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6:00 PM
"[SM] Error (line 19, column 82): Line contained too many invalid tokens"
 
@Powerlord Sounds confusing.
 
@Mana The worst part is that this is in UTF-8, and the column number appears to be number of bytes, not characters.
In characters, the 82nd character is a space.
 
too many spaces?
 
Maybe I should Google this error and make sure it's really complaining about the {1} and not the %%
 
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Q: Voting to close as duplicate removes voting controls from auto-comments

Jon SeigelI believe this happens under the following conditions: Vote to close as a duplicate There was an existing "possible duplicate of" auto-comment for the same target question as I voted The voting controls on at least the auto-comment* are gone after clicking through the "this question needs n m...

 
6:05 PM
@Fabian You around?
 
@GraceNote Yep
 
Look for a healthy surprise in your inbox. ♪
 
@GraceNote Hmm, I'll register the game and see what this DLC is. I'm probably the only one because it is a country-specific promotion or something. And I'm likely the only one that got the german version
 
@Fabian Run!
 
I wish I had a healthy surprise in my inbox. Instead there's just another Ubuntu Patch Pilot report.
 
6:08 PM
@Justin Why should I run from the DLC?
 
@Fabian the "healthy surprise" in your inbox... remains me of a promised cake...
 
@Justin I think Grace is a bit more trustworthy than Gladoss ;-)
 
and that didn't wind up to well for me, had to kill a mega-psychopath to prevent myself from being poisoned only to have to do it allover again.
 
Portal references? In my gaming chat? It's more likely than you think.
 
@Fabian lol
and lets not mention the death of my trusted freind...
Ok... i think my portal refrences are done... we now, anyway. Back to testing...
 
6:11 PM
Is there a collapse/hide tag for answers? Not spoiler - but one that you click to expand/collapse text.
 
@Wipqozn No, I don't think they need it, except to hide less important answers.
 
user30
@Powerlord I still can't make heads nor tails of the TF2 economy
 
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Q: Just bought an xbox and I have a few questions

user9633Hi, I just bought an xbox 360 and I have a few questions: Some games are louser when they turn inside the console. Does it say anything? When I enter sea the game in the dashboard - I get an option to press on y and recieve game details . there I can choose install the game. What is it for ?...

 
@Lazers oddly enough... I didn't know xbox made you install games.
 
@Justin dang :/ thanks
 
6:17 PM
@ThomasMcDonald Welcome to the club.
@Lazers dials 912 Hello, grammar police? I have a question that urgently needs your attention.
(pretend I said 998 for Europe)
 
@Powerlord its usually 911.... where is it 912?
@Wipqozn request the feature at
 
@Justin ...that was the joke. :P
 
Likewise in Europe (well, the UK anyway), it's 999.
 
lol... I know, but I haven't corrected someone in .2 nanoseconds.... I get antzy
 
6:21 PM
posted on May 17, 2011 by bwarner

In a world where most media forms are available as illegal, free copies before they are even available legally, people are constantly faced with the decision of whether to purchase legal copies of their games.  For some people, the fact that pirated games are illegal is a sufficient reason to avoid them.  But as one [...]

 
999 makes more sense to me, as it's hitting the same button 3 times. The worst has got to be 0118-999-88199-9119-725...3
 
@Justin Good idea - make sure to do that after I get home.
 
@Wipqozn meta.stackoverflow.com, they usually listen... unless your unlucky to meet that strange guy.
 
@Feeds Seeing as how this article this new article links to it, I have to point something:
The beginning of this article make me not want to read the rest of the article.
 
Yes, Umm... not reading.
 
user30
6:33 PM
@Powerlord 3 refined for my fez is a fair deal?
 
user30
seems to be about the going rate
 
@ThomasMcDonald Sounds about right to me.
The most it could ever be is 4 refined, seeing as how 4 refined + L'Etranger/Your Eternal Reward can craft one.
 
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Q: Gaming Questions of the Week #7

Ivo FlipseIn an effort to try and keep the Question of the Week going, please submit your suggestions for this week! Sample Questions: First week's question - Minecraft's World Size Second week's question - Pokemon Missingno Third week's question - Does GLaDOS hate Atlas, the Blue Robot? Fourth week's ...

 
I almost wish Valve would rotate crate numbers again so the value of Milkman will go back up.
They rotated 14-16 out so quickly, then left 17-19 in for a LONG time.
 
Hey love that your chat's fav's are cycling quiet nice!
 
6:39 PM
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Q: How large does a house need to be for residents to move in?

The Communist DuckI read on the wiki that people will move in under the following conditions: You do something to please them An empty house is available with a light source, table, and chair (also with walls). I have a house which is about 7x8, then a roof space above that; about half the area. I could put fu...

 
@Lazers Weird, I thought someone told me that Terraria played a lot like Metroid (as opposed to that other game that played like Metroidvania mixed with Quake), but this doesn't sound like Metroid-style gaming to me.
Oh, that translation file I mentioned earlier? The column number did refer to the first character in {1}, because it was missing a { on the previous line.
SourceMod's errors are SO useful!
 
@Powerlord Yep isn't it so awfully fantastic.
 
The thing is, it should have reported the error as being the opening " since it was technically invalid at that point.
I haven't checked if the mistake was on my part of the French translator's part, but I'm blaming him (in here anyway), because his file wasn't in the correct format and I had to edit it until it was.
The way it specifies there makes it very easy to add new translations without having to do any other work. The way he did it was to add all the French translation lines to the main (English) translation file.
 
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Q: Blocking an attack does not always work in the Witcher 2

FabianBlindly running towards the enemies and just whacking at them does not seem to be a promising tactic in the Witcher 2. After a few deaths I decided to start blocking enemy attacks, which in theory should lead to me dying less often. Often this works pretty well, and I'm able to block the incomi...

 
6:58 PM
Anyway, my SourceMod plugins are likely to not change for a while unless someone discovers new bugs.
Since map lists and translation files are not compiled in, those can just be updated inside the zip file and attached as files.
 
7:16 PM
any Minecrafters around?
 
user30
@IvoFlipse aye?
 
I'm looking for someone who can write a blog post about the latest and greatest from our Minecraft questions
almost like a week in review or something
 
user30
I'll see what I can do
 
@ThomasMcDonald As the great Admiral Ackbar once said... "It's a trap!"
 
lol...
 
user30
7:22 PM
@Powerlord 3 refined up in my quest for an unusual
 
@ThomasMcDonald Well perhaps @fredley , @keviny or @nickt can pitch in as well
 
user30
Shouldn't be an issue
 
@ThomasMcDonald Which hat did you sell?
 
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Q: Should text with the spoiler markdown appear in question summaries?

jaminjaI noticed that if a question uses the >! spoiler markdown within the first 200 characters, then the "hidden" text will still appear in the question summary that is displayed in search results. For example, search for this question. For another example, search for this question. Is this expe...

 
user30
Detective Noir & Description Tag
 
7:24 PM
I'll be honest, 3 refined isn't a lot in terms of unusual hats.
 
user30
Yeah, I know, it's a start.
 
I'm sitting here with 20x refined and 2x reclaimed and probably don't even have enough to upgrade the effect on one of my unusual hats, let alone get another one.
 
user30
psht
 
user30
plus my Fez is going for another 3 when I get on Steam next
 
user30
anyway, going to do some work, will talk TF2 economy again in a couple of hours.
 
user30
7:26 PM
and Minecraft, @Ivo
 
Speaking of Fezes, people need to trade me an unusual Fez.
 
7:51 PM
@IvoFlipse WHAT
 
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Q: Searching for arcade game with enemies in red cloaks

TibasHey guys, I am looking for the name of an arcade game which I played in 2003/04. But it was already old by that time. It is 2D and every screen is a different level. Each level you are in one corner of the screen and have to reach a door via ladders and different floors. Sometimes you have to ge...

 
@Lazers Impossible! Arcades didn't exist any more by 2003/04! ;)
 
@NickT Whether you can help write about Minecraft
35 mins ago, by Ivo Flipse
I'm looking for someone who can write a blog post about the latest and greatest from our Minecraft questions
 
8:11 PM
I only make donuts in minecraft, don't know much else
 
well but you know enough to take several answers from several questions and mix them up in awesomeness right?
 
@IvoFlipse Didn't we just have a question of the week blog post?
1 hour ago, by Feeds
posted on May 17, 2011 by bwarner

In a world where most media forms are available as illegal, free copies before they are even available legally, people are constantly faced with the decision of whether to purchase legal copies of their games.  For some people, the fact that pirated games are illegal is a sufficient reason to avoid them.  But as one [...]

 
We did
we also had three other minecraft posts, but we get a ton questions that get great answers, so there's no hurt in highlighting them
 
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Q: How to unlock the swordsmanship, alchemy and magic paths in the Witcher 2?

FabianI'm already at character level 5, but when I look at the character abilities page, the three trees for swordsmanship, alchemy and magic are still locked. I can only invest talents into the witcher tree. Do I have to get to a certain point in the story to unlock them? Or am I missing something ob...

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Q: Getting a PS3 for Ratchet & Clank Future. What about PSN?

The Annoying PyroMy brother plans to get a PlayStation 3, and I get to play on it. That means I'll finally (!) be able to play the Ratchet & Clank Future series. In the wake of the recent attack on PSN, I'm now rather cautious about getting a PS3, more so than I want to be. But in any case, what do I need to...

 
@Lazers Buy a PSN card thing if you want to buy Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest for Booty (which is a PSN game)
Oh wait, that still requires a PSN account.
 
8:21 PM
@Powerlord Okay, so, only buy games that are cheap enough for your tastes, and pirate those that cost too much, to vote with your wallet. Got it.
 
@ArdaXi Technically almost all games cost too much (the 60 euro ones) at retail
I can only afford to buy so many, so the rest would be out of luck anyway
 
@IvoFlipse Exactly. So pirate those.
 
@ArdaXi I'm surprised you didn't reply to Feeds who originally posted the blog link. :P
 
@Powerlord I was at work. Couldn't be bothered scrolling up.
 
@ArdaXi Yeah, but there's a link to the Feeds post right there where it says "1 hour ago"
 
8:23 PM
@Powerlord Too much effort.
 
Oh right, that links to it in the transcript. Never mind
Anyway, time to go get mom a birthday gift.
Then take her and dad out for dinner for her birthday
 
Oh look, 1.2 upvotes away from 10k.
If I didn't go on a downvoting spree recently I'd probably be there now.
 
OMFG. 2 backstabs. In the same life.
 
8:40 PM
@badp Doesn't a backstab end your life?
 
It ends somebody's life.
And it isn't even guaranteed.
 
@badp Oh, it was you?
I've once had 5 backstabs in one life.
Easy to do with YER.
You can kill an entire group of people if they're not paying enough attention.
 
BTW you can survive a backstab, as I'm sure you're aware
 
@badp And you can die of a frontstab.
Some guy got mad at me because the server registered it as a backstab.
 
I understand him
but now I realize how that can be exploited.
If you are really really close to him...
That explains a lot of melee backstabs.
Ah well, the only way to get something out of it is to be the spy. And certainly not the pyro.
 
8:50 PM
Where did that rep spike come from anyway...
I got lots of upvotes for old answers.
 
@IvoFlipse I don't mind pitching in
 
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Q: "Expected identifier, string or number" error when using IE7

Alex Possible Duplicate: Problems with IE7 As of this morning, when I go to any StackExchange 2.0 site, IE7 is showing an error icon, with the following associated error: I've cleared my cache, etc. (as in the reply to this question), but no luck. Any suggestions, aside from using Firef...

 
Well, I think I spammed the site with enough questions for today ;-)
 
9:06 PM
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Q: Can I permanently store items somewhere?

FabianIn good old CRPG tradition I'm taking anything that isn't nailed down with me. I've got half a forest worth of assorted plants and more iron ore and other crafting materials than any normal human could carry. Now, at some point I'm reaching the weight limit of my inventory, but I really don't w...

 
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Q: Save games in Dragon Age Origins

LoveMeSomeCodeI've been test-driving a copy of Dragon Age Origins that I 'acquired' online, and now that I realize it's a good game, I'd like to buy it. My question is, if you're playing a regular installed copy, and then you purchase the Steam copy, can you(and how) do you continue with the same character/sa...

 
9:30 PM
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Q: Filter jobs/candidates by "working remotely"

MartinHNI believe it would be a good improvement, to add the option to filter jobs by "working remotely" in the locations filter. This would make it much easier to find those jobs/candidates interested in working remotely. At the moment, you need to go through a list of job postings and read the whole p...

 
10:28 PM
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Q: Help identify Old Hovertank game

Raven DreamerI'm looking for info regarding an old hover tank /vehicular combat game that I played the demo of long ago. It combined real-time strategy base-building with vehicular combat. The player took direct control of a tank, and assaulted a succession of enemy bases. After taking out the turrets and bu...

 
I saw this:
New Release - Portal 2 - The Final Hours: http://bit.ly/lb5sJd
...and thought: OMFG! New DLC for Portal 2! Already!
Nope. Just that iPad book, now for PC. Which I guess is still nice.
...and it's "single player."
So much for Valve saying they wouldn't release another single player game!
ducks
 
user30
Ooh, it's only £1.49
 
11:23 PM
When there's no one else in sight
in the crowded lonely night
well I wait so long
for my love vibration
and I'm
 
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Q: Lagging with myself?

ManaSince my internet connection is being very slow lately, making online play difficult, I've been gunning to get a few of those achievements in SC2 that I've never bothered with, mainly the custom game ones. This involves setting up custom games against only AI opponents. However, even when I play...

 
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
 
11:56 PM
@Mana Maaaaaan, that's a lot of vowels.
@Powerlord when you can, could you review my engie "guide"?
 
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