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OrigamiRobot

5:14 AM

@spugsley Don't tell people about my birthday :/

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Oh, it's after midnight there. Happy early birthday!

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan Not for another 24 hours.

Lazers

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Q: Help me beat this Neochu

I've finished the storyline and am now finishing all the missions. Up to this point, there have been many battles that took a few tries, but never any battles that I felt I had to grind for. A few moments' thought, a carefully-crafted Paradigm deck, and a bespoke strategy have gotten me through e...

OrigamiRobot

Now it is Ian's birthday.

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Also, scroll up to my duplicate question debate.

OrigamiRobot

5:18 AM

Eh, I'm iffy.

If the answer is "No you can't wihout console commands", I would close it as duplicate.

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot I don't see why that would make it a duplicate.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan It is the same question with a narrower scope. Plus, the answers would be exactly the same.

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot In that case, I'd suggest doing what Doozer suggested and expand the other question to include consoles/non-console command answers. But until that happens, I still wouldn't technically consider it a duplicate since it's asking something the other question doesn't touch upon.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan The first question doesn't specifically ask for console answers. It only says he is not against them. That's why the first's scope completely includes the second's.

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot I disagree. Since console commands are PC specific, anyone who answers it is just going to go that route and ignore xbox/ps3 users altogether in their answers.

OrigamiRobot

5:25 AM

@Tristan I think that's a problem with the answers, not the questions.

If I ask "Is there any way to get back to Skuldafn by using the console?" is that a duplicate?

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot In that case, I'd have to agree with @agent86 and say the console answer needs to be migrated to the proposed duplicate But until that happens, I'm still voting to reopen the question. o.O This is why I would make a terrible mod.

@OrigamiRobot Yes. That would be a duplicate because the other question clearly states they have the ability to use the console, which in turn led every answer to mention the console.

OrigamiRobot

The mention of the console in the first question needs to be removed if it is steering people in that direction.

Lets I ask for a way to do something in minecraft. Someone answers and says "You can't do that outside of bukkit." Then I ask the exact same question and specify non-bukkit. Are those two duplicates?

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Yes. In that case, the first question should be modified to specify that you do not have access to bukkit.

I see what you did there.

In that case, can a mod migrate an answer to another question?

OrigamiRobot

What if someone else asks the 2nd question?

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Yes, because the answers would be identical. In this case, they are not.

OrigamiRobot

5:34 AM

@Tristan Except they are. You can't get back there without the console.

I am largely in favor of making minor edits to questions if it can expand their scope on a scale like this.

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Which is why the first question and its answers need to be amended to include non-availability of the console commands.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan Agree. (This first question's answer does say you can't do it without the console)

Tristan

2

A: Is it possible to return to Skuldafn?

Well, I'm pretty sure you cannot get back there the normal way. The console command you are looking for is "coc " and you'll probably need to do it again to get out. You can try "coc Skuldafn" and "coc Whiterun" to get out after but I'm not sure those names would work.

That one?

OrigamiRobot

Yes. Although he does say "I'm pretty sure"

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Well then, I'm editing the first sentence to "You cannot get back there without console commands."

OrigamiRobot

5:39 AM

I would say that's the best solution.

Now I'm the situation where I have 5 duplicate tabs open :/

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot o.O

Solution: Close tabs.

OrigamiRobot

Taxes or LoL?

Tristan

Can I remove my reopen vote, or no? <.<

@OrigamiRobot I need to get packed and clean up the hotel room some before I leave, so... Taxes.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan No clue.

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Oh well. I commented on the duplicate question to say there's a non-console command answer, so... That settles that.

OrigamiRobot

5:48 AM

@Tristan You mean there's not a non-console answer?

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Huh?

No. There is a non-console command answer. That answer is "You cannot do it without console commands."

OrigamiRobot

Ah. I equated answer with solution.

Tristan

lol

Lemmings19

@OrigamiRobot Taxes, taxes, taxes! Wooooo!!!!

Hai.

Tristan

6:07 AM

@OrigamiRobot How goes the taxes?

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan Clicking "No" a bunch of times.

Tristan

Sounds like when I file.

OrigamiRobot

Oh boy, my refund just want down :/

Tristan

=(

Maybe this will cheer you up: Coming soon to a Taco Bell near you, "Doritos Locos Tacos!"

OrigamiRobot

6:31 AM

@Tristan Ha! I forgot to put in my actual tuition.

Tristan

6:42 AM

@OrigamiRobot That probably helped considerably.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan Quite considerably. I was getting pretty depressed until I remembered the 1098-T is only part of the education stuff.

Lemmings19

@OrigamiRobot what are you taking?

OrigamiRobot

@Lemmings19 I graduated last May. Electrical Engineering Technology

Lemmings19

@OrigamiRobot is it applicable to any jobs that are open?

OrigamiRobot

@Lemmings19 It was hard finding a job. The fact that my lease was up about a month after graduation didn't help.

I got a job at an engineering company doing non-engineering.

Tristan

6:47 AM

I need to decide on a major before I get back into college...

Lemmings19

@OrigamiRobot But you found one then? I need to get my resumes out, I graduate in May...

OrigamiRobot

But I showed them that I knew what I was doing so I will hopefully be moving into engineering soon.

Lemmings19

@OrigamiRobot best of luck.

OrigamiRobot

I'm fairly confident.

I know they want to hire me full time, but the main office is in Finland and all those decisions are ultimately up to the people over there.

Nick T

Lemmings19

6:51 AM

@OrigamiRobot Sounds like you need to learn how to suck up to the Fins. I met some Finnish people this summer. They like alcohol. Who doesn't? Send them booze.

Tristan

Does this seem like a reliable answer: "Source: Personal experience (I can add critical gems on staves when crafting them,which proves the fact that it applies,because if it wouldn't apply then the game wouldn't allow me to use critical gems when crafting staves)."?

OrigamiRobot

What is this an answer to?

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot My question about Kingdoms of Amalur. Link incoming.

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Q: Do critical hit bonuses apply to staves?

I've decided I want to play a mage in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. However, during the character customization, I wasn't expecting to play a mage, so I chose the +crit chance/+crit damage power. Now I'm wondering, Does this critical chance apply to the base attack with staves as well as normal...

kingdoms-amalur-reckoning

OrigamiRobot

I assume you can do a normal attack with staves?

Lazers

1

Q: Whats a Block ID, and what does more of them mean for me?

The most recent weekly snapshot release of Minecraft features a number of changes, including but not limited to: •Added new world file format called 'Anvil' (256 max height and 4096 block IDs What is a "Block ID" and what does such a large number of them mean for me as a average player?

minecraft

Tristan

7:02 AM

@OrigamiRobot You can. But staves usually come with "<#> Physical Damage, <#> Fire Damage, <#> Fire Damage over time, etc."

OrigamiRobot

I don't know a lot about the game but "I must be this way because otherwise the game wouldn't let me do this." is a pretty bad answer.

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot That's what I was thinking too.

OrigamiRobot

That's like saying "Games don't allow you to waste resources."

Ullallulloo

@agent86 Yes, thank you. :)

I got a new power supply and a new hard drive so I can fix my computer now.

I put them in, but my new video card still doesn't work, so it seems to be defective.

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Which they do.

Ullallulloo

7:08 AM

Could a defective video card break my power supply?

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo A short could, but most PSUs nowdays have short protection and will power off if a short is detected.

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot hmm...my old power supply kind of broke right after plugging my my new video card.

But it would still work for a few hours before I'd have to unplug it and plug it back in.

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo Hrm possibly something to do with heat. Like something expanding to cause the short.

Ullallulloo

Now to find that SU question about copying over the entirety of my hard drive...

@OrigamiRobot hmm...

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo Clonezilla

Ullallulloo

7:12 AM

I once left it off over night though, and it still wouldn't work until I unplugged it and plugged it back in.

@OrigamiRobot Yes, that.

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo This is a sure sign of some type of PSU fault protection.

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot I just don't want to break my new PSU or my brother's if he tests the video card to make sure that it doesn't work.

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo Find a GPU you know works and test that. Don't risk other components.

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot No, I mean I want to make sure that the new video card's broken.

Although it probably is.

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo If you think the new card broke your PSU, you shouldn't let it murder anything else.

Ullallulloo

7:18 AM

@OrigamiRobot Yeah...I already plugged in this one though, so I guess I'll see if it breaks and just send in the GPU for a replacement.

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo Where are they from?

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot Amazon =/

OrigamiRobot

No experience with their customer service.

Tristan

@Ullallulloo What kind of GPU was it, and what's the wattage on your PSU?

Ullallulloo

@Tristan A SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6770, my old PSU was ~400, I think, and my new one's 600.

OrigamiRobot

7:21 AM

And the 600W is now broken?

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot Not that I know of.

I've only been using it for 20 minutes though.

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo Oh, you mean could it break if you continue to use it?

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot No, the BIOS won't even start if I have it plugged in.

But I was wondering if the couple minutes that it was plugged in could break it.

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo It sounds like the fault protection on your PSU kicked in. It should be OK.

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, my old PSU did that too though.

OrigamiRobot

7:25 AM

Unless it's the PSU that was broken in the first place.

Ullallulloo

Hopefully it's fine.

OrigamiRobot

If the old PSU did it too, its likely a different component.

Too sleepy for troubleshooting.

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot No prob, thanks.

user2334

@Lemmings19 Is there a reason why you're trying to make minor edits to a ton of posts that have had no activity in nearly 18 months? There's a bunch of far newer stuff that needs loving too.

Tristan

Oh man...

Four votes away from a gold badge! =3

Wait...

Ullallulloo

7:31 AM

@Tristan Quick! To my profile!

Tristan

I mathed wrong. =( The accepted answer needs 1 more vote, while my answer would then need 6 more votes.

Ullallulloo

@Tristan oh, I thought you meant Electorate or something. :P

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Archaeologist badge?

murgatroid99

@Tristan I would guess one of the editor badges

Ullallulloo

@Tristan Isn't that answering?

Tristan

7:33 AM

@Ullallulloo No. I currently outscore the accepted answer by 5 votes.

user2334

@Tristan That's for writing answers to dead questions: probably thinking of the Archaeologist badge. Which I hate with a burning passion.

Tristan

Also @MarkTrapp I am highly disappointed to see a Final Fantasy XIII question that has gone unanswered (by you) in over 2 hours.

@MarkTrapp That's the one. Sorry.

user2334

@Tristan I haven't played FF13 in close to 2 years: don't recall enough about the fight to answer definitively

Tristan

@MarkTrapp This reason is understandable. =P

I never did any of the special monsters.

murgatroid99

@MarkTrapp Oh ugh. Though it kind of looks like that is the behavior that badge is trying to encourage (for some reason)

Ullallulloo

7:35 AM

@Tristan I killed ALL the monsters.

I seriously did everything save get all the accessories.

Tristan

@Ullallulloo I was too lazy to do that...

user2334

@murgatroid99 Really wish they would put throttles on the edit badges. "Performed 100 edits on posts older than 6 months. Only 3 posts per day count."

Tristan

Hmm... Looks like someone's trying to help me get that badge after all. o.O

user2334

Some amount of old editing is good, just… not flooding the page editing

murgatroid99

@MarkTrapp Or maybe not scale it to SO on all sites

Ullallulloo

7:37 AM

@MarkTrapp meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/ask

user2334

@murgatroid99 Ooh, or that

user2334

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Q: How can we prevent a large number of approved suggested edits by one user from cluttering up the home page?

On Programmers, I just came across a user who was using suggested edits to add Amazon links to many questions. This user was advised to limit the edits to avoid cluttering up the homepage with many edits. At a practical sense given the current functionality of the home page, I can understand the...

discussion feature-request editing homepage

murgatroid99

@MarkTrapp It really seems like that badge is only good for a site that gets so much traffic that lots of bad posts go unnoticed for 6 months

Ullallulloo

@MarkTrapp That's to actually stop low-rep users from suggesting them, not to take away their motivation.

Or higher rep people.

Anyway, GParted's running; time for bed.

user2334

@murgatroid99 Yeah.

Tristan

7:41 AM

@Ullallulloo G'night.

@OrigamiRobot Still doing taxes?

user2334

@Ullallulloo Taking away people's motivation is a great way to stop people from doing something. But also look at the related questions in the comments: the issue is well-known on MSO (and in SE); they just don't see the need to address it

murgatroid99

Well, good night everyone

Tristan

@murgatroid99 Night.

Aww man... Raven totally missed the point of my joke on the Virmire Survivor question. =(

@RavenDreamer I was just about to fix the sight/site error on that answer. =P Thanks for taking care of it.

Lemmings19

7:59 AM

@MarkTrapp is there a problem with editing old posts?

user2334

@Lemmings19 There is when they're frequent, minor, and on old posts. They flood the front page with posts that don't need any more attention, pushing newer stuff that needs answers below the fold and outside most of the site's attention.

Lemmings19

@MarkTrapp I am editing them because I am bored, and I started from the back of the list. I can start from the beginning of the list if you like, but it makes me beg to ask why this badge exists if it is an issue:

http://gaming.stackexchange.com/badges/222/archaeologist

@MarkTrapp Okay, I will try to edit newer posts when I am bored in the future.

user2334

@Lemmings19 Thanks.

user2334

@Lemmings19 The main reason why you're not allowed to edit without approval right away is so others on the site can guide you what edits are good and what are bad. There is the archaeologist badge, but editors are expected to perform cleanup actions like edits in moderation and in ways that substantially improve the post for future visitors, so it's implied that "as fast as possible" is not supposed to be part of the badge :P

Lemmings19

@MarkTrapp I ran out of votes. And I ran out of recent things that I could answer, so I started editing things. The newer stuff seems to have been edited quite well, so it is a little more scarce to find anything to fix.

@MarkTrapp I wasn't aiming for 'as fast as possible', I was just fixing whatever I saw that was there to fix. I wasn't going with the intention of getting the badge, I was just bored. The internet doohicky isn't a motivator in this case :P

user2334

8:07 AM

Could always play some video games!

Lemmings19

@MarkTrapp Been doing that for my whole bloody life! I just came on here yesterday (well, the day before yesterday as it is now 3AM), so this is new.

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Pssh... Who on this site plays video games?

Lemmings19

If only people were posting game questions faster at 3 in the morning, I would have current content to nit-pick.

Tristan

@Lemmings19 Such is the issue I've faced for many a week now.

user2334

@Lemmings19 There are 552 questions which never received an answer: might be able to improve some of them to make it clearer what the poster was asking for (or heck, even answer a few of them).

Tristan

8:11 AM

@MarkTrapp Oooh, I was about to correct you. =P

Lemmings19

Well, I first joined StackOverflow because I frequent there to solve my programming issues. But the questions on there are too specific and often too far ahead of me. But I know games, so I came here. Needs more traffic though...

user2334

@Tristan The other number was for questions with no upvoted answers :P

Lemmings19

I went through all of them, and answered the few that I was readily able to answer... I guess I could clean them up.

Tristan

@MarkTrapp That makes sense. So, if you're a mod on another site, do you get access to moderator tools on this site?

Lemmings19

Favourited the ones I can come back to later if I feel like doing some heavy googling/research to answer the ones that simply need researching.

user2334

8:13 AM

@Tristan I get mod access to chat, but other than that, I get the same features normal users get, based on rep. So, I just have access to the 10k tools on Gaming due to having 18k rep

Lemmings19

@MarkTrapp I would have been posting more answers instead of edits, but most of the questions I could answer already had decent answers.

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Ooh, gotcha. That makes sense.

Lemmings19

And I am on page 14 of the recent questions already without noticing anything that stands out as needing any kind of fix based on the preview links :(

user2334

@Lemmings19 The list is sorted by votes, so if you worked from the back of the list, you'd be helping the posts most in need of it

Lemmings19

@MarkTrapp Yeah I started at the back of the unanswered questions the same as I did with the whole list of questions and the edits. Round 2 tomorrow, I'll focus on edits instead of questions in the unanswered list if I can't find anything better to do on a Saturday.

user2334

8:17 AM

New Minecraft snapshot. Just saying.

Tristan

@MarkTrapp But still no patch date?

user2334

Nothing announced, no. Probably not for another few weeks, since they just released the new world format. Wondering if they're going to attempt to hold it off until the mod API is finished, or if they'll push that back to 1.3

Tristan

=(

Lemmings19

I guess I still need to play Killing Floor, and it was just on sale for $5, and is now in my Steam account... But I'm so bloody bored of games. I have oodles of unplayed games on my Steam account...

Oodles!

@MarkTrapp @Tristan Well, goodnight! Thanks for taking the time to explain/ suggest what to do.

Tristan

@Lemmings19 G'night.

user2334

8:23 AM

@Lemmings19 Don't mention it: have a good one!

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Would a question regarding the significance of "N7" in Mass Effect be considered off-topic or too localized?

user2334

@Tristan What it means in game, or why the developers chose N7?

Tristan

@MarkTrapp What it means in the game.

But, I just found the answer through a quick Google search, so... I guess nevermind?

user2334

Seems on-topic to me.. and yeah, was just about to link to this page :P

Tristan

that's the same page I found. lol

Blaaaah... I need to pack... But packing is boring. x_x

Lazers

8:44 AM

0

Q: Help identifying a PC robot shooting game from early 2000s

I'm looking for the name of a game that I used to play in the early 2000s. It was a shooting game (first person, only your aiming reticule was seen), and you were supposed to shoot these robots and mechs that shot back at you from different areas of what seemed to be a warehouse. There were th...

pc identify-this-game first-person-shooter

badp

oh god oh god

Tristan

@badp When's that coming out?

badp

@Tristan No idea

Tristan

Oh good... I was worried I'd have to stop getting used to Windows 7 which I've only been using for about a month.

badp

@Tristan Well I estimate Win8 will come out in October

give or take

The "consumer preview" beta comes out Feb 29th

The expiry date on that beta will give an upper limit to the Win8 release date

so I expect the release date for Win8 to be released before the 29th

Tristan

8:55 AM

Craaaap.

badp

@Tristan Well, the jump from Win7 to Win8 is smaller than the jump from WinXP to Win8

and if you ignore metro then Win7 and Win8 aren't really too different

(you can't ignore metro though)

Tristan

@badp What's metro?

badp

@Tristan oooooooooooooooh boy

You can see a few videos here - underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/…

for more info see all of these in reverse order - blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/tags/metro

Basically, kind of a BIG deal.

Tristan

@badp So... Metro is that tile-based interface?

badp

@Tristan yep

Tristan

9:00 AM

I'm never getting Windows 8.

badp

prepare to wave goodbye to the start menu... or (allegedly) the start button.

@Tristan You're stopping using computers for the rest of your life?

Tristan

@badp If that's what it takes. That or switching to a Mac. I hate that interface. It's why I won't buy a Windows phone.

badp

@Tristan meh, until I try it I won't diss it.

@Tristan We've been promised that it'll work great with keyboard and mouse too despite being touch first.

Besides virtually all monitors after the Win8 launch will have touch screen capabilities

since it's required for the Win8 logo

Tristan

@badp Eh... I'm not too fond of touch screens either. =\

Guess I'll just have to see how it pans out...

badp

Win8 is a very bold step for Microsoft, bolder than anything I've seen before

well perhaps like Win95

or Mac OS 10 the first one.

I haven't used them and what came before enough to tell

(okay I kinda used Win 3.1 on my dad's laptop but I was like 4yo and laptops still used to have trackballs by the monitor)

Tristan

9:05 AM

I think the only time I used 3.1 was when I was in my MOS training for the army. o.O

Arda Xi

@badp It's going to be disable-able.

@badp I've tried it. @Tristan is completely right.

Tristan

That Metro update to Xbox Live is part of the reason I don't use the dashboard anymore.

badp

To summarize the big deal changes:
- Pretty much all Windows programs will be kind of deprecated when Windows 8 launches
- Windows 8 is launching for a whole new platform, ARM, on which all Windows programs but Office (D:) won't run
- Windows 8 comes with a damn inbuilt store and autoupdate mechanisms (about damn time)
- Windows 8 comes with big changes to multitasking (for the worse mainly), and it'll be interesting to see how stuff like Microsoft's Skype will cope (unless Microsoft's Skype is allowed to cheat like IE10 and Office do)

for me the only real D: bits are the cheatings

No one's was rushing you to release now, so do change IE and Office so that they don't have to cheat in order to run in the new world order.

Especially when your competitors can't cheat.

Tristan

"all Windows programs but Office (D:) won't run " Why bother? A rock serves more of a purpose.

badp

@Tristan All current Windows programs. All Metro Windows programs will run. No sideloading. Just like the iPad.

Windows on ARM is for appliance-like systems. Like the iPad. Windows on Intel is for desktop machines. Like the ones we're using now.

While I don't think the desktop is going away any time soon, it's going to be a second class citizen in Win8

I'm not sure I like this change

Arda Xi

9:13 AM

I think you just convinced me to skip W8.

badp

@ArdaXi Grats.

Tristan

@ArdaXi I was convinced as soon as I realized what Metro was.

user30

I'm still using Vista.

badp

I'm getting it for free from the MSDNAA program anyway.

user30

I haven't seen a need to update

badp

9:13 AM

If I had to like pay money for it it'd be a different story.

@ThomasMcDonald Do update to Win7.

Arda Xi

@badp I care about my user experience more.

user30

@badp why?

Arda Xi

If W8 is really that bad, I'll switch to Linux after all, dual-boot with Windows for gaming.

badp

@ThomasMcDonald Anything in the "building windows 7" blog

Mainly the new and improved taskbar though

user30

meh. If I wait til October I also get it free. :P

user30

9:15 AM

> A departmental subscription, running until 31/12/2012, to the Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance is also available.

badp

Also stuff like better memory management, better inbuilt tools, etc. etc. etc.

oh oh oh and PAINT GOT A RIBBON!!

user30

ribbon is a dire UI pattern.

user30

hate the thing

badp

I guess I'm just the minority

I liked Vista, I like the ribbon, I like the idea of Win8, I like Unity

and I don't like using operative systems from 2001 in 2012

I guess I'm weird like that

user30

clearly

user30

9:18 AM

anyway, I need some breakfast

badp

I need a shower

Tristan

And I need to finish packing... Ready? Break! =P

user30

Okay, this packet of breadsticks will suffice

user30

Debated bacon & egg, but I have to clear that up afterwards

Arda Xi

How can you debate against bacon & egg?

user30

9:24 AM

I'm tired

user30

too much effort

user30

No instant gratification

Arda Xi

@ThomasMcDonald Versus breadsticks, which are instant but offer no gratification.

user30

Yes they do

badp

9:48 AM

@ThomasMcDonald I approve

Bacon and egg can wait for lunch.

Hell, it might even be a decent dinner. Sometimes I have kind of that.

user30

...bacon and egg for dinner?

user30

What are you?

user30

Lunch yes.

badp

Although there are many ways to prepare an egg, and I'm thinking fried egg.

user30

Yes, obviously

user30

9:50 AM

How else could you have an egg with bacon?

badp

I have no idea.

user30

Raw.

badp

There's more to it than that. You could break the egg while it's frying or whatnot

user30

Ah.

user30

Now you see.

user30

9:51 AM

With bacon I would leave it runny, but if it were for a sandwich I would probably break the yolk.

user30

Since I can't be doing with the hassle of fighting with the yolk escaping out the sandwich.

user30

Although it is nicer.

badp

Yeah, the idea of egg in a sandwich is not appealing to me.

Also I've just had the most abundant breakfast I've had in ages - coffee + milk and toasted bread + butter + jam/marmalade.

We like our breakfasts light.

I'm sure Italy's not alone here.

Ronan Forman

10:35 AM

►

Tristan

10:51 AM

Six more upvotes on one of my answers and I get the populist badge. Weew! =3

Lazers

11:48 AM

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Q: Can I have Avulstein Grey-Mane, Geirlund and Vidrald helping me in other quests?

I'm experimenting with quest followers to see how many of them will follow me at the same time. In this case, even though Avulstein Grey-Mane and his friends follow me around, they don't fast travel with me. I've read a few testimonies saying it's possible but they never explained much. How can ...

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HackToHell

12:09 PM

Hello Gamers, know any free to play RPG game ?

with multiplayer support

StrixVaria

@badp If that's abundant, what do you usually have?

@HackToHell Runescape?

Tristan

@HackToHell First thing that comes to my mind is Runescape.

HackToHell

@Tristan Is multiplayer between friends engaging enough ?

Tristan

Hrmm... I don't know how I'm going to fit everything into my one checked bag...

@HackToHell Ehh... I dunno about engaging, but... As long as you know your friends name and all play on the same world (you get to pick what world you play on) it's easy enough to get into. It's really the only free one I can think of.

StrixVaria

@HackToHell If you're willing to spend a little money, Diablo 2 is not terribly expensive and it's awesome.

Tristan

12:21 PM

@StrixVaria It's what... $10 these days?

StrixVaria

@Tristan It's got to be somewhere around there. You can get the full battle-chest with D1, D2, LoD, and 2 strategy guides for $20.

Tristan

@StrixVaria True.

HackToHell

@Tristan even if it is 10$, i go to convince my friends to buy it o_0 and that sucks

StrixVaria

For free, you probably won't do much better than Runescape or a free crippled MMO account.

Like in Anarchy Online, you can play for free if you want, but you get way less features for your account.

HackToHell

ok will try runescape

bye

Tristan

12:24 PM

See ya!

StrixVaria

@Tristan So you're moving out of your hotel room today?

Tristan

@StrixVaria Yep. My ride's gonna be here in about an hour to take me to the airport.

Ronan Forman

Oooohh.

This is exciting,

StrixVaria

@Tristan What time zone are you going to be in after the move?

Tristan

@StrixVaria Central.

StrixVaria

12:26 PM

When I was a kid, the TV always used to advertise that shows were on at "8, 7 Central" or whatever, and I got pissed off that they got to watch the shows before us.

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Tristan

@StrixVaria I was always excited because I thought I did get to watch them before you. =P

StrixVaria

@Tristan Hahaha

Tristan

But yeah... I'm struggling to figure out how I'm going to get all this stuff in my bag. =(

StrixVaria

@Tristan Unfortunately I don't think that's quite the kind of real-world problem that the StackExchange network is geared towards answering for you.

Tristan

@StrixVaria I could find some way to relate it to Tetris.

Ronan Forman

12:30 PM

Just take your laptop and MLP DVD's.

What else do you need?

Tristan

@RonanForman I have no DVDs. =(

And I have two laptops.

Ronan Forman

You call yourself a fan? For shame!

Tristan

@RonanForman They haven't released the first season on DVD yet. o.O

Lazers

12:42 PM

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Q: Help me identify this early 90's PC RPG game

I'm trying to work out the name of game from the early 90's. I played it for a very short time on my friends computer back in 1992 to 1994. It was what looked like a top down RPG. The introduction of the game showed a desert, with a small town that grew over time. It was like a time lapse of stil...

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Yi Jiang

1:05 PM

I'm curious which of you guys here contributed to the Shave Notch's Beard charity fund they've got running over there

Tristan

@YiJiang I did not. I'm saving my donation funding for Mario Marathon in June. =P

Lazers

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Q: Where can I find hillmen?

I've just hit level 30 and want to complete the Race of Man deed "Enmity of the Hillmen" and get myself a nice new racial trait. Unfortunately, I've not come across a hillman yet in my travels. Whereabouts can I find Hillmen and, for a bonus, where can I find the lowest-levelled Hillmen to make...

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StrixVaria

Why is Diddy Kong Racing for the DS $90 from Amazon?

Oh wow DKR for N64 is $275.

Tristan

O.o

StrixVaria

I'm going to pass on both those excellent deals.

Tristan

1:15 PM

Well everyone, I'm off! Talk to you all from Missouri next time I'm on! =3

@Tristan Later!

@Tristan Have fun.

1:27 PM

@RonanForman Nice job finishing the series

Ronan Forman

@Mana I'm not sure what that means.

Is that sarcasm?

Mana

No

Ronan Forman

Did you really not like the series?

Mana

I liked it

StrixVaria

1:32 PM

Can't a guy just give a normal compliment around here?

Ronan Forman

It's an odd complement, that's all.

Mana

Yeah, I'm trying to figure out what I fucked up that caused you to take that sentence as hostile/patrionizing

Ronan Forman

I kinda took it as 'Well done! You have the ability to post videos to youtube, well done you.'

Mana

I see a lot of things get started that never get finished and I remember you were pissed off about how it wasn't getting many views so I'm happy you uploaded the whole thing anyways

StrixVaria

I very rarely finish what I start.

Very, very rarely.

Ronan Forman

1:34 PM

Well we didn't finish the map.

Sterno

@StrixVaria My Steam library agrees with you

Mana

@Sterno hey-o

agent86

1:57 PM

good morning people of the bridge

Lazers

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Q: Anyone here know the name of this game?

The last time I played the game was in the 90s so I am not able to remember most of the details. Here're some things I remember about the game: 1-It starts in a classroom where a female adult and a girl(the main character)are.The girl will be locked in a room by the adult after talking to her(T...

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Wipqozn

2:13 PM

@agent86 Good morning

agent86

@Wipqozn 16 minutes to respond?! that is a sad state of affairs, gentlemen. drop and give me 50!

Wipqozn

@agent86 Well I just joined the room.

So I really responded in 10 seconds.

That said, I agree everyone else should do 50 push-ups.

That includes you @Mana!

agent86

@Wipqozn hmm, this is an acceptable compromise.

Sterno

I think those of us who hate ITGs should band together and downvote the heck out of answers that are later said to be wrong. :)

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A: Help identifying a PC robot shooting game from early 2000s

Ok not sure about the warehouse thing, but I remember two remarkable Microsoft shooters from early Windows era - Fury3 and Hellbender. I linked youtube videos for your convenience. You can also check out Hover!, Deadly Tide, Urban Assault and Outwars.

Like this... it's not only wrong, it's 6 answers in one

ITG questions = forum threads

Lazers

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Q: How to add SSP Minecraft mods to Spout / Spoutcraft?

Spout is a bukkti plugin that allows some nice interaction with the modified client Spoutcraft, for example using server-side defined texture packs and which mods the client will use. This does include a feature to prevent players from cheating by installing SSP mods the usual way, since Spoutcra...

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Wipqozn

2:33 PM

@Sterno Yes, many of us agree.

Yi Jiang

@Sterno That doesn't help things, you know

Wipqozn

@YiJiang He would be right to down vote though.

"IncorrecT" is a valid reason to down vote a question

If he wants to start down voting incorrect answers to ITG questions he has every right to.

I personally won't do it, but you can't fault anyone for doing so.

leaves for breakfast

Yi Jiang

Questions don't exist just for the sake of the OP. If (for the sake of argument) we assume that others would look up ITGs when they're looking for a game they're trying remember, it doesn't matter if the answer isn't what the OP was looking for if it matches the description

If there are half a dozen games that can fit into the description, then it's the question's problem

That said, I'm for a blanket ban on ITG questions

Lazers

2:52 PM

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Q: Am I using Shouts Correctly?

So for example I have all three words of Unrelenting Force, but when I hit my shout button it seems only one word is coming out of my mouth. Am I using the full effect of the shout or is there a key combination to use a more powerful Unrelenting Force?

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