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12:00 AM
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Q: Can the 'Ultimate Bolt of Destruction" destroy walls?

Chris RasysI recently shot an Ultimate Bolt of Destruction into a monster zoo (where else?), and in addition to all of the fire and blood everywhere, the walls next to the door disappeared (and monsters started walking through the gaps). Is this normal behavior for these bolts or is this some sort of weird ...

 
12:13 AM
I need Lasagna, 61!
 
12:49 AM
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Q: How do I defeat Volcanicrab, the Ignan Ruins boss?

ManaI'm almost done Ignan Ruins, the second dungeon of Chantelise...except for what clearly seems to be the most difficult part, the boss. Volcanicrab seems impossible to damage with my sword, front and back, and doesn't seem to offer me any magic shards even when I swing at it. Magic manages to chip...

 
Argle Bargle
Something here that's easy to do in TF2 is really hard to do in L4D/L4D2 because of the separation of church and state.
er... separation of vote and master vote handler thing.
 
Thanks for the gifts to come to when returning from the picnic, @Mana!
 
1:22 AM
It sucks that this song appears in all of 2 rooms in Metroid: Zero Mission.
and it ends the moment the space pirate spies you.
 
Evening everyone.
 
Yo @Simon!
 
Heya @Mana, my fellow Canadian! How goes it?
 
Also no problem @Grace, haha. Although...I'm worried about how well this game's gonna work for questions. I'm debating if we should make one mega "how to get all the secret treasures" question for it since they're all pretty well hidden.
Pretty well man, chilling to some awesome music, playing Chantelise.
How's it going on your end?
 
Pretty good. Just updated TF2, and looking at getting Mass Effect. Been a good day of gaming, reading and drumming so far
 
1:30 AM
Oh, you're a drummer too? That's two things we have in common!
 
Haha, awesome! How long have you been drumming?
 
How long have you been doing that for? :O
heh
one year for me, so I'm pretty awful haha
 
Haha. I've been doing it nearly 3 years, I REALLY enjoy it. Great way to let things out :)
 
Yeah, it's quite the rush. Although I wish I had a less shitty kit, or perhaps an electronic one instead of an acoustic so I didn't have to worry so much about playing too loud
 
Electronic just isn't the same though :P I usually play when my parents aren't home, but when they are I use my legs as drums :P
 
1:36 AM
Yeah, you're right. Although I played on a $7000 electronic one and it felt awesome.
 
@Mana What brand is your kit?
 
It's a mix of stuff that I got from my brother and bought from friends
 
Ah okay.
 
I should probably write down or actually pay attention to what the various brands are though
 
Hey, whatever works! I had to tune mine for HOURS.
 
1:38 AM
yeah, I've been holding off on tuning for as long as possible, so I'll be going through that pretty soon
 
I havent done it in a while. Putting a pillow in my bass drum helped a TON
 
Oh yeah? I should do that.
 
Yeah, toss one in and lay it out
makes it sound good
 
@Mana Yeah, I was pondering that as well.
Not sure which is better, to just have questions of the difficult ones or to have one big list.
Though difficulty is subjective depending on your puzzle skills, so I imagine we'd see a large variety, hrm
 
Hard to say...if it was me trying to find out the solution I would probably just look up one giant list of all the treasures. Maybe.
 
1:46 AM
Has anyone here played mass effect 1 ?
 
I'm afraid to do that because I don't want to get the others accidentally spoiled for me
Ok, sleeptime for me
Will be gone all day tomorrow cuz I'm going to a music festival, so no more Chantelise til Sunday
 
Cya later @FallenAngelEyes
 
I think it'd be better suited to one question per treasure
Mostly because, if we wanted to properly cover each solution? That'd be one gigantic answer.
Especially with screenshots involved. And there will be screenshots involved
 
Fair enough.
Also @Grace, is that Haruhi?
 
Ah gotcha
 
1:52 AM
@Mana No, no it is not
 
Be back in a moment, switching to my iPod
 
goes sleep
 
All of my gravatars originate in video games. That's the whole plan.
G'nite, @Fallen
 
Clearly my knowledge of anime girl video game characters is lackluster.
 
You probably didn't even recognize the previous one
 
1:57 AM
I have returned :P
 
Welcome back
 
Thanks. Anime video games? I like anime, but never really been into the games :P
 
@SimonSheehan They aren't anime video games. They're plain old video games.
Mana's just calling it "anime" because of certain aspects of the artstyle used in the illustrated artwork.
 
whacks Visual C++
Stop being useless and instead tell me why you think this is an abstract class.
 
@Grace ah okay
 
2:05 AM
@Powerlord I don't know man.
 
So has anyone here played mass effect one? I'm looking at buying it and wanted opinions
 
@Simon Buy it, it's great, and then go to Mass Effect 2.
 
What makes it good though? Got any cons to it?
 
Combat is a bit iffy.
 
Ah. I hear it takes a long time to complete which is good
 
2:10 AM
Also, inventory management isn't the best. ME2 fixes combat and does away with inventory management.
 
@Mana is there lots to do once the game is beat?
 
@Simon It's the sort of game that you replay several times to try different classes and see what different dialogue options change.
Given that it's a pretty long game, this results in a lot of bang for your buck.
 
Awesome. It's only $20 on steam, sounds worth it
 
'course, if you wait until ME3 you could probably grab all 3 for pretty cheap.
 
Eh, I need a good game for the rest of my summer :)
 
2:15 AM
Yeah, I know how it is. :)
 
So after I get a new hard drive, I'll get it :)
Need a new one to save uncompressed video to xD
Since only a few minutes of gameplay is like 5GB
 
Argh, Steam, why won't you start in offline mode if I have no internet connection? That's annoying.
 
@Mana it should, I have done it before :O Maybe it's a new thing. Might be if steam guard is on?
 
oh
 
I suppose you have to put it into offline mode before you lose Internet
But I know I've definitely launched it at school without Internet..
 
2:32 AM
hm
 
2:50 AM
Big left 4 dead 2 update, 1GB...
 
3:12 AM
asdf @Grace I hate these fish enemies
 
@Mana Gehehehe
They're red and yellow, though, right?
 
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Q: How do I connect non-digital audio to my Xbox 360 S while using HDMI?

Billy ONealI just got one of the new Xbox 360 S 4GB models through the Microsoft Intern program. I'd like to "kinect" the 'box to a LCD display which only has DVI input. An $8 cable from Amazon solves that problem. However, the connectors on the 'box now have me puzzled. I don't have fancy speakers that can...

 
yes
 
Well, you have two ways to go about this intelligently
 
1. Lure them on to dry land
2. Grab ice elements from the slimes?
 
3:19 AM
No and no
 
man, I suck at this
 
One is to use those elemental crystals you should have
 
yeah I only have the water one atm
 
The other is to try out that new magical spell you got. Specifically, Air Tornado
 
I got a new magical spell?
When did that happen?
 
3:20 AM
There's tons of grass, you can use that to replenish your green gems
@Mana If I'm not mistaken, in clearing Chapter 2 you should now be able to cast spells using 3 gems at once
 
you're correct
thanks!
 
@GraceNote - diggin' the new avatar!
 
@RavenDreamer Thanks. Kudos if you recognize her
 
My gut instinct told me Final Fantasy of some incarnation.
I'm not sure I believe it though.
 
Nay
 
3:27 AM
I'm guessing an RPG though.
 
@Grace oh man that tornado spell is insane
 
Also, Chantalise is a game from the makers of Reccettear?
 
are all the tier three spells that ridiculous?
 
I should investigate that!
 
@RavenDreamer Yes it is
@Mana Fire Wall has great attack power, Meteor does the highest single hit damage, and Heal... well, heal.
But, no, none of them actually compare to Air Tornado because Air Tornado's damage output is insane.
 
3:29 AM
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Q: Credible MMO Population resources

canadiancreedCurrently searching for some listings of statistics for subscriber totals of MMO's by month, but cant' seem to find any central location where they could be found. Does such a resource exist on the internet at all?

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Q: Add-on to show coordinates in World of Warcraft

WesleiWhat is a simple Add-on that shows coordinates in WoW? I found information about Koordinator and Cartographer in the Web, but both does not work (they are outdated, at least the versions I found) giving many Lua script errors when I enable them.

 
I'm working on a Ruby Program to save myself the tedious task of finishing my Dwarf Fortress mod by hand.
I'm just going to say it: Ruby's cool.
On an unrelated note -- did the White House just rickroll their twitter followers‽
 
@RavenDreamer again?
 
@AbbyTMiller - Probably not again. I'm just seeing it for the first time now, though.
 
@RavenDreamer aha. i was going to say - once was awesome! twice is even awesomer!
 
@AbbyTMiller - I've just finished reading up about the CHAOS team. Is there anything that we, as users, can do to help you fine folks out?
 
3:38 AM
@RavenDreamer as far as gaming goes, that's totally up to Brett - but based on the report he sent around today it sounds like the gaming community has been supportive and helpful to him in his title-editing-spreestravaganza
but, basically, our task/function/plan/dream is to perform a big ole push of cleaning up the site's most popular questions, and then we leave off the cleanup and start trying to wrangle new high-quality users
so at that point it'll be useful for others to pick up the make-questions-look-friendly-and-approachable slack.
if that makes sense. does that make sense?
 
Does to me.
 
cool. like i said, it's up to brett, but that's the general Team Plan. :)
 
Wrangling new high-quality users sounds like a challenge.
 
Also, for the record?
Volcanicrab is such a piddling name in comparison to Peleka Mapuaa
 
@Mana they give us special lassos.
girlfriend just got home. i must away. night all!
 
3:46 AM
@GraceNote I've suddenly got a feeling like the shopkeeper girl might end up being the villain because this game is weird enough to make it work.
 
Well I'm hoping to get more involved here, and become a "high quality" member ;)
 
@Mana Aira or Elma?
 
Aira.
 
I guess I should go to sleep. G'nite
 
night maaaan
 
3:55 AM
@Simon: we don't mean to imply that the current members aren't high quality! We just want MOAR high quality doodz
 
@Abby haha, the more the merrier!
 
Swag.
 
shakes head
@GnomeSlice Oh, check this album. It's seriously amazing.
 
 
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6:42 AM
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Q: How can a broken gate be repaired?

Mark RogersWhile exploring, I've noticed in a few random sectors the remains of a dead sector Gate. I've heard in the forums for previous versions of the game that Gates are repairable. Can broken Gates be repaired and how does one go about repairing them?

 
 
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8:16 AM
I wish I was a quality user
sniff
 
9:03 AM
Quality user?
 
Being a quality user is overrated.
 
9:33 AM
6 hours ago, by Abby T. Miller Ψ
but, basically, our task/function/plan/dream is to perform a big ole push of cleaning up the site's most popular questions, and then we leave off the cleanup and start trying to wrangle new high-quality users
for context
 
Oh the so called CHAOS users?
wrangle?
 
I was a high-quality user once. Didn't like it.
 
9:55 AM
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Q: What criteria make for good Mii coaches on Champion's Road?

oracle certified professionalIn PES 2010 on the Wii, you can train Miis for your team. In doing so, you choose 2 players from your team as coaches and once chosen you are given a "compatibility rating" out of 3. What do you need to look for to get the highest compatibility? Whatever combination I try I've never had a ratin...

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Q: A vertical scrolling shoot 'em up, where you can reverse the scrolling

LudonautI'm looking for a game I remember playing as a kid on a PC (I think) and my Game Boy (early 90s), but I can't recall its name. It was definitely a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up, where you could reverse the scrolling a bit. In some levels you needed this in order to escape dead ends. The enemi...

 
 
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11:14 AM
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Q: Saving tribesmen from drowning

PaulBWhen playing From Dust, sometimes tribesmen get dragged out to sea and then flail around for a time before drowning. Is there anything I can do to rescue them?

 
 
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12:31 PM
Hullo guys.
 
RIP my desktop
Blue screens on startup now. :/
 
Oh man, that sucks.
If it was my dad he would be flipping bricks, yo.
 
I'm never living down that HQ users thing, am I.
 
@Mana That doesn't seem like a productive action.
 
@Abby heheh, don't worry, there are lots of people in this chatroom who can't live anything down
@Grace My dad is the type of person who tends to think yelling at things helps them improve.
 
12:36 PM
@Mana Flipping bricks, though, would be exhausting. They're not exactly lightweight.
 
True, but you got to do something.
 
Anyway, I have my laptop connected to my desktop's display and keyboard.
But it's really slow in comparison to my desktop, even for non-3D things.
 
Oh man, politics talk in ELU at 8:30 in the morning?
 
Ah, well. I'm just here to do dumb stuff that makes Brett look better.
 
But Brett doesn't talk to us like you do! Also he wears glasses.
shakes head in disgust
 
12:41 PM
What, exactly, is wrong with glasses!
 
@Mana What? What do you have against glasses?
 
That was a joke.
 
And Brett doesn't love you guys like I love you. He'll never understand.
 
@AbbyTMillerΨ That's what happens when you let the title of "Mr. Tennessee" get to your head
 
Yup. Cocky bastard.
 
12:43 PM
Clearly my sense of humor needs work before I take it to more public places.
 
@Mana By expressing it out, it will osmosize the essence of the places you visit. It is by this exercise that it will grow in splendor.
 
That's what she said?
Anyway. I have to go do officially sanctioned couple activities. Hope you all have a nice weekend.
 
pats @Abby on the shoulder GOOD ONE MAN
peace
 
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Q: How do you lengthen a redstone button signal in Minecraft?

MadJawaI made a little redstone circuit to open a door (using pistons) with a button, but I was wondering how I could make the door stay open a little longer. I don't want to use a lever as I want it to close automatically after. I thought of running parallel redstone delayers, with gradual delays, bu...

 
1:12 PM
So uh yeah.
 
1:37 PM
Totally.
 
1:56 PM
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Q: Is there a way to un-localize Plants vs Zombies on iPod/iPhone?

MPelletierMy iPof Touch is set to French, and Plants vs Zombies picked that up and presents the game in French. The translation is just awful. Is there a way to un-localize it so it's in English, is it locked like this, or did I download the wrong version?

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Q: TF2 - Shotgun vs Sandvich

NottinylilI was wondering which one is the better choice for certain situations. Sandvich can heal me, but Shotgun is an able backup. Which one?

 
2:14 PM
Hhmmmm
 
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
stupid Electrojelly
stupid Chantelise and all its dumb English boss names
 
@GraceNote what happened to your gravatar?
And hello :P
 
@Mvy I changed it
@Mana Do you have to ask a question on how to defeat KANALOA HAOLI?
 
Yeah I saw that
the ♪ is gone too
 
(All of the boss names in the Japanese version are Hawaiian, as it were)
@Mvy I still have it. I just don't have a need to use it right now.
 
2:22 PM
No @Grace I get how to beat it, but it just gets pretty hectic when the bubbles come in along with everything else
 
Well right.
 
@Mana But do you know how to get the secret treasure? ♪
 
@Grace Apparently. I got it twice but I have no clue what I did.
 
@Mana Haha, so you have. I see how you're doing it, then
I wonder what the English hint is.
 
LOL english people saying translation are bad... what should I say, me poor french, about translation of translated english :P
 
2:26 PM
I thought I was just dodging its spinning attack the way I should have been but then the "secret" treasure appeared
 
@Mvy Oh, I don't know if the hint is bad.
 
@GraceNote I don't know the game you are talking about. Was rather a generic thought
but nvm
 
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Q: Why can I not sometimes hijack a helicopter, and instead hang beneath it getting ripped to shreds?

The Communist DuckSometimes when I try to hijack a helicopter on Just Cause 2 (when the army are after me), I grapple onto the bottom and just hang there with no hijack option. I proceed to get shot by the ground troops and dropping causes me to get shot by the helicopter. I've tried grappling onto lots of parts,...

 
@Lazers That's an ill fate
 
Hum... talking to Lazers?
 
2:32 PM
As it were
 
The question is: Will Lazers return an answer? :o
 
Hm, eventually he will returns a question.
or they
 
@SimonSheehan Well, ain't a question posed
 
Good point.. perhaps he shall return a comment.
 
Gamers Gate does not have the issues that Steam has. It looks like it should be a fine purchase from there, and I can grab Recettear (finally) while I'm at it.
 
2:44 PM
I like steam for the community support though.
 
Steam is great if you're the only person in your house who will play the game.
 
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Q: Where in Arkham Asylum are the plans for Arkham City?

splattered bitsI was just reading on Wikipedia about the forthcoming Batman: Arkham City, and it seems the developers were planning the sequel before the original was even released. There is a secret room somewhere in Arkham Asylum containing Quincy Sharp's plans to build Arkham City. Where in the game can I ...

 
Me and my brother both use it, I really haven't had quite the issues others seem to have.
My only beef with it was corrupting its own back-up files.
 
You share an account?
 
No, we have 2 accounts.
Were both avid TF2 players :P
 
2:45 PM
Yeah, see, I don't want to do that
I don't want to buy two copies of a single player game just for the both of us to be able to play it.
 
offline mode
 
-> when possible
 
Steam Terms of Service, however, does not permit this.
 
Offline mode is great, I used to use it for CSS lan-party stuff.
 
2:46 PM
Well, many things are not permitted in this world
like killing...
 
wh
 
but that still happens
 
what
 
Did you really just try to get me to try Steam by likening it to murder?
3
 
2:47 PM
hm
point taken
but you can change it. It's just a placeholder
 
It's exactly the point why I don't get it, though.
 
See though, I admin a steam group of 4000 and help get information out using it. Steam provides a lot more options for me
 
I have no intention of buying a service if my only intent is to break its Terms of Service
I commend Steam for all the wonderful things they do - they are a wonderful platform. But much like I have no use for boxers, I don't really have a need for Steam.
I can always get the games I need using a different service. In this case, Gamers Gate is more than sufficient in its allowance to one purchase.
 
hm
 
Whatever fits your needs works then.
 
2:50 PM
By the way, I'm not sure the ToS of games allows for multiple install on computer. But I guess it depends the game
 
I'm not a big online game player, not the least has to deal with the fact I have a shaky connection that has been thoroughly messing up League of Legends as of late.
 
US?
 
As such the majority of PC games I purchase are single player, and I have every intent and heart to share my games with my brother
Yes, US
 
Because on EU, I don't have shaky connection, but it messed up with LoL XD
well that should be fixed... but did not tryied the new servers.
 
I had to remove LoL.. it just wasn't very appreciative on wait times.
 
2:52 PM
Well, if it were just my machine it'd be one thing, but it is every machine at my house.
It's certainly made chat to be a treat at times
In other news, I found Google+ invites in a random email address of mine. It was bizarre
 
Oh you needed one?
 
No
I don't really see an appeal for Google+, I'm not a social networking type. If I were, you'd probably see my real face here.
 
^^
I'm considering getting a nice pic of to change my avatar
 
I like Google+ much better than facebook so far
 
indeed.
 
2:56 PM
Kudos to one who recognizes her, by the way. Everyone's failed so far.
 
Needs some improvements though
 
@GraceNote derp
 
@Wipqozn You're just as fool as @Mana was
 
@GraceNote the female from Fire Emblem ?
The Wii one
 
All my gravatars are video game originated, and I intend to keep it that way. Also, Haruhi never wore a sleeveless dress with a purple scarf.
 
2:57 PM
She does look familiar...
 
@Wipqozn Man, you were so close and then you smashed it into the ground.
 
@GraceNote It's from some fire emblem game
trying to remember which one
and I didn't mean the main female
Although I believe she is a main female character in one of the fire emblem games
 
There are only 3 Fire Emblem games with a heroine character - 7, 8, and 10. Lyndis has long green hair and a blue dress, Eirika has long blue hair with a red dress and gold armour, while Micaiah has long silver hair and a maroon tunic.
 
ike's sister
 
Hehe. If you're going to go as far as research, you may find it out eventually. But if you only go by memory, I have expectations that you won't get her.
Nope, not Mist.
 
3:03 PM
Yeah I don't think I know then. I was thinking of mist.
 
Well, we'll keep the floor open and see if anyone else can figure it out. ♪
 
hm
You can rule me out
 
Ideally by recognition. Recognition is so much cooler than research.
It'll also be so much more impressive for anyone to recognize this particular one, too ♪
 
So, I ordered a new computer. Specifically, this one.
 
I dare say, I should do some minecraft.
The question of course: Classical music or Zelda remixes?
 
3:07 PM
@Wipqozn Zelda remixes of course.
 
@Powerlord Nice computer.
 
You seriously had to think about that?
 
Well classical music is also awesome.
 
@Wipqozn I actually was pricing out components similar to the ones they use in there, and it'd cost me almost as much to buy them on Newegg and put it together myself as it would for them to build it for me.
 
3:08 PM
@Powerlord Plus having them build it for you is less work. Laziness is always a factor.
 
@Wipqozn Exactly.
 
I've been thinking of upgrading my processor. I have 2.8GHz Quad Core right now. Would like to upgrade to 3+
 
Also, there goes my plan to play Metroid 2 and Super Metroid. My emulation stuff isn't on the external drive.
However, I can watch like 1000 hours of movies!
 
I'm still trying to get my PS2 emulator going
 
It took me almost 10 years to beat Metroid 2
Not out of difficulty, but because when I first played it, it scared me senseless.
 
3:12 PM
I have it on gameboy (found it used), but have not got around to playing it.
 
I was hoping someone on Allied Modders would reply to my post asking why C++ thought those classes were abstract. :/
 
@SimonSheehan Enjoyable. Thanks for sharing.
 
I heard someone was doing a Zero Mission-like remake for Metroid 2 for the PC.
I should see if they finished it.
 
@Powerlord try #sourcemod on irc.gamesurge.net
 
@Powerlord I hope they capture the sheer terror factor of it.
 
3:13 PM
@Wip indeed. That guy has several remixes known as "Zelda step" :p
 
The Gameboy was the best platform for it.
 
@SimonSheehan Most people there likely won't know the first thing about writing SourceMod Extensions.
Actually, any good C++ programmer should be able to spot it, or so I assume.
 
As if you're already dreading the fact you're taking down Metroid, who could be anywhere, and you know a Metroid is in a room because it is devoid of life, but to top it off, there's absolutely no light. It is all a dark cavern.
 
@Powerlord Many of them do actually. Their very knowledgable and willing to help
 
@SimonSheehan You... know I'm referring to extensions and not plugins, right? :D
 
3:15 PM
@Powerlord indeed I know. They talk about both often :)
 
Or I could ask on SO why this class is being considered abstract.
I need to ask more questions on SO.
I have 25k rep there... and 3 questions.
 
O.o wow. That's a lot of rep.
 
It helps if I round it the correct direction.
 
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Q: Do I need an official Hard Drive for Xbox 360?

EricI am thinking of getting a new hard drive for my Xbox 360 (4GB). I was looking at http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Xbox360/Accessories/HardDrives/Home and it looks like they only have 1 which seems overpriced as nowadays I can get a 1TB hard drive for the same price. Do I have to get that one to work f...

 
^ Interesting question. Good thing I have a ps3 where you can put an SSD In :)
Anyways, going out for a bit, cya guys later
 
3:22 PM
Later @Simon
 
3:45 PM
So much for asking on SO.
 
> A swift rescue could make you a friend for life. Apathy and strategy could get you his wife.
 
I didn't realize there was a size limit for questions on the SE network.
 
@Powerlord Seriously?
I've seen many questions that are longer then long.
 
Which is REALLY handy when I'm trying to paste a large .h and .cpp file.
 
There is. It's usually pretty sane, though
 
3:46 PM
> Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because: body is limited to 30000 characters; you entered 45275
 
pastebin?
 

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