The Bridge

@Resorath I like portrait for coding as well... you will eventually learn how to outgrow it too :-) I hijacked some dell stands and put my 3x22" samsung monitors on them so that I can rotate them at will (.... hmm... 5x1 eyefinity setup using 22" monitors ... on the next Dr. Phil ...)

Resorath

4:26 PM

@Stephen Ya my monitor stands involve a pack of printer paper and a cardboard box that I stuffed with packing foam to support my highest monitor

we don't have a lot of budget here

Tim Stone

Alright, I shouldn't attempt to Draw Something while walking back to my desk, that last one was horrible.

James

@Resorath Its nice if you are dealing with a lot of vertical scroll to do that.. Is that a samsung monitor?? It looks rather similar to the three that I got for spanning, nice thin bezels :)

Bah, I think I drew a good mushroom :)

GnomeSlice

Is draw something a persistent thing?

Stephen

@Resorath We take monitors out of their OEM frames and remount them in custom cabinets so the stands are always up for grabs.

James

Arg! Once again I didnt even get to finish in the cap!

StrixVaria

4:29 PM

@GnomeSlice Yes.

GnomeSlice

I play a game called 'Depict' for iOS which has you drawing stuff for people to guess, but you get like 30 seconds.

Oh, neat.

Tim Stone

@James Oh, your mushroom was good, my image much less so. And, I'm good at picking out words from random letters. ;)

Resorath

@James No, Dells. We're owned by Dell pretty much.

@Stephen Thats pretty crazy

Stephen

@Resorath If you want a couple you'd just have to cover the shipping (I'm in Hamilton, Ontario)

James

@Resorath Ah, they can make some nice ones too :)

@TimStone Haha, Nice few attempts there :)

Resorath

4:33 PM

@Stephen i think we have a budget for a couple stamps. maybe put a $1 worth of stamps on it and see if it gets through canada post to calgary

James

@TimStone Good luck on this one!

GnomeSlice

Minecraft for xbox will release on may 9th.

Wipqozn

@Resorath That's a rather ingenious idea for coding.

James

Just another 50 games or so and Ill be able to buy the color green :D

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn ingenious*

Wipqozn

4:34 PM

@GnomeSlice According to spell check that doesn- OH okay

Stephen

@Resorath Ha. Yeah, good old CP. If you're actually interested drop me an email at steve@steelhammergames.com and I'll try to figure out what the real shipping would cost. We literally throw the stands in the dumpster.

Tim Stone

@James Ah, nice. :D

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice I missed the o.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn So did I, at first..

James

@TimStone Oi! Did you guess it already!?

Resorath

4:35 PM

@Stephen haha thanks but I think i'll be okay. neat idea though

Tim Stone

@James Had to wait for the "Go" :D

Stephen

@Resorath np. Standing offer ... just let me know.

James

@TimStone Hehe, Ya mean I didnt draw a convincing jail? :)

Ian Pugsley

@FAE our RB1 stuff isn't showing for some reason :/

FAE

@IanPugsley :(

(You should totally pick up Through the Fire and Flames :P)

I was noticing that as well though re: RB1

Ian Pugsley

4:38 PM

if you wanna pick a song we can start with a couple to warm up

FAE

@IanPugsley I haven't played drums in an age... Uh... just picks something random

GnomeSlice

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Resorath

@GnomeSlice Too bad my iphone still works without electricity. that is my worst source of internet addiction

(well, mains electricity)

user30

Angry Birds Space is great

FAE

@IanPugsley I'm a moron and totally forgot to choose pro drums

Ian Pugsley

4:49 PM

@FAE now we all intimidated

user30

What console are you playing on?

user30

oh

user30

XBL :(

FAE

@IanPugsley I'm still only playing medium, so :P And which one of you is the viking?

Ian Pugsley

@FAE uno mas, you pick :)

that's all we've got time for though

@FAE he's on bass as the viking (viking is my char though)

FAE

4:54 PM

@IanPugsley Pinball Wizard okay?

Ian Pugsley

you don't get to see monocle @OrigamiRobot (his char looks like him with a monocle)

FAE

haha

Ian Pugsley

@FAE sure

Tristan

@FAE Green Grass and High Tides on Expert. GO!

user30

If you were on PS3 I'd be well up for a jam.

user30

4:56 PM

Although that implies I would have already got it updated

user30

Otherwise it would be 3 hours.

Blem

@Resorath because you can sit on the can with it?

Ian Pugsley

@FAE I used to be able to play that guitar part :(

FAE

@Tristan Hush you!\

@IanPugsley Obviously we need to play more

Ian Pugsley

@FAE also @OrigamiRobot says I should have said "pro much" earlier when you forgot to switch :P

Tristan

4:59 PM

@FAE Oh come on. If you can't do it... Well... It's the hardest song in the game, so... That's quite understandable.

FAE

@IanPugsley Smack him upside the head for me, wouldja?

Ian Pugsley

unfortunately we are done, but next time things should go smoothly :)

FAE

@IanPugsley Twas fun!

I need to pick up a headset with a mute button.

Ian Pugsley

@FAE anytime

FAE

@IanPugsley Woo, I have my own long-distance @Origami abuser!

Ian Pugsley

5:00 PM

I need to take my guitar apart and fix the mic jack

FAE

I forgot, I do have another a jack converter sitting around somewhere but I'd have to find it and it still wouldn't fix the problem of you hearing the drum sounds.

Ian Pugsley

@FAE :P

but I gotta run to the post office real quick, bbl

FAE

Later!

James

Any Dr Who fans here not see the announcement of the new companion?

murgatroid99

@James I didn't

James

5:06 PM

@murgatroid99 aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00048958.html

Gigili

Have you see this: beta.remanum.com

James

@Gigili a login screen?

Wipqozn

@James I love login screens. They're so awesome.

Gigili

@James A what? That's a game, I guess.

@Wipqozn I wasn't talking to you.

James

@Wipqozn Hey I just wanted to make sure I was believing my eyes! :)

Sterno

5:10 PM

@LessPopMoreFizz sockpuppets what?

James

Something asking me for a user name and a password == win! to me :)

Sterno

@LessPopMoreFizz Oh, the serial upvote thing.

Gigili

I hate you all.

Sterno

Someone get busted?

Wipqozn

@Sterno Paralytic

apparently he made a meta post asking why he lost rep for serial up voting, and then balpha suspended him for using sock puppets to serial up vote his posts.

Sterno

5:11 PM

heh

OrigamiRobot

@FAE I SAID NOTHING OF THE SORT!

Sterno

@Stephen grats on General

OrigamiRobot

HE said it and I told him not to.

Sterno

@wipqozn awww, did the meta post get deleted?

Wipqozn

@Sterno Yeah.

Sterno

5:14 PM

I need to hit 10k already

user15026

@Sterno You would also need a link to the post

user15026

Speaking of.....?

user15026

:)

Stephen

@Sterno Thanks man

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/4290/…

user15026

5:16 PM

@Wipqozn I knew someone would have it if I asked nice. :)

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn You're 20% cooler, how can I say no?

user15026

@Wipqozn Fair enough....now....how else can I abuse that information..... ;)

James

@Wipqozn mean ole 10k restrictions

Sterno

I need to start keeping a list of every deleted post I want to read when I hit 10k in like 3 months :P

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Ronan Forman

15

Q: Stack Exchange Deleted Question Viewer

This has been broken by improvements in privilege enforcement. It might be fixed later, but don't count on it. Screenshot About Stack Exchange Deleted Question Viewer is a user script which allows any users with at least 500 reputation to see most deleted posts, if they have a lin...

user15026

5:18 PM

@Sterno Haha I totally started doing that when I hit about 9 and a half k

Wipqozn

@RonanForman > This has been broken by improvements in privilege enforcement. It might be fixed later, but don't count on it.

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn It's still working for me.

user15026

@Wipqozn Yeah, it was generally more broken than useful.

Wipqozn

@RonanForman Are you using google chrome?

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn Yeah.

Wipqozn

5:19 PM

@RonanForman Yeah, I think it still works with chrome, but not firefox.

Sterno

Definitely not working in firefox for me with regards to that recent meta post

Time to download Chrome!

user15026

@Wipqozn In Chrome I found it worked most of the time, but it still had its own share of issues.

Ronan Forman

@AshleyNunn It's better than not being able to see questions.

user15026

@RonanForman This is very true. I just figured I would point it out ;)

Ullallulloo

Yep, works in Chrome.

Lazers

5:22 PM

0

Q: How does physical damage works?

I always thought: "Physical damage is only based on attack damage (like autoattack)", but today I notice something very weird. When I used Whimsy on myself I caused more damage in unites, like Turrets. So the wild question appears: "How does physical damage really scale?" Whimsy (Active...

league-of-legends

Ullallulloo

At least the body loads.

Sterno

Hrm. Still didn't work for me

James

@Sterno Haha, Please make the list public :)

Sterno

Oh. I'm not logged in in chrome

Wipqozn

@Sterno it loads the question but nothing else for me (in chrome)

in firefox it just loads the title.

Sterno

5:23 PM

Reading it now is incredibly anti-climactic

Ullallulloo

@Sterno I know. I feel like the comments would make it better.

user15026

@Sterno Yeah, I find that is often the case.

Ullallulloo

Time to make a bunch of sockpuppets and put myself at 10k.

2

OrigamiRobot

@agent86 VTCing as too localized!

3

:P

user15026

It's free, so that is definitely a factor, but I do think this Hunger Games iOS game might be fun for a few minutes, at least.

user15026

5:31 PM

Oh man, this is insane. Anyone got $70,000,000 to buy their SO this ring?

user15026

It is entirely made out of diamond.

GnomeSlice

What a stupid thing.

DavRob60

As @JuanManuel sugsested here we go :

GnomeSlice

Cool, but... stupid. nobody is going to buy that.

Tristan

5:32 PM

@AshleyNunn One sec. Let me get my wallet...

DavRob60

I was trying to explain to my kids to save money to get what he want and I remembered I broke my piggy bank in 1984 to buy Lunar Leeper for ours VIC-20, but I was around 5 year old and the notion of money was not clear for me back then, So I don't have an idea of how much a game was priced back then.

I was wondering if anyone have flyer, a store bill or an original box iwht the price sticker of a Commodore Vic-20 game cartridges that include the original price so I would have an idea of how much I payed back then.

user15026

@Tristan I knew someone in here would be able to. ;)

Michael Mrozek

@AshleyNunn My credit limit is only $50m :(

Stephen

@AshleyNunn An SO ring? :-) That'd be the one SO owes Jon Skeet heh.

user15026

@MichaelMrozek Aww, so close ;)

Tristan

5:33 PM

I'm pretty sure my credit limit is in the negative dollar range.

user15026

@Tristan :(

OrigamiRobot

@DavRob60 lol, wut?

Juan Manuel

@DavRob60 does this help?

oldcomputers.net/vic20.html

FAE

@OrigamiRobot haha

@AshleyNunn That is ridiculous. I would never want that. I'd be afraid to leave the house with it!

GnomeSlice

@JuanManuel classiccmp.org/dunfield/vic20/index.htm

Juan Manuel

5:36 PM

@GnomeSlice the one I linked has prices in the bottom though

user15026

@FAE I know, eh? i would be so paranoid. And I think it looks ugly, too.

GnomeSlice

@JuanManuel Oh, didn't realize he was looking to buy.

FAE

@AshleyNunn Likewise.

GnomeSlice

I just linked that one because it's my dad's site.

James

I believe @DavRob60 is looking for the original 1984 price for the game for the VIC-20

DavRob60

5:36 PM

@JuanManuel no, no price of the games cartridges.

@James right

James

The only site that may have that information on it, google keeps telling me may hurt my computer

GnomeSlice

@JuanManuel By the way, how attached are you to that 'The Amputator' in your Steam inventory?

James

Since I am at work.. Im not going there :D

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn Diamonds are boring. Except in Minecraft.

FAE

@OrigamiRobot I hate it when songs pull "Surprise bass chords!" on you

Tim Stone

5:37 PM

@AshleyNunn I just need 69 more million unicorn dollar bills. I assume that they take those, because who doesn't?

James

@OrigamiRobot Man made diamonds make 80GHz CPUs.. I think they are pretty damn interesting :D

user15026

@TimStone I mean, they are MONEY with a UNICORN on it. That is so awesome it should be worth double!

OrigamiRobot

@FAE For serious.

Ullallulloo

@AshleyNunn If I was a billionaire and had a girlfriend, maybe.

James

@Ullallulloo Girlfriend eh? Wonder what you would get your wife if you were a billionaire then :)

Juan Manuel

5:39 PM

@GnomeSlice not looking to trade atm

Ullallulloo

@James I'd assume one would propose with it.

GnomeSlice

@JuanManuel Ah, well, worth asking about, I suppose.

FAE

@OrigamiRobot Also I am happy they added a song by Alestorm but like most power metal songs, bass mostly consists of "long strings of the same note" :/

Juan Manuel

@GnomeSlice no problem

James

@Ullallulloo Whats the upscale from engagement ring to wedding ring?

I just do not want you to set the bar too high is all @Ullallulloo ;)

Tim Stone

5:40 PM

in Tavern on the Meta on Meta Stack Overflow Chat, Jan 22 '11 at 0:05, by Tim Stone

Exactly!

Ullallulloo

@James You have to buy two?

I thought one was just a band.

user15026

@TimStone Yeah, I would say that is worth at least 2 million. Maybe more. ITS A FREAKING UNICORN. :D

FAE

@TimStone why does this message ask me to save the image o.O

Tim Stone

@FAE I was also confused by that.

@AshleyNunn If that fails, surely they'll take stickers:

in Tavern on the Meta on Meta Stack Overflow Chat, Feb 7 '11 at 4:12, by Tim Stone

user15026

@TimStone I would. Those are some pretty awesome stickers.

user15026

5:42 PM

It's like the recess episode with the Mon-stickers.

Ullallulloo

@TimStone What's that bottom one?

James

@TimStone Haha

Tim Stone

Oh wow, I haven't seen Recess in a long time.

@Ullallulloo How-to Geek

James

@TimStone I actually have a stack of those that just say Stack Exchange infront of me :)

I am hording my GameDev.StackExchange.com sticker though :D

Tim Stone

Nice. :D I think I have a Stack Exchange sticker somewhere now too.

GnomeSlice

5:44 PM

Newgrounds, y u no let me update my submitted audio?

James

@TimStone They sent me the stickers, a couple of pens and a t-shirt :) I went Ooo and Ahhh, hehe :)

Oak

@James @Ullallulloo the engagement ring is the fancy diamond-equipped one. The wedding ring is usually bland

James

@Oak Could be a negative ratio.. I was just suggesting full thought comparison in snagging that ring as an engagement ring :D

Ullallulloo

@Oak That's what I thought.

user15026

@James I have an SE sticker on my laptop - it gets me having some awesome discussions when I eat lunch in the Math cafeteria on campus (they have all the good microwaves)

OrigamiRobot

5:46 PM

@FAE I hate that so much. They all blend together and I always hit one extra at the end.

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Recess <3

user15026

@Wipqozn It is definitely one of my most favourite cartoons.

user15026

Oh man, when I am done this essay on ekphrastic poetry, I am so playing Kingdom Hearts til my eyes fall out. (Or, at the very least, until I have to start writing my other final essay tomorrow)

FAE

@OrigamiRobot yyyyep

Lazers

1

Q: Resuming a Mass Effect completed game?

I just completed Mass Effect 1's main storyline and I'm a bit confused. I'm reading that upon completion of the game, levels 51-60 are unlocked. But I don't see a way for me to resume the character as opposed to starting over. Am I missing something?

mass-effect

Ian Pugsley

5:50 PM

@FAE I apparently lost all ability to strum reliably :(

James

@AshleyNunn Nice! I have not stuck mine to anything as of yet, hehe.

Ian Pugsley

also I just found out that the next movie Robert Pattinson is going to be in is a David Cronenberg film - I cannot wait to see the fallout

FAE

@IanPugsley I can definitely feel that my finger strength has atrophied in the months I haven't played

@IanPugsley ...wow, really?

James

3

Q: Does Whimsy affect physical damage against towers?

I always thought: "Physical damage is only based on attack damage (like autoattack)", but today I notice something very weird. When I used Whimsy on myself I caused more damage in units, like Turrets. So the wild question appears: "How does physical damage really scale?" Whimsy (Active)...

league-of-legends

@FAE Even with the rewording I have to say that is still one of the most horrible questions I have ever seen :)

Ian Pugsley

@FAE yuuup - Cosmopolis (trailer very NSFW, I'm not even gonna link it here)

FAE

5:53 PM

@IanPugsley What's it about, or is a summary NSFW as well?

James

@FAE Oneliner from IMDB says: Follows a multimillionaire on a 24-hour odyssey across Manhattan.

Ian Pugsley

@FAE I have no idea whatsoever - the 30-second trailer gives away very little that's actually concrete

and it's Cronenberg, so it'll be even less concrete than that

FAE

@IanPugsley Haha yeah

Tristan

0

Q: Not sure I understand why you cannot get suggestions?

I'm sure this will be locked shortly because it's not really on top but the fact that you can't ask for a suggestion on this exchange really seems disturbing to me. If you cannot ask for a suggestion then I'm at a loss as to what this exchange is for? If you ask for a suggestion you get your po...

mechanics

Ian Pugsley

hoping it'll be a return to more of his older style of movies - I liked A History of Violence and Eastern Promises a lot, but I prefer his older works

Tristan

5:56 PM

wat

I VTC'd and selected Off-Topic > This Belongs on Meta.

user15026

@Tristan What is this i dont even

Ullallulloo

@AshleyNunn He's asking why stuff-rec is off-topic.

Tim Stone

@Tristan Is it on bottom instead?

Wipqozn

Although it reads more like a rant.