The Bridge

6:13 AM

It's funny, because SO Live! is responsible for 41% of the /users/reputation requests

given that AFAIK it's the only call I use

user30

@badp that is true

It does make me think I'm using the call too much perhaps... I even wanted to poll faster than once every minute, heck.

I couldn't imagine it would get this much use however.

user30

6:30 AM

un-fucking-believable

user30

the first decent proposal this Tory government has made, to increase the motorway speed limit to 80mph, and there's genuine issues from 'green groups' because of increased emissions?

user30

rather than suggest the limit is cut to 60mph so you can safely smoke weed while you drive, I would suggest anyone who is a member of a 'green group' should have to bike everywhere as to avoid hypocrisy.

Q: Desktop Stress Relief like game for Ubuntu

6:43 AM

80 mph would be... in line with the rest of Europe

Stack Exchange

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Is there a Desktop Stress Relief like game for Ubuntu? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6NKouWa_o0

actually, we're trying to reach 150 km/h = 93 mph where the motorways are safe enough

and then there's the german motorbahns (-typo)

I guess you could easily shoot for 95 mph if you wanted to.

aww, we get a lovely custom Google logo today

Winner of the "Italy in 150 years" competition.

Although there's very little Italy there

Q: Are ICO and Shadow of The Colossus related to each other?

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Now when the "ICO+Shadow of Colossus Collection" is out for the PS3, I was wondering that are these games some how related to each other? Is it better to play ICO first or vice versa?

ps3 shadow-of-the-colossus

7:03 AM

Okay who the hell down voted my sumission for skyward sword!

Somebody who's trying to keep answers sorted by reputation I guess

I guess that makes sense.

Oh no I'm 7th now!

I didn't realize we had so many Wii'ers around

List Price: $69.99
Price: $69.96 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details
You Save: $0.03

!!!!!!!

Me neither, that's why I though I had a chance.

Althogh one person put it as a "back up" so I don't know if that will be counted

Anyway, off to school for the most pointless day!

I have 1 2 hour lesson by must stay in for 7 hours. Yay!

@RonanForman I feel your pain, man

My sister's timetable today is 8-10 16-18

7:32 AM

reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/kw8o6/…

LessPop_MoreFizz

7:57 AM

@ThomasMcDonald It's true though. Once you get above ~50-60 MPH (varies by vehicle) fuel economy drops off considerably and emissions correspondingly increase.

Q: The demo for Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster just dropped on Xbox Live

8:56 AM

-5

Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster – Full Access Preview Elmo, Cookie Monster, and the GR gang smile through the sweat Words: Hollander Cooper 10 Comments Email Share / Save The demo for Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster just dropped on Xbox Live, and we were practically falling over ourselves ...

achievements

@badp I'm now in school. Waiting. waits

CruelCow

9:23 AM

@Lazers That's the weirdest spam I've seen in a while...

@CruelCow It appears to be a story, but I can't see the actual 'question'.

CruelCow

@RonanForman It's a spammer, adding random sentences to not get caught in filters.

@CruelCow That worked out well, is it closed?

mordi2k

1 more downvote and it gets deleted.

@CruelCow Actually, I think he just copied a GamesRadar article whole...

CruelCow

9:28 AM

-9 and still here, but it is gone from the frontpage at least

mordi2k

Now it's gone :)

If it's deleted people get their rep back from the downvote right?

mordi2k

Should get them back, you might have to do a rep recalc tho.

@mordi2k I didn't downvote as I can't view the question. I was just wondering.

Wow no pins, what a rare event!

gets pinned Dammit!

9:50 AM

... you get less reputation when you downvote questions? I thought it was only for answers, though I admit I'm not paying much attention to my XP score here.

@MartinSojka I don't know, I assumed but I could be wrong.

No, you don't lose rep, only on answers.

> question is voted down -2

> answer is voted down -2 (-1 to voter)

10:29 AM

You only lose rep if you down vote an answer. Down voting questions is perfectly fine.

10:54 AM

Oh, @GraceNote has switched her account again.

She's from chantelise?

Aye

Excellent. Score one for me.

@Wipqozn Manga spotter extraordinaire.

@RonanForman Chantelise is a game yo

Manga isn't a medium it's a style of drawing.

11:02 AM

perhaps @LessPopMoreFizz can understand the joys of travelling at 3 km/h for two hours when you have a meeting in one

and by meeting I mean exam

I'm fairly certain Manga refers to the medium itself, not the style of drawing.

and by missing the exam I mean the next one is in February

@RonanForman If you want to refer to the style used in the medium, add "style" afterwards

luckily the guy is understanding and it's going to let me start late

@badp That's good

11:03 AM

so now I have even room to breathe. Luxury

@Wipqozn So it does.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga

being bottled on the highway was kinda fun though. I kept an eye on the guys on the adjacent lanes and keeping track of my relative position to them

Some professors can be dicks for that.
"I was stuck in traffic."
"You should have left early."
"I did leave early, 3 hours early. It took me 4 hours to make a 30 minute drive."

and noticing that although the other line is always faster I always ended up matching the same cars over and over again

I've been lucky to never had to deal with that myself... but I know a few who have been screwed over by dick professors and shitty buses or traffic

I think the worst incident for me was it took me an hour and a half to make a 20 minute drive.

11:05 AM

Heh. My iPod has added your names into its dictionary.

I was all like "I'm 3 cars behind than what I'd be if I didn't change lines... oh wait we're moving... two... one... on par... one ahead... two ahead FUCK THIS I'M MERGING BACK WOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

"PLUS. TWO. CARS! I am so smart."

I just leave really early for classes that start during rush hour. I normally leave at 6:50am for an 8:30am class. Get there with over an hour to spare.

Everything I could do to not look at the est. arrival time on my phone

@badp You probably could have walked faster.

not really, 2 km for 45 mins on foot

that's my rule of thumb

11:10 AM

That's fairly slow

I think you may be over estimating the time

Although I do walk fairly fast, so it could just be me.

good afternoon all

It's how fast I can walk without running

I'm not particularly athletic

@badp Nor I, although I am impatient.

I guess I can walk in little faster in "HOLY SHIT THE EXAM STARTED FORTY FIVE MINUTES AGO BUT LET'S NOT RUN" mode

IF I'm walking to get somewhere, I normally walk fairly fast. Any minute I spend walking is time wasted.

11:13 AM

I know, I know, I feel the same

@FallenAngelEyes um, it's morning Fallen. What crazy backwards country do you live in?

@Wipqozn THE FUTURE

I think I walk do 1km in 10 minutes if I'm in a hurry, but I can't keep that up for much more than that

@FallenAngelEyes *past

unless it's tomorrow then

@badp Yeah I'm not a fast walker either

Gaftoon, @Fallen

11:14 AM

Though I imagine I'm also a lot shorter than you

Hiya @Grace!

oh well bbl exam

@badp good luck

Good luck!

11:32 AM

Home sweet motherfucking home.

@badp Oh, I can understand them a great deal.

You know you're going slow when the GPS system suggests switching to 'Pedestrian Mode'.

11:45 AM

@badp 10 minutes for 1km is normal walking pace. Add some hills, a few ripe vineyards to the side and nice company to chat with, and you're up to 15 minutes or so, speaking from experience. :)

LessPop_MoreFizz

Oh god. I have a real bagel.

melts

Q: Tag synonym request: Merge [zelda] & [zelda-classic] into [legend-of-zelda]

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I'd like to request that zelda and zelda-classic both be made synonyms of legend-of-zelda.

feature-request tag-synonyms

12:10 PM

Q: How do you add minecraft mods to your minecraft account and game on a mac?

1:15 PM

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I need to find a website where you can download minecraft mods for mac like oil, pipes and guns but i cant, then I also dont then know how to add them to my game/world!! please help!

minecraft osx

0

Q: Will NPCs leave without their house?

In the new 1.9 update NPC were included but what will happen to them when the houses are destroyed?

minecraft

0

Q: Play against console versions with PC?

In FIFA 12, now that the game is finally the same on PC and consoles, is it possible to play against people on other platforms (XBOX, PS3) with my PC version or are those on completely different servers?

online-multiplayer fifa-12

Thanks for the games, @Grace :)

Thanks to you as well ♪

I'm bored. Entertain me!

Ok, time for me to take a break from LoL and actually leave the house for a bit, later all!

1:48 PM

@GraceNote Mmmkay

'Twas an attempt

The other option was the Mann Co application but I'm pretty sure you've already seen that one

I didn't have time to make bacon for breakfast this morning. I am disappoint.

@GraceNote Yup, I have

Q: Why is the downloadable Heroes of Might & Magic VI demo asking for a disc?

2:18 PM

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I just downloaded the Heroes of Might & Magic VI demo from Steam. On trying to start it, I'm receiving an error that suggests I'm missing a DVD: There is no disk in the drive. [Cancel] [Try Again] [Continue] All of the buttons make the dialog disappear for a fraction of a second, and t...

demo heroes-might-magic-v

Fabian

2:58 PM

I must have missed it somehow, but why do we put the name into the posts for the community promotion grant? The user is already visible, are we supposed to put our full real name there?

14 hours ago, by Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice What? Oh, sorry. I'm trying to decode a bug in a program. To say the least I have no intention of watching your video. Feel free to post it again tomorrow.

(Please don't watch it in public)

@GnomeSlice Fun stuff. :)

14 hours ago, by GnomeSlice

For the record, I'm straight.

@GnomeSlice For the record, I don't give a damn about anyone's sexual orientation. Not even mine. :)

Just thought I'd throw it out there.

3:08 PM

@GnomeSlice Didn't you post that already?

@GraceNote Yeah. @wipqozn said to repost it today, because he didn't watch it then.

Hrm

14 hours ago, by GnomeSlice

awaits either stars, or much more likely, flags.

I want to see this now

3:26 PM

Public service announcement: UPVOTE ALL THE GOOD QUESTIONS!

So... why are people downvoting responses to gaming grant posts? Not that it matters, but I'm painfully curious. :)

@Brant Don't we already do that?

I see a lot of great questions with 0 score, and it makes me sad.

7

@AnnaLear Some sort of crazy attempt at trying to get the vote sort to align with the reputation sort

3:28 PM

^

That makes ... no sense at all. :)

@AnnaLear If the number of applicants for a game exceeds 10, then only the 10 with the highest reputation are selected. This is some manner of intent to make it easier to find that out

@GraceNote Yeah, I know the mechanics of the grant. It just seems like trying to force the vote sort to align with a changing list of people and their rep is a waste of time.

Especially before the # hits 10.

It's silly and irrelevant, like most of meta.

@AnnaLear It is, and it also already led to some wacky thoughts about how it will impact election data in accordance to unusual votes on answers.

3:33 PM

I am going to CW the questions after Brett makes his chioces :P

@GraceNote Oh?

(Note I left the Rage question CW)

What's the benefit of making them CW?

They don't count for anything badgewise and whatnot.

@badp ...yes they do?

The only badge it'll reasonable prevent is Mortarboard.

3:34 PM

@GraceNote CW answers count for badges? I didn't know

...mortarboard?

Has it changed recently?

No, it's always been that way

wat

3:34 PM

Community wiki only stops reputation. It has 0 impact on votes, and only votes are used for those badges.

People used to call the old community wiki subjective questions "badge farms" for a reason.

oh well

I never heard the 'badge farm' expression <_<

This is why I was trying to tell you that community wiki isn't going to have an impact here.

remind me to unCW Rage too then

@badp I've never heard it here, just in games I'm in

@FallenAngelEyes Wait... this is not a game?

3:36 PM

I guess if I really care the only solution is deletion, and that's obviously bad for accountability and whatnot

@AnnaLear If it was a game, I'd totally be gaming the system for more badges and farming like a madwoman. :P I prefer not to do that here though, hehe.

4:04 PM

PORKCHOP SANDWICHES!

Answered your question, @FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer Oh thank god, yay

Armordillo zoom

What is the record Rammus speed right now, anyway?

2k+

Oh, we were near 3k prior to Karma already, and now Dominion gives us Priscilla's Blessing.

Q: Is there any way to hotkey Active abilities on items?

4:07 PM

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Some items, such as Zhonya's Hourglass, have an Active ability rather than a Passive one, requiring you to click on the item to use the ability. Some of them require rather split second timing, the hourglass in particular, whose ability is Places your champion into Stasis for 2 seconds, rendering...

league-of-legends

@GraceNote ~~Elesia's blessing's~~ Shurelia's Reverie been around for longer

@RavenDreamer They stack

And you can give someone else Shurelia's Reverie

Oh, goodie.

Apparently, at least when you're not stacking speed buffs, Gragas will out-distance Rammus via body slams

@RavenDreamer Shorter cooldown, I s'pose?

Greater distance benefit / use, surely.

Powerball's cooldown doesn't start until the speed thing stops, if I recall correctly.

4:13 PM

Correct

This is interesting:

herbweb.org/animals-collective-nouns.html

A group of housecats is officially a "pounce" of cats.

heehee.

Whew! Ribbons and giant scissors!

22 hours ago, by Powerlord

All in favor of replacing @GnomeSlice with a bot that posts the same Youtube videos at random times every day, star this post.

4:28 PM

@Powerlord badp actually did.

He created a feed named "GnomeSlice's Robotic Replacement".

Democrary in action! \o/

@brant Ouch. I hope all those weren't filled with minerals....

I don't know. I stole the image (and joke) from reddit.

If I wasn't on my phone, I would totally c&p Gnome's disapproving unicode face.

@John ಠ_ಠ

Also, I am disappoint at Valve for the lack of update yesterday.

4:40 PM

@Brant _

Then again, they keep throwing changes into TF2 Beta.

It won't render so it won't copy it. :(

There's a beta?

Or have we been playing it?

@John TF2 has an ongoing beta. If you have TF2 installed, it shows up as "Team Fortress 2 Beta" in your games list (but is not installed)

@Powerlord Huh. I'll have to look at that...

Recent Beta changes include buffing the Flamethrower and changing the Degreaser's downside. Previous changes (that aren't in main yet) are the second Misc slot, loadout saving, and a neat display bug that rounds all times to the nearest second in item descriptions.

4:49 PM

Free-to-players don't have access to the beta, IIRC.

@Brant Oh, you're probably right.

And what's this about a flamethrower buff?

@Brant 10% damage increase.

As a career W+M1'er that makes me happy in my pants.

This damage increase would also effect the Backburner, but it lost its 10% damage bonus (so it does the same as the Flamethrower now) while the Degreaser gained a 10% damage nerf (so it does the same damage it did before) while losing its reduced afterburn.

The Afterburn change was likely to fix the issue where the decrease affected all weapons that did fire damage and not just the degreaser (so Flare Gun, Detonator, and Sharpened Volcano Fragment)

5:01 PM

Yi Jiang

Cat falls unconscious on trap. Trap tears it apart. Dwarf fortress at its finest.

Q: How do I see bad guys on Battlefield 3 multiplayer map?

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I started playing the beta for Battlefield 3 and was expecting the gameplay to be like Call of Duty, but it is markedly different. I felt like I needed to creep around a lot more and it wasn't obvious to me how I got killed when I got killed (no enemy camera replay). How do you see where the ba...

battlefield-3

5:22 PM

@Powerlord Hey, I resent that.

Q: How do black hearts function?

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I just started playing the Binding of Isaac and one of the pick-ups I came across was a black/blue-ish heart (much like the red ones that fill up your HP). Initially, I thought it was a sort of "heart container" that increases my overall HP, but I noticed that I couldn't pick up additional health...

game-mechanics binding-of-isaac

Arda Xi

I learnt something new today.

While 7 Up has a fairly standard lemon-lime flavor, dnL was lime-lemon flavor.

@GnomeSlice I loved the video. I've seen it a few times before, but it's also awesome.

2 hours ago, by Brant

I see a lot of great questions with 0 score, and it makes me sad.

@Wipqozn Watch Bayolante

@Brant then up vote them?

@brant (I know what you mean)

@GnomeSlice post the link gain please

5:37 PM

@Wipqozn ಠ_ಠ

@GnomeSlice FINE

be that way

3 hours ago, by GnomeSlice

Don't watch it in public.

@GnomeSlice Its almost off the page and I wont scroll.

I keep on confusing it with Bethesda's new game.

1 hour ago, by Powerlord

22 hours ago, by Powerlord

All in favor of replacing @GnomeSlice with a bot that posts the same Youtube videos at random times every day, star this post.

@Powerlord He asked me to repost it.

5:40 PM

@GnomeSlice Rule 2: Don't listen to @Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice a bot could have done that though

@RonanForman What's rule #1?

@GnomeSlice @ArdaXi will make a terrible mod.

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uh, okay

@Wipqozn Just watch it. And don't say I didn't warn you.

5:41 PM

Now it's out of context!

Maybe I would enjoy that more if I played bayonnata. It's just a bunch of random clips thrown together.

@Wipqozn I've never played it either. None of those clips are even from the game.

@GnomeSlice I know, but I assume there is some jokes to do with it.

Either way, I disliked it. -1 awesome points @GnomeSlice.

@Wipqozn Mostly just the guns and lasers.

> On Friday, a faulty signature update for both Microsoft Security Essentials and Microsoft Forefront incorrectly detected the Chrome executable file for Windows as a component of the notorious ZeuS trojan.

Whoops.

5:45 PM

@Powerlord So Windows is a virus? Sounds about right.

@Wipqozn I'm not sure where you'd even get that from what I said.

rereads it

> On Friday, a faulty signature update for both Microsoft Security Essentials and Microsoft Forefront incorrectly detected the Chrome executable file for Windows as a component of the notor i ou s ZeuS trojan.

oops, I misread it. I missed the "Chrome"

Oh wow, Ico is only about 8hours long

thought it was longer. Excellent. I should have time to fit in both it and SoTC at some point

@Wipqozn Nah, it really isn't very long.

5:49 PM

I never owned a PS2, so I only played through a handful of games for it. SAdly enough Ico and SoTC were not two of them.

My sister owned one, which is how I managed to play through a couple.

Have you played through both Ico and SoTC @Powerlord?

What are these "games" you speak of?

@Wipqozn Ico yes, SotC no.

@RonanForman Oh good, you're not interested in Zelda, then?

It's way more popular that I expected. I'm eighth now!

btw, if you intend to play Batman: Arkham City, avoid Kotaku today.

@Powerlord huge spoilers?

5:51 PM

Apparently they posted a major spoiler as their lead article.

Ullallulloo

@Powerlord So I just heard on Ars.

lolol dammit @Powerlord

I went to look, and the first page is the spoiler.

Oh well, life goes on.

@Wipqozn He did warn you. Very explicitly

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@GraceNote I know. It's like telling someone not to touch something... you just have too...

@Wipqozn According to the spoilers, it doesn't!

5:52 PM

I didn't expect they would have the spoiler right no the headlines :/ In fact, that's terrible.