The DMZ

Rоry McCune

17:00

@Flyk or a co-incidental stalker

Flyk

@Simon oh?

Simon

@Flyk I keep dropping them, or attempting to catch them by the wire while they're dropping.

That can't be any good.

Flyk

google the price of replacement cables, that will stop you from doing that

Simon

I'd much rather google pictures of kittens.

raz

17:59

@RоryMcCune Stop trying to apply logic to politics.

@Flyk No but their stuff works, so if they want to spy on me they can. It's my hot body.

Flyk

@raz pics

raz

Flyk

ew gross

basically scarred for life

thanks

raz

@Flyk It's what I do best.

Flyk

today has been my most active day on Stack Exchange so far this year

nobody will notice

raz

18:12

I generally don't pay attention to other people's activity.

Flyk

when I'm properly active, people complain

I guess they would do that when a user submits 100 edits in a day

no, valuable edits

uh, "valuable"

but large, substantial edits the rest of the time

I'm now going to pick one of my edits at "random" to demonstrate my point, ignoring the bulk of my edits

gaming.stackexchange.com/posts/198980/revisions

world class edit

tbh, I usually target a particular thing, clear that list, then target another particular thing

my favorite is "recieve"

but I don't just edit to "receive" and leave all the other mistakes

chances are, users who can't spell "receive" also don't grammar or capitalize

since they're obviously dribbling idiots who failed high school

Rоry McCune

@Flyk BTW did you get your PC fixed ok?

Flyk

@RоryMcCune yes

Rоry McCune

@Flyk \o/ what turned out to be the issue?

Flyk

I even tried to write some music today, but still ended up installing a bunch of drivers myself

Rоry McCune

18:18

or was it "meh reinstall fixes all evils"

Flyk

might as well have just done it myself

SSD failure

Rоry McCune

@Flyk blech, what brand?

Flyk

2 hours ago, by Flyk

yes, I have a 512gb crucial ssd as a coaster

Rоry McCune

I've had good luck so far with Samsungs

@Flyk ah well therein lies your problem, I'd stick to Intels and samsungs if I was you

Flyk

all of mine are crucial

except the new one

with is a ocz

Rоry McCune

18:19

@Flyk so not just less important?

Flyk

hm?

oh right

har, funny

Rоry McCune

@Flyk :)

Flyk

didn't even see that one

Rоry McCune

@Flyk that's the best way with puns

Flyk

this pc has an ocz ssd in it too

never had any issues with it

but then I've never had any issues with the others either until yesterday

I thought SSDs were meant to fail in read only mode

Rоry McCune

18:22

@Flyk depends on the type of failure, I guess. no way it would be wearing out (which would be the readonly thing) at that short a lifetime

Flyk

yeah but out of the collective experience of everybody I know, none of us have ever had one fail in read only

I would have thought the rest of the hardware had similar reliability to the controllers on spinning disks

Rоry McCune

@Flyk would seem logical, but there's always duds in every tech I guess

Flyk

I suppose we did all jump on the SSD bandwagon as soon as the prices started coming down

I have a collection of no-longer-used 64gb SSDs

Rоry McCune

@Flyk I love my SSDs, wouldn't be without them

Flyk

@RоryMcCune same

and silent is better than any noise at all

I'm not going to repeat my mistake from my last music pc build the next time either

of having a high end graphics card to drive all the displays

stupid noisy fans

will just grab the cheapest fanless triple display port card available at the time

I wonder how well windows deals with not having a page file when you actually run out of free RAM

Rоry McCune

18:27

@Flyk yeah in your line of work I can see the noise being a bad thing(tm)

Flyk

any kind of noise at all

in my last pc I had a weird electrical whine output through the sound card

that sound card was probably dodgy though

the amount of times the cables had been pulled out of the back of it, you could make windows bluescreen by wiggling the cables

Rоry McCune

@Flyk impressive

Lighty

I come peek in after a long while, and @Simon is still talking about people shitting on him, #DMZ

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Flyk

you must have literally 40 million notifications

David Freitag

Yiss, our application was accepted and I'm moving out.

Goodbye satan's driveway, hello heated sidewalks

Flyk

18:35

"heated sidewalks"

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag is that really a thing?

David Freitag

Yes

@RoryAlsop They have a geothermal generator similar to the ones you can put on your house. In the winter it keeps portions of the parking lots and all of the sidewalks just above freezing.

Ohnana

I had linux on my laptop. TRIM was not enabled for the longest time on my SSD

David Freitag

@Ohnana That's not the worst thing in the world. At least you didn't defrag it regularly.

Ohnana

@DavidFreitag it was still a facepalm moment

also I'm older than lighty AHAHAHAH

David Freitag

18:39

I keep forgetting how old I am

raz

@DavidFreitag That's because you're old.

David Freitag

@raz 23 is old?

Rоry McCune

@DavidFreitag older than 22

David Freitag

@RоryMcCune Doesn't really feel like it, if I'm honest.

Rоry McCune

@DavidFreitag that's the thing, it never does (at least in my experience)

AviD

18:49

@RоryMcCune I still try going to the young couples' events in my neighborhood.

David Freitag

I was always hoping for an instantaneous transformation into something more badass.

AviD

at least my wife gets to mock me endlessly.

Rоry McCune

@AviD yeah I'm going to hang out with a bunch of students next week

AviD

@DavidFreitag so you could shave your head and grow a goatee.

Rоry McCune

^is I'm sure what I'll be like

AviD

18:50

@DavidFreitag not instantaneous, but only 2 steps.

►

David Freitag

@AviD My facial hair doesn't really grow. I haven't shaved in two months give or take a week and it isn't even a cm long

AviD

@RоryMcCune arent you now?

Flyk

@Ohnana Lighty is basically the baby of the room

Lighty

I'm teaching my dad how to play Counter Strike: Global Offensive, he says the russians in that game are globally offensive

Flyk

@Ohnana also you may or may not be older than me, also

AviD

18:51

@Lighty true

raz

@DavidFreitag If you're starting to forget things... maybe it is for you

Lighty

@Flyk OH GOD FLYK, IM 12 NAO, I CAN DO WHAT I WANT

David Freitag

@Lighty You should tell your dad not to quit his day job.

Rоry McCune

@AviD I meant I'll be like that next week when drinking with students

AviD

ah

David Freitag

18:51

@raz I'm not starting to, I've always had the memory of a goldfish.

Lighty

@DavidFreitag Maybe you are a goldfish

plottwist

David Freitag

@Lighty I hope not, my house it at the bottom of the ocean

Ohnana

@Lighty man wait 50 years and all the video game goons are gonna be muslim or arab

Lighty

@DavidFreitag Is it a pineapple?

David Freitag

@Lighty Nope that's the neighbor

Flyk

18:52

under the sea?

Simonbob Canadianpants!

Lighty

@DavidFreitag The accuracy of you living in the middle house is breathtaking real

David Freitag

@Lighty Are you saying I'm some kind of obtuse squid with a very large nose?

Flyk

@DavidFreitag maybe not a squid

Lighty

@DavidFreitag Well, I'm pretty sure your nose is long

Rоry McCune

add the shaved head bit...

Flyk

18:54

the word "obtuse" always makes me think of Andy Dufresne

David Freitag

That's my favorite movie.

raz

@Flyk How can you be so obtuse.

AviD

@Lighty that wasnt his nose you felt!

Flyk

@RоryMcCune your hair appears to be retreating

Rory Alsop

@RоryMcCune Are you just showing me in black and white to show how old I am :-)

Flyk

18:55

@raz psh, how can you be so obtuse

Lighty

@AviD french gasp

AviD

@RоryMcCune yeah, he does always look like a badass

Rory Alsop

@AviD whose was it?

David Freitag

@AviD Hahahaha ...yeah it was..

Rоry McCune

@RoryAlsop nah first picture that showed up when I google image searched your name :op

@Flyk wrong rory

Flyk

18:56

@RоryMcCune damn all you rories look the same, like you were made in some kind of rory factorory

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David Freitag

@Flyk I think they may have broken the mould with the elder Rory though

Rory Alsop

@Flyk Genesis 1:27

AviD

@Flyk factorory

Rory Alsop

:-)

Lighty

@RоryMcCune hm, needs more lasers

perfect

Flyk

18:57

@DavidFreitag the mold didn't break, it rotted away over several millenia

@AviD fixed

Rory Alsop

Flyk

totally don't look like a rocker

Rory Alsop

@Flyk In what way

Flyk

even rockers have learned how to stealth into the real world now

Rory Alsop

Music is on the inside

David Freitag

18:58

@RoryAlsop The picture on the left makes you look like a predator

Lighty

@RoryAlsop I'd say needs maor laz0rz, but you look bad-arse by nature, so yeah, no need

Rory Alsop

@Lighty I have 2 lasers there, I had two on the floor, and my new guitar has lasers - but isn't quite finished yet

Oh, and I had a light saber at that gig

AviD

@DavidFreitag @RoryAlsop the one on the right looks like he is wielding arc lightning spells

Rory Alsop

:-)

Lighty

@RoryAlsop Were you ever so Rory, you went like "Dude, my guitar needs a fcking laser in it"

Rory Alsop

18:59

@AviD that one is very odd - it makes my face/mask look like a transformer

Lighty

I need a guitar with a laser now

Rory Alsop

@Lighty of course you do. There is only so much you can do with a guitar that just has fire

Flyk

OH NO

AviD

@RoryAlsop no - like a Diablo 3 magical boss monster

Flyk

THE INSIDIOUS DOKTOR MAYHEM JUST TRANSFORMED... into a human resources dude O_O

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David Freitag

19:00

@Flyk Run out of weed?

Flyk

lol out of weed

pls, I have more weed than the cartel

Lighty

@RoryAlsop I want to build a flamethrower in Dads new Bass Guitar now

and "accidently" activate it

>:D

Rory Alsop

Flyk

@RoryAlsop not enough flames

when I make a guitar flamethrower, I start with a flamethrower then add the guitar to it, not the other way around

Rory Alsop

@Flyk I know. But I have a pyro company who will do me a set of their smalles flame generators next time we play an outdoor festival

6 metre flames is their smallest!!!

Flyk

19:02

dammit

Rory Alsop

I can't wait

Flyk

it's not pyrotechnics unless you light a fire circling the crowd

Ohnana

@RoryAlsop i believe that's a fucking barbecue

Flyk

I need somebody to build me some custom fireworks

Rory Alsop

@Ohnana It's awesome, is what it is. For that one, I don't get to control it. It's remotely controlled by their guy, who shuts it off if I point it anywhere I shouldn't :-(

David Freitag

19:03

@Flyk Starbait denied

Lighty

@RoryAlsop I have a star sprinkler on my guitar, does that count?

Flyk

here's what I want

my next album has a rainbow dash color scheme going on

Ohnana

@RoryAlsop that's good. spotters are helpful bastards

Flyk

without mentioning rainbow dash for obvious legal reasons

Rory Alsop

@Flyk Speak to these guys: 21ccgroup.com

Flyk

19:04

I want fireworks that explode into said colors

Lighty

Also, Rory, guess what I've found in my storage/server room?

Flyk

big fireworks

Ohnana

two people: the guy with the flame, and the guy with the extinguisher

Flyk

like... rattles windows for miles fireworks

Rory Alsop

@Ohnana Well, I did argue that as I have £10million public liability insurance it couldn't be that bad, surely :-)

Flyk

19:04

I need enough BOOM to make people think we're under attack

Rory Alsop

@Flyk and then tour Afghanistan?

Syria?

Flyk

nope, muslim country

bad news for women

Rory Alsop

@Flyk good point

raz

metaltech... they any good?

Look like a bunch of bucketheads

Rory Alsop

@raz they're ok, I guess

Flyk

19:05

@raz I heard some of their tracks, wasn't really a fan

raz

@RoryAlsop I'll give'em a shot.

Flyk

plus whoever records them videos with a smartphone needs a lobotomy

Rory Alsop

@Flyk It's not likely to ever appeal to you or Simon

Rоry McCune

@RoryAlsop nice way to make them sound like a couple :op

Lighty

@RoryAlsop

Rory Alsop

19:06

@Flyk I now have about 40 hours by GoPro - editing is an issue though

Flyk

hey, while I'm not a fan, you succeeded where metallica failed

Rory Alsop

@Lighty very cool

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop Speaking of music people should listen to, wasn't there a track you wanted me to hear yesterday?

TildalWave

Flyk

in that I willingly listened to one of your tracks in full

Rory Alsop

19:06

@Flyk I am honoured

Flyk

three, in fact

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag oh, yes, erm... I think it was actually a youtube of the whole album. Hang on

Lighty

@RoryAlsop A Ayra laser, small remote came with it, Green and Red clas IIc lasers

Rory Alsop

@Flyk well - you gave it a shot

►

Flyk

I even - for a brief moment - heard a nice phat running bassline and a BPM increase of about +10 and my "standard" supersaw for a lead

backed by guitars

only for a brief moment

Rory Alsop

19:08

@Flyk That sounds okay :-)

Flyk

like .07 seconds

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag it's a bit stoner thrashy - bits are good, bits less so - have a wee flick through it and see what you think

@Flyk lol - dashed again

(not like a rainbow)

Flyk

and I'm fairly certain I could get my usual sized crowd dancing to sex on the dancefloor, even in its current form

Rory Alsop

@Flyk well - I would say I'll send you a free signed copy of our 1st album, but it would have to be sent to a dead drop in Greenock, I guess

Flyk

no, I'm rethinking that whole trip due to your overwhelmingly negative response regarding the area

Rоry McCune

19:10

@RoryAlsop would make a change from people dropping dead in Greenock anyway

@Flyk Glasgows nice

Flyk

^

Rоry McCune

@Flyk just avoid Greenock

Rory Alsop

yup

Flyk

@RоryMcCune I've not heard that about Glasgow

Rоry McCune

@Flyk no seriously there's loads of nice places in Glasgow

Flyk

19:11

I've heard that Glasgow is full of angry people who will glass you for saying hi in the wrong dialect

Lighty

Tried to explain GHz and Processors (FLops per sec) to girlfriend, and Finally discovered how much smarter than me dogs are. Even ameobas have more intelligence than me. Oh and I'm a jackass.

Flyk

and my scottish dialect is... none existent

Lighty

call them Giga Potatoes per Second

Flyk

@Lighty really? You going to do this in here?

Rоry McCune

@Flyk nah people get on fine in Glasgow

Rory Alsop

19:12

@Flyk that isn't the wrong dialect. Edinburgh dialect is the wrong dialect :-)

Lighty

@Flyk From all the stuff you people do n this room, I see no shame anymore

Flyk

@RoryAlsop lol

David Freitag

@Lighty Flops per second? That's a tautology I've not heard before.

Flyk

@Lighty yes but do you think insulting women in my presence is a good idea, like at all?

Lighty

@Flyk Do I look like a guy with any good ideas at all?

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Rory Alsop

19:12

@Lighty I'd have to agree with @Flyk on this one.

Flyk

@Lighty that'll do

so, what doesn't she understand?

Lighty

About computer hardware?

AviD

@Flyk even if you werent here.

Lighty

almost everything

xD

Flyk

yes, tell me exactly what you said to her, so I can tell you how wrong you are and that it is ultimately the teacher's fault, not the students

AviD

19:14

for that matter, as you will note above, I think my presence has more of a direct effect on him.

Flyk

@AviD your presence has a direct effect on everybody, unfortunately

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AviD

@Lighty oh, and let this be a warning to you. Jackassery will not be abided.

@Flyk true.

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop So far it's not too bad. It started a bit slow but it picked up a bit

Flyk

you ruined it

Rory Alsop

:20131401 ahhh - nice. You beat me to the idea

Flyk

19:16

now I look like I'm hating on somebody for calling themselves a jackass!

WOE IS ME, such a mean person :(

AviD

@RoryAlsop feel free to embellish

Lighty

@Flyk Whenever I try to make a fool out of myself, @AviD is there to ruin it, man D:

AviD

@Flyk yeah, well, it is insulting to jackasses.

Rory Alsop

@Lighty well, there's making a fool, and there's deliberately antagonising others

Flyk

@AviD poor donkies

I'm not even antagonized, I just like looking like I'm about to snap at somebody to see how they react

David Freitag

19:17

@Flyk They're like onions, they'll get over it.

Ohnana

@Flyk that comment chain was incredibly confusing until I realized it was Avid all along

Flyk

@Ohnana it's always avid, if anything doesn't make sense, ever, blame avid

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag Or like parfait

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop Yes, exactly!

Lighty

@Flyk So, you're saying you should also blame @AviD for me? ;D

Flyk

19:18

yes

AviD

@Flyk oh, that wasnt about you at all

Flyk

oh, I'm not special :(

AviD

@Flyk sorry, it wasnt you, it was all women

#yesallwomen

@Flyk see what I did there?

Flyk

I don't like it

Rоry McCune

@AviD got yourself in trouble with your missus if she ever reads this Stackexchange chat room?

Flyk

19:19

WHAT?

THIS ISN'T A FORUM

AviD

heh

Flyk

WHAT KIND OF STACK EXCHANGE USER ARE YOU?

AviD

HAHAHAHA

Lighty

Please put on your goggles and look away from the light on impact, please refrain from looking directly into the blast until 10 seconds after detonation

Ohnana

yes that is what to be butthurt over

Flyk

19:20

go sit in the corner.

AviD

@RоryMcCune nah, my wife is a feminist.

Do you know why she is a feminist?
BECAUSE I TOLD HER TO BE!!

Rоry McCune

@AviD yeah but you implied she's not special....

@AviD missuses tend not to take that kindly

Ohnana

@AviD lol wat

Flyk

men can be feminists as well, you know

AviD

@RоryMcCune heh

Flyk

19:21

you know, being a feminist is basically wanting gender equality

unless you're an extremist

AviD

@Flyk as my wife often points out

Flyk

and then you kill people who draw comics

AviD

@Flyk actually, I dont like that term anymore.

Rоry McCune

@Flyk one who can edit posts?

Flyk

like all of the other extremists

@RоryMcCune :p

AviD

19:21

it relies on an assumption of female inferiority.

I prefer "humanist"

Flyk

@AviD I don't, the vast majority of people dismiss everything you say the moment you say feminist

you've never seen me say "I am a feminist"

even though everybody assumes it

Rory Alsop

@Flyk No - you are @Flyk

AviD

@Flyk no, thats not why I dont like it, I mean in the other direction

@Flyk I dont think anyone here thinks you are a feminist

Flyk

@AviD ironically, we're both correct, which is special since we both came at that from opposite ends of the argument

AviD

Misandry != feminism.

Flyk

19:23

@AviD not in here, elsewhere on the network though

@AviD so many people don't get that, at all

Lighty

@Flyk *Forum

AviD

@Flyk yeah, but usually its the other way around

Flyk

oh, I just worked out why I have a massive headache

this kick drum has information at 5hz

Rory Alsop

@Flyk Through reference monitors, do you get anything?

Or are you running that through subs

Flyk

vibrations

Rory Alsop

19:28

well, yes

Flyk

the cones move if you filter everything above 10hz

so there will be some "noise" even if inaudible

I love NI Massive so much

Rоry McCune

@Flyk que?

Flyk

@RоryMcCune native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/synths/massive

Rоry McCune

@Flyk ahh I briefly thought you were referring to a rap posse in Belfast

Flyk

that explains your surprise

AviD

19:52

@DavidFreitag this one is for you

If You're Only 20-Something, Stop Saying You're Old

David Freitag

@AviD I never said I was old

AviD

I seem to remember you did.

David Freitag

That was @raz.

I generally refer to myself as a small gold-colored aquatic creature.

AviD

@DavidFreitag ah, spongebob.

David Freitag

@AviD Hey, just because I live at the bottom of the sea that doesn't make me spongebob.

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