to this. I'll wait a week and install everything from scratch instead

Ben Richards

I started getting BSODs and my cloud sync clients started forgetting credentials and settings and stuff. Since they're still the same drives I had when I built the thing a few years ago, plus being in RAID0 anyway, I figured I might as well just move to a better drive setup.

Wanted an SSD anyway. I like that boot speed.

And I can game pretty well on it. The graphics card needs upgrading next at some point, but it still works just fine.

I can max out most games and get 40fps pretty easily

Or more

I have yet to really benchmark this, but I suspect that the AMD FX processor will help me out a lot anyway since I also do music production and that hopefully makes a lot of use of multicore floating-point processing.

qasdfdsaq

40fps? Peasant

Ben Richards

I know!

But it's better than what I was getting before. Things were almost unplayable.

My gaming laptop was trumping my gaming desktop. Now things are back how they should be.

Rahul Basu

17:09

@allquixotic How do you set up a chatbot? Just Curious?

Ben Richards

It actually seems to cap at 40fps in a few games. Not sure why that's so special. I suspect I'm hitting the upper limits of the graphics card

qasdfdsaq

Or CPU

Hitting the limits of the graphics card wouldn't cap

Ben Richards

Who knows.

I can try throttling the CPU or overclocking it and seeing what changes

The graphics card is a Radeon HD 7970 3GB/1GHz

So it's capable, but a couple years old

qasdfdsaq

buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/…

I had a Radeon 5870 and that could do more than 40fps...

Ben Richards

Specifically, I'm getting 40fps with The Witcher III at max settings (even with the NVidia stuff all the way up) as well as GTAV with things turned up as far as I can without blowing over the GPU memory limit.

Oh, the card can do more than that on other games

It just is recent games like those are capping at 40fps in gameplay for some reason

It very well could be the CPU

allquixotic

17:13

@RahulBasu github.com/Zirak/SO-ChatBot

qasdfdsaq

GTA V is heavily CPU limited.

Rahul Basu

@allquixotic So, I can just make one?

qasdfdsaq

I can only get 108fps, and I've got the fastest CPU you can buy.

Ben Richards

Maybe The Witcher III is as well?

Rahul Basu

like, no stackexchange rules or anything

qasdfdsaq

17:14

Never tried Witcher myself

Ben Richards

My gaming laptop has an i7-somethingsomething and NVidia GTX 860M

I was actually surprised that my all-AMD desktop could handle The Witcher III better with even the NVidia gameworks stuff turned up all the way than the Intel-NVidia laptop.

Even if the laptop has a weaker GPU

qasdfdsaq

That's because the 860M is feeble.

Then again I have an 840M which is more feeble

Ben Richards

Hehe

qasdfdsaq

All hail feeble mobile GPUs!

I can run Rollercoaster Tycoon at 3000fps though

Ben Richards

I wanted something that was capable but it didn't have to be a super powerhouse. Also, I didn't want to be carrying a mini aircraft carrier in my backpack

Hehe

I also didn't want to spend $3k on a laptop

Oh crap I almost missed lunch

qasdfdsaq

17:18

I was about to, then I realised I didn't really need a powerful gaming laptop

Turns out when I'm on holiday I spend more time holidaying, than playing computer games

Ben Richards

I resolved to get a gaming laptop after I brought my desktop to PAX East 2013 for BYOPC. Which was great and all but a huge hassle to bring everything into the BYOPC area. I had to get help from one of my friends if I only wanted to do a single trip

Though it was still cool showing off my PC to other people there and I do enjoy BYOPC since it gives you a place to retreat to and relax while still being within a stone's throw of the main floor

qasdfdsaq

Ben Richards

Ell

I fixed it guise

Ben Richards

That was when I brought it to PAX East. It was a haul.

qasdfdsaq

17:29

Pretty empty lan party...

Ben Richards

I got to the floor first :P

I think they were still even setting up the booths. They hadn't opened the doors to the general public yet but they let me in.

I think they opened the doors at 9. First pic shows it was 8 AM :P

Haha you can see the hand truck and box I used in the second pic. :P

Canadian Luke

Anyone remember the old PokéMon Games for Gameboy?

Ben Richards

Yes.

I think that Red was the only one I ever played.

qasdfdsaq

@BenRichards Heh.

I have an uber-large PC case that would be even harder to cart around

Ben Richards

This one is pretty large, you can tell. That's a 24" screen btw

qasdfdsaq

17:34

But my flatmate has a mini-ITX box for his gaming PC. He planned on taking it to work and back as a laptop... that didn't happen. But it'd be still quite easy to take to gaming events

Ben Richards

It's also super heavy. Like 70lbs without being filled IIRC

Canadian Luke

There's a new game out, at least for Android, called Pocket Mortys. Played very similarly to the old Pokemon games, but with many Ricks and many Morty's (assuming you watch the show Rick and Morty)

Ben Richards

Hah

qasdfdsaq

Mine wouldn't be too bad, if it weren't for the full custom-loop water cooling system and dual 240/280mm radiators...

My last machine had 8 hard drives in it, which made it pretty heavy >_>

But the new one just runs 2-3 SSDs, and the rest on my network server. Completely diskless on everything but my server now

Ben Richards

Ah, my bad. It's probably 70lbs with everything in it. It's 30lbs empty.

gaming.coolermaster.com/en/products/cases/stryker

qasdfdsaq

17:37

Your ~~momma~~ PC's so fat, if you dropped it it'd leave a crater the size of ~~your momma~~ Arizona

Star me or flag me, don't just sit there an dstare :(

Canadian Luke

17:53

/flagged

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