The Bridge

Tristan

1:02 PM

@OrigamiRobot Are you sure? I swear there's a difference between the two.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan No there is only fortify smithing (also I meant smithing up there)

John

@Ronan Neato!

Lazers

3

Q: Smithing doesnt go over 100

I have reached 100 Smithing. But when I wear: Ring - "Weapons and armor can be improved 23% better" (self enchanted) Necklace - "Weapons and armor can be improved 23% better" (self enchanted) Gloves - "Weapons and armor can be improved 17% better" My skill still says Smithing = 100. Does thi...

skyrim

John

Flag weight isn't dead...

6

A: What determines the number of flags I get after the removal of flag weight?

Hint: Flag weight is still there, it's just not shown.

Tristan

How do you do the strikethrough on an edit?

Ronan Forman

1:08 PM

John

~~but not like this~~

Tristan

@RonanForman Thanks. Fixed my answer.

@OrigamiRobot Thanks for catching that. I could've sworn they were different.

Ronan Forman

@John Can you help me with this?

Tristan

I can't believe the server I played Minecraft on destroyed my buildings. =(

Ronan Forman

@Tristan You should get back at them!

Using TNT!

Tristan

1:19 PM

@RonanForman It had to have been the admins who did it, because I had admin protect on it to stop griefers.

John

@Ronan If that works how I think I remember it working, yes. It's quite simple, actually.

Tristan

Also, I apparently can't play Minecraft. "Minecraft has run out of memory!"

John

@Tristan :( This is why I only ever build on maps I'm hosting.

Ronan Forman

@Tristan Turn down your render distance and turn graphics to fast.

John

^^this

Also, advanced OpenGL to on.

Ronan Forman

1:23 PM

@John Should I download the iso or does the process make one?

John

@Ronan IIRC, and I stress if, you download the iso, boot from it, and install what you want on it. Live CD's have space designated to store information put on them after creation. Or rather, I think you set that during creation or shortly after.

Ronan Forman

Is that what that answer says?

I honestly don't understand a word of what it says.

John

No. That answer tells you how to make an iso from an existing install. Which could work, if your existing install has only the programs you want on it.

Ronan Forman

@John It does.

But all the commands through up errors.

Tristan

Oh hey, my stuff's still there. They just moved the warp point like 2 miles away from it. o.O

And someone built a giant... something... in front of it.

Ronan Forman

1:34 PM

@John What does cannot stat 'usr': no such file or directory mean?

Yi Jiang

@RonanForman stat is a command line command, so the command can't find the file or folder

Shouldn't it be looking for /usr not usr?

Ronan Forman

No idea, I'm just doing what the program says.

Yi Jiang

man stat to look at the documentation

Ronan Forman

To install, simply type this into a Terminal window:

sudo cp -R usr etc wubick/etc wubick/usr /

Yi Jiang

If I'm reading it correctly, that command would copy everything from usr, etc, wubick/etc and wubick/usr to the root directory

Ronan Forman

1:42 PM

There's not even a folder called wubick...

@YiJiang I tried that, it said they are the same file.

Yi Jiang

What... are you trying to do here?

Ronan Forman

Apparently, install a program called relinux.

John

@Ronan Uh yeah...there are at least 2 syntax errors in that command...

Tristan

5

Ronan Forman

@John Great, I'll try using this other way then.

John

1:53 PM

@Tristan wishes he could star from mobile

Tristan

@John Figured you could use some cheering up.

Ronan Forman

@John Click my star.

John

@Tristan Heh thanks.

Tristan

I'm working on an improved version, but my MSPaint skills aren't that great.

John

Grr different people keep making a bad edit... I wonder how long I can roll it back before someone gets mad at me.

@Tristan Wait, you made that?

Wipqozn

2:04 PM

@John link?

Tristan

@John No, I didn't make it. But I'm updating it for GamingSE

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan you mean by making it into a MtG card?

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Nah, but I noticed other people poking fun at GnomeSlice in edited picture form, so....

John

@Wip It's on MSO. Still want a link?

Wipqozn

@John yes

Grace Note

2:09 PM

@John You're rolling back the removal of a link to a deleted question?

John

@Tristan Close, but without good reason, it's always Mana's head that goes random places. Replace that gnome with Mana and it's practically guaranteed stars.

Grace Note

Not to mention, the link's latest revision doesn't even contain freehand circles.

John

@Grace Yes. Just because it's not useful for everyone doesn't mean it's useful to someone. Besides, what's the big deal? MSO has tons of 10k only links.

Grace Note

Considering it doesn't actually have freehand circles anymore in the link, it just seems a bit odd to include an exclusive link at all.

This is what is shown on the link. Note the lack of freehand circles.

OrigamiRobot

@John replace the squirrel's with GnomeSlice's

Tristan

2:13 PM

I got lazy.

John

Eh, I was just going off the judgement of the person who first put it there seeing as I can't see it either. So if you don't think it belongs, fine by me.

@Ori YES.

@Tristan still wishes he could star from mobile

Grace Note

@John 10k links are fine enough to have, but at the very least, wait until you can actually see them before you incorporate them in the future, neh? ♪

John

@Grace Neh.

Ullallulloo

And my computer troubles suddenly got more severe.

John

I think I'll just leave that answer alone now.

OrigamiRobot

2:18 PM

@Ullallulloo I told you the peanut butter was a bad idea...

John

@Ull :(

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot But hard drives get hungry too!

John

Ok, what?

0

Q: Should "the Internet" be capitalized?

I don't mean to come across as excessively and unnecessarily pedantic, but this one issue has been bothering me for weeks now, and I'd like to express here. According to many sources, including a well reputed Stack Exchange site, and numerous dictionaries, the word Internet is a proper noun and s...

bug

I'm so glad Grace is here to save us from ourselves.

Grace Note

...gah

From a DSP mod, no less, wargh

Tristan

4

Last one.

Ullallulloo

2:21 PM

But yeah, I can't boot off my hard drive anymore, so I figured it crashed, but then I booted up off an Ubuntu live CD, and now I can access my old files.

Tristan

Y'know... When it's that small, my terrible MSPaint skills don't really show. <.<

John

@Tristan I approve.

Though Mana's head could be trimmed a bit better.

Tristan

@John I'm too lazy to do that. If I had Photoshop, I'd do it, but I'm working with paint.

John

@Ull Yay?

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan I starred this nightmare fuel

Tristan

2:24 PM

@OrigamiRobot Sweet dreams. =P

Wipqozn

@Tristan That picture is slightly disturbing.

John

Now someone ping @Mana and @Gnome.

Nevermind

Tristan

@John lol

Ronan Forman

5

Amateurs.

John

Lol

Tristan

2:26 PM

@RonanForman Show off.

Ullallulloo

@John I suppose.

I didn't want to lose ALL the files, but now I have an unknown hardware issue.

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman needs moar GnomeSlice

John

Lose ALL the filez! What, what were we talking about?

Wipqozn

Tristan

@Wipqozn That was fast. o.o

John

2:28 PM

Srsly

Tristan

Weew! 1/4th of the way finished with this download.

John

Weew!

Ronan Forman

Are we going to want any speech in the MC movie we're making?

Wipqozn

@RonanForman We're making a MC movie?

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn Yeah

Tristan

2:32 PM

Question. If I were to buy this, would I need some special software to use it?

FallenAngelEyes

@Tristan they usually come with software

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn Stop it!!!

Tristan

@FallenAngelEyes Do you have much experience with them?

Wipqozn

@RonanForman haha, had to do it once :P

So when did you guys start working on this @RonanForman?

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn Last night.

FallenAngelEyes

2:33 PM

@Tristan Not a whole lot. I own a small one but I don't use it much.

John

@Ronan Don't tell him what I'm doing or he'll sabotage it.

Tristan

@FallenAngelEyes Darn. I'm trying to decide if I want that one, or if I want to spring for the Wacom.

Wipqozn

@John I would do no such thing!

John

@Ronan As for speech, good question...

I guess we could see when we get there.

Tristan

@RonanForman That's weird. I'm watching you type.

Wipqozn

2:35 PM

the question of course is can anyone do voice acting

or do you all suck at it?

John

I act.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan its suspensful

Tristan

@Wipqozn I could do voice acting if I didn't have a crappy voice. <.<

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman is this going to be episodic?

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot I don't think it's long enough for that.

OrigamiRobot

2:40 PM

@RonanForman It could just be 5 minute episodes

Lazers

2

Q: What are the differences between melee weapons (especially about damages)?

What are the exact differences between the melee weapons (katana, baseball batt, frying pan, chainsaw, ...) ? Some players tend to establish that they all deal the same amount of damages (chainsaw excepted), but with different speed and range. Others seem convinced that they all are completely ...

left-4-dead-2 weapons

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot That seems kind of pointless.

John

Yeah...

Grace Note

@Lazers Why do we keep getting this question?

...oh, it's because the existing question has a non-intuitive title.

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman RvB episodes were around that...

Ronan Forman

2:44 PM

Okay I'm stuck, can anyone step in?

@OrigamiRobot That was a comedy.

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman does that really matter? It's still a story.

John

@Ronan Not from my phone, I can't.

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot It was more of lots of small sketches, they were related, but not completely sequential.

John

@Ori What would be the benefit from making episodes so small?

OrigamiRobot

@John It makes it more suspenseful. I'm not saying 5 minutes should be the limit. That was just an example.

@RonanForman After a very short time they became very sequential

Ronan Forman

2:49 PM

@OrigamiRobot It wont make it suspensful, unless we had a cliff hanger after every part, which would be hard.

@OrigamiRobot The story isn't the main part of the show, you can still enjoy it without having seen the previous one.

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman This can be said about a lot of sitcoms

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot Your point...?

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman it was just a counterpoint to whatever your point was

Ronan Forman

We're not making a sitcom.

Many parts may well work for sitcoms and sketch shows, but we're making an action thriller.

hint: action thriller =/= sitcom

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman I'm not saying we are. I'm not adamantly for making it episodic. I just don't see why you seem to be adamantly against it.

Ronan Forman

2:56 PM

Because we get no gain from making it episodic.

OrigamiRobot

I think it makes it easier to write

Tristan

Ahhh, the creative process at work.

John

But at the expense of quality, IMHO.

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot How? You have to re-set the mood at the start of each episode.

Tristan

Oh, hey! I got the Outspoken badge! =3

OrigamiRobot

3:00 PM

@RonanForman I'm just seeing logical breakpoints

Ronan Forman

Where?

John

@Tristan This is what Manafication does for you.

Tristan

lol

OrigamiRobot

They are sailing during a storm and the ship crashes. End episode when they wake up on the beach........They are building a camp, making a fire, etc. End episode when the natives show up.

Obviously there is more meat than that.

Ronan Forman

I doubt we could stretch the boat scene to 5 minutes.

John

3:05 PM

Why does chat always forget I'm logged in?!

Ronan Forman

@John It's trying to tell you something.

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman that greatly depends on whether or not we have actual dialogue

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot besides they need to meet the natives before sleeping, when else is he going to get kidnapped.

@OrigamiRobot True.

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman I'm sure they will sleep more than once

John

@Ronan I hope it's not important, because it's not doing a good job.

Ullallulloo

3:08 PM

@John Cookies. :d

John

@Ull But it remembers I'm logged into everything else...

Tristan

3:21 PM

Breakfast of champions.

@FallenAngelEyes If you get the chance, can you have @Zamaul05 add me on Steam?

user15026

I don't know if it matters, but the image that is supposed to be with this question is no longer there:

user15026

16

Q: What's the capital A on the right of the input box?

This thing. I have no clue what it is.

starcraft-2

Tristan

@John When did you get Tier 3 clearance!?

@AshleyNunn how on earth did you find that?

user15026

@Tristan /review. :)

Powerlord

So, apparently there are a good $1,000,000,000 in $1 coins in the Federal Reserve Bank. That nobody wants.

Tristan

3:32 PM

@AshleyNunn I didn't expect that one to be on /review still. lol

John

@Tristan A couple days ago, why? And how did you find out?

Tristan

@Powerlord I'll take 'em.

@John Looking at your achievements on Steam. I just need to clear some more levels of Tier 2.

user15026

@Tristan One of the answers was, under the "year" tab.

Ronan Forman

@Powerlord They can't just spend them though, inflation and all that.

John

@Tristan Yeah one member in my guild is super generous. She will regularly pay 3 people's tabs to get a good run.

Tristan

3:34 PM

@John Ooh, gotcha.

user15026

@Powerlord Governments making really strange wasteful decisions like that always baffles me

Powerlord

@RonanForman Well, the thing is that they were sent out to banks... banks didn't want em and sent em back.

Ronan Forman

@Powerlord They could just stop making $1 coins for a bit.

Powerlord

@RonanForman Can't, they're required to make them by law.

Tristan

Also, @AshleyNunn if you haven't seen the images I posted in the 'starred' section, feel free to look for a laugh.

user15026

3:39 PM

@Tristan looks Awesome.

Tristan

lol

Ronan Forman

In two weeks time we're playing Spleef for Game on! if anyone wants to see the arena I made join this server: 84.92.163.43

Tristan

@RonanForman "Disconnected from server. Outdated server!"

Ronan Forman

Yeah, just saw the message.

John

Dun dun duuuuuuun!

Ronan Forman

3:44 PM

Try again.

That's better.

user15026

4:00 PM

Tristan

I just made the ugliest heart ever seen in Minecraft.

@RonanForman =(

Lazers

0

Q: Which levels have collectibles in "Where's my water?"?

I was playing "Where's my water?" and I wanted to get all the collectibles. In which levels are they located?

wheres-my-water

0

Q: skyrim: Do Dual Flurry and Duel Savagery apply to single attacks?

Dual Flurry says "Dual wielding attacks are [X]% faster." Dual Savagery says "Dual wielding power attacks do 50% bonus damage." Do these apply to repeated single-strikes if I am currently dual-wielding weapons? That is, if I click left mouse button, and right mouse button, and alternate (swingin...

skyrim combat

Ronan Forman

Why megaupload was really shut down: if this is true, then god DAMN. https://plus.google.com/u/0/111314089359991626869/posts/HQJxDRiwAWq

Tweeted by bown on January 24, 2012 at 3:56 PM

Tristan

4:17 PM

@RonanForman Did you shut the server down?

Ronan Forman

Yeah.

agent86

@RonanForman, I updated the chatterbox script. I think I pinged you last night but you weren't around. Check it out and see if it is more to your stylistic liking :)

Ronan Forman

@agent86 It's pinned, and it looks great, well done!

agent86

I wish I could get user script support working properly in opera :/ otherwise I think it's pretty close to what I want to do. I may add the "body snippet" that the supercollider does at some point.

badp

Surprise attack! Indie Royale's first ever 'lightning pack' out NOW - 100 hours to grab 6 Serious Sam-themed indies: http://www.indieroyale.com

Tweeted by indieroyale on January 24, 2012 at 4:07 PM

Here I am, wishing I hadn't bought them games separately

although I have no idea what the Greek Encounter is

Powerlord

4:21 PM

@badp So, they decided not to wait for the Valentine's pack to release another one?

agent86

hmm, I still have 2 Serious Sam HD games that I've yet to load, so I think I'll pass.

badp

@agent86 the HD games are included, aren't they?

I don't think Steam has the original games

Powerlord

@badp Yes they do.

badp

and even then the original games are superior by virtue of being able to timescale <3

Powerlord

I have both originals and both HD versions, since they sell all 4 as a pack.

(and it was on sale at one point...)

agent86

4:23 PM

I got the 2 HD releases for peanuts during the Christmas sale, but they're still in my backlog.

Tristan

I just lowered the price by $0.02 for everyone! =3

Ullallulloo

@Tristan Thanks! :)

...And I bought it. Time to ask for permission to do so now. :x

Tristan

@Ullallulloo Permission?

badp

lol, if you pay 232 eur the price will drop by 0.09!!!!

Ullallulloo

@Tristan To use my brother's credit card.

badp

4:28 PM

also Alt Gr is pretty useless on the US keyboard layout

Tristan

@Ullallulloo Ooh, gotcha.

badp

also WinZip is still pretty damn useless

also it's a shame installing custom keyboard layouts requires admin rights

a damn shame

Finally, please note: Serious Sam: First and Second Encounters are the originals (rather than HD versions.) But still hella (?!) fun.

Tweeted by indieroyale on January 24, 2012 at 4:26 PM

Ullallulloo

@badp bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16700902

John

@badp I'll vouch for you having an "established identity". :P

agent86

hmm, amazon running gold box gaming deals today, probably US only, but thought I'd mention it

Dave McClelland

4:44 PM

Newegg's got Dead Island on sale for $10

Tristan

Weew! About to hit 1800 rep. =D

murgatroid99

@Tristan yay

Tristan

Also, did anyone catch yesterday's new episode of Adventure Time?

Ullallulloo

@DaveMcClelland Is that a physical copy?

Dave McClelland

@Ullallulloo I didn't buy it, so I'm not sure. It advertises "free shipping," so I assume so

Ian Pugsley

4:47 PM

@Tristan nooo darnit, it better be on my DVR

Tristan

@IanPugsley I slept through it, and Regular Show. I was so bummed. =(

Ronan Forman

@DaveMcClelland Well technically if it was a download you wouldn't have to pay for shipping...

Dave McClelland

@RonanForman True. I can't say either way then

Powerlord

> Enjoy the biggest game release of all time

I wonder which game they mean there.

agent86

@Powerlord yeah, vague statement is vague.

Tristan

4:49 PM

@Powerlord Where do you see that?

agent86

on the amazon gold box page I linked

Powerlord

@Tristan I'm looking at upcoming deals

badp

@John yeah, as if

Powerlord

11:00 AM PST - Upcoming Deal specifically.

Ronan Forman

@badp Do you not have those gaming business cards?

@Powerlord Sarcasm?

Powerlord

4:50 PM

@RonanForman No. Because "biggest" could be interpreted several ways.

badp

@RonanForman I do not

I passed on them.

Powerlord

For example, they could mean a game that sold lots of copies... or "Little Big Planet 2" because it has the name "Big" in it.

Ronan Forman

@Powerlord I'm still guessing skyrim.

badp

Besides... that's barely the point is it? Anybody can make a business card.

agent86

@Powerlord This. by some statistics MW3 was the biggest game launch of all time.

badp

4:53 PM

Their examples of "established entities" are "Madonna", not even "why"

Why the lucky stiff

why the lucky stiff (often known simply as Why or _why) is the persona formerly used by an anonymous and prolific writer, cartoonist, musician, artist, and computer programmer notable for his work with the Ruby programming language. Along with Yukihiro Matsumoto and David Heinemeier Hansson, he was seen as a key figure in the Ruby community. Why the lucky stiff was the keynote speaker at RailsConf in 2006. He also had a speaking session titled "A Starry Afternoon, a Sinking Symphony, and the Polo Champ Who Gave It All Up for No Reason Whatsoever" at the 2005 O'Reilly Open Source Conven...

John

Hey...I've heard of that guy...

GnomeSlice

Indie Royale Debuts 'Lightning Packs' With Serious Sam Indies http://bit.ly/yuCBM7

Tweeted by indiegamescom on January 24, 2012 at 4:34 PM

indieroyale.com

Ronan Forman

40 mins ago, by badp

Surprise attack! Indie Royale's first ever 'lightning pack' out NOW - 100 hours to grab 6 Serious Sam-themed indies: http://www.indieroyale.com

Tweeted by indieroyale on January 24, 2012 at 4:07 PM

Tristan

Wasn't it like $3.09 when @badp posted it?

GnomeSlice

►

@badp, @ArdaXi

badp

5:04 PM

Ubuntu to build a text adventure game onto all the things! <3

►

Ullallulloo

@Tristan That's what I got it for.

agent86

5:21 PM

hmm, I think I might be pretty close to generalist at this point... maybe this week I'll get it.

I think there are 8 answers that I have that if any of them got a single upvote I'd qualify, if I'm doing the math right.

Lazers

1

Q: Why does editing a question or an answer resurrects it?

I can understand why if an owner of a question updates it, it should give the question more attention, and if a question has no answer and someone edits it making it more clear, it would make sense to display it on the main page again. But in most cases, edits are rather trivial; fixing typos, g...

feature-request

GnomeSlice

One hour left until the 10% discount on Dustforce is over: http://store.steampowered.com/app/65300/ Also, the soundtrack is now available: http://lifeformed.bandcamp.com/

Tweeted by hitboxteam on January 24, 2012 at 4:46 PM

badp

hey @agent86 - you done got retweeted by Jeff.

Curious about your progress on the harder #stackoverflow / #stackexchange badges? Check out: http://bit.ly/xasoX1 (built on API V2.0)

Tweeted by kevinmontrose on January 24, 2012 at 4:55 PM

GnomeSlice

Make that thirty minutes.

@badp did you see the video I linked above the last time I pinged you?

badp

No.

GnomeSlice

5:31 PM

=[ Why not.

29 mins ago, by GnomeSlice

►

Something you may be interested in.

agent86

@badp holy crap!

thanks for the heads up, that's insane.

I hope my poor VPS can handle whatever load that generates...

bwarner

@agent86 I don't think the site qualifies to hand out generalist yet. Or has that changed?

There is a minimum number of tags with 100 questions or something like that

agent86

@bwarner oh, really? hmm, I wasn't aware. I guess I should go check the docs for that badge.

bwarner

Stack Overflow Blog: Generalist Badge Implemented

Posted by Jeff Atwood on May 22nd, 2010

After a whopping 18 month gestation, we’ve finally implemented the Generalist badge.

The Generalist badge works as follows:

Provided non-wiki answers of 15 total score in 20 of the top 40 tags.

The top 40 tag list is surprisingly diverse across the entire Trilogy. Just check out the top 40 tags (as of this writing) on Stack Overflow:

One thing the badge doesn’t say, is that there must be at least 200 questions in all 40 of the top tags before this badge is awarded to anyone. That’s why you won’t see it on meta for a bit longer, or any new sites for about a year. I don’t feel you can accurately measure a generalist until the top tag list settles down. …

GnomeSlice

@badp yes/no?

bwarner

5:37 PM

40 tags with 200 questions. I don't think we're there yet.

badp

@GnomeSlice No.

Later.

agent86

@bwarner ooh, interesting. looks like only 16 of our top 40 qualify. Still some progress to be made there!

well, darn. put that on the list of badges I can't get due to other restrictions. Saints Row 3, I'm looking at you

badp

Clearly we need more spam

bwarner

@agent86 Yah, and 4 of those are PS3, Xbox360, PC, and ITG.

All of which seem to be in danger of being hatcheted unexpectedly.

Grace Note

For the record, there are 36 tags per page, so if you ever want to check on our "Generalist progress", just check the count of the top-right badge on the second page.

Tristan

5:48 PM

What's a "non-wiki answer"?

Ronan Forman

@Tristan A normal answer (one that isn't community wiki'd)

Tristan

@RonanForman Oh. Gotcha.

agent86

Yikes. I'm scrambling to make sure this thing works and hoping people are having a good experience. How thrilling and scary!

I'm so ashamed of my shitty, shitty HTML :(

Wipqozn

Oh my, I was unaware there was an upper limit on how many of your old posts you could edit in the course of a day.