The Bridge

user15026

4:00 AM

One of the reasons I like being in an apartment, I don't have to shovel

Chippies

I honestly don't even mind shoveling, as long as I can do it at my own pace and the wind isn't blowing snow in my face

it's pretty much the only real exercise that I get

Lazers

0

Q: Recently activated a product on steam that is already installed via disk. Can I move it to steam?

I recently activated my 2007 physical copy of Supreme Commander on Steam that has been installed via disk since that time. It gave me access to Supreme Commander AND Forged Alliance (yay free game! :D) but according to Steam I have to re-download and re-install SupCom, even though it is already i...

Chippies

once I'll have a job though, I'll probably hate shoveling

user15026

@Chippies I just hate the cold

Chippies

@AshleyNunn true, but that's kinda winter in general

user15026

4:03 AM

@Chippies which I dont like

Unionhawk

@AshleyNunn cc @Wipqozn your True Canadian(tm) status will have to be reevaluated because of this

Chippies

isn't it less wintery where you live?

Frank

I don't like the cold, either.

Chippies

my geography skills aren't very good, but don't you live at like, the very south of Canada?

user15026

@Unionhawk I still like maple syrup and hockey

user15026

4:05 AM

@Chippies almost yes

Chippies

I hate the cold, because I like dressing comfortably, and that usually means I can't retain the heat for long

putting on a winter coat makes me feel like a child with oversized clothing

although I suppose not having oversized winter coat would help...

Unionhawk

@AshleyNunn I'm not qualified to judge, that's why I cced @Wipqozn

He's an expoit!

Chippies

I have a jacket/coat/whateverTheTerm that I wear all year long

RPi Awesomeness

@AshleyNunn And do you have a pet moose living in your hoose?

Eh?

Ben

Hey guys... Is this a dupe of this?

Matt Giltaji

4:09 AM

@RPiAwesomeness how aboot that?

Ben

I feel like they are... but I'm not sure

user15026

AUGH I DONT TALK LIKE THAT

Unionhawk

BAN HIM!

RPi Awesomeness

@AshleyNunn ;)

Unionhawk

DO IT

I bet @Wipqozn talks like that

RPi Awesomeness

4:10 AM

ME? Never.

Unionhawk

But I don't actually know

RPi Awesomeness

Why would you want to ban me?

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot, does @Wipqozn actually talk like that?

Matt Giltaji

let's ping @Wipqozn some more and find out

Chippies

a boot on a boat in a booth

RPi Awesomeness

4:11 AM

@Wipqozn You have been duly pinged

Matt Giltaji

@Wipqozn do you talk like that, eh?

Unionhawk

No you idiots we're asking @OrigamiRobot

Ben

...guys?

Unionhawk

@Wipqozn can't tell if he has an accent

Nobody can tell if they have an accent, everyone thinks they sound normal

Ben

...and gals?

RPi Awesomeness

4:12 AM

@Ben Pshaw. You come on the Bridge and expect coherent, focused, on-topic conversation?

Matt Giltaji

but we are in agreement that it is @Wipqozn's fault that canadians have accents, right?

RPi Awesomeness

Good luck :D

jk. I can take a look...except I'm not really active on Gaming.SE much :P

Chippies

@Ben seems to be more or less the same question, but I'm no expert

Unionhawk

@Ben Your response is in the form of a first vote (yes)

I always forget that PC is really nice because it has a save manager (unofficial, but it exists)

And console

user15026

I am likely the least accented because, well SW ON

RPi Awesomeness

4:13 AM

#PCMASTERRACE! #JK

Unionhawk

#hahstags

(cc @Wipqozn)

Ben

@Unionhawk That makes life easier :)

Unionhawk

(and that's actually a reference, you can't just ping @Wipqozn for no reason that's not how this works)

RPi Awesomeness

@Unionhawk #hahstags? What is that, some form of deer that is in a perpetual state of merriment and laughter?

Ben

@Wipqozn am I doing it right?

Unionhawk

4:15 AM

@RPiAwesomeness @Wipqozn spelled #hashtags wrong, and we pointed it out to him like 3 minutes later

RPi Awesomeness

@Unionhawk Ah. I see.

Unionhawk

(after the edit window had expired of course)

RPi Awesomeness

Dangit. I was hoping for giggling deer :P

Chippies

@AshleyNunn least accented as in, least typical canadian accent? Because everyone has some sort of accent :P

spugsley

@Unionhawk you're only allowed to ping @Wipqozn to tell him he's the worst. It's a Bridge rule.

Unionhawk

4:15 AM

Apparently it's not a SFW thing to google? But I have no idea

user15026

@Chippies yeah, least typical

Unionhawk

Is anything SFW to google anymore?

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk #alwayswait2minutes

Unionhawk

I mean, honestly

user15026

@Unionhawk Nope

RPi Awesomeness

4:16 AM

@Unionhawk That would be a negative.

Ben

@RPiAwesomeness no. In fact that's exactly why I come here.

Matt Giltaji

these days you can't even google @wipqozn's dirty socks

RPi Awesomeness

@Ben :D

@MattGiltaji I'd rather not do that ever.

Talk about a Malwirusorm.

Ben

@RPiAwesomeness that sounds contagious too...

RPi Awesomeness

@Ben Oh, very. About on par with the Black Plague.

user15026

4:20 AM

@MattGiltaji they're still the first google image link for "wipqozn socks"

RPi Awesomeness

Oh. Oh gross. SafeSearch you have failed me!

;)

Unionhawk

Today's listening

(I am going to start a thing, where I post these, and it's always something at least kind of weird like this)

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk was expecting an early friday, pleasantly surprised otherwise

Unionhawk

@MattGiltaji No

I AM DECLARING HERE RIGHT NOW: I WILL NEVER POST ANOTHER FRIDAY LINK

EVER

-friday

I am now honor-bound to never post another Friday link.

MOD ABUSE DOES NOT COUNT AS ME POSTING IT

I AM WATCHING YOU @FREDLEY

DON'T YOU DO IT

AND IF YOU DO DO IT

RPi Awesomeness

@Unionhawk ... isn't that @GnomeSlice's job?

Unionhawk

4:26 AM

@RPiAwesomeness No, I'm prt sure he posts real actual suggestions

RPi Awesomeness

@Unionhawk Ah.

Unionhawk

Whereas my selections will be like that and a sneak preview (this whole album is fantastic)

inb4 @RPiAwesomeness is too young to remember Homestar Runner as a thing

user15026

@Unionhawk Now I feel old

Unionhawk

I was waiting for that, because then I'd feel old

RPi Awesomeness

@Unionhawk I know of nothing by the name of Homestar Runner

I'm a sheltered child ;)

Unionhawk

4:29 AM

Yep! I'm officially old

That mess was a core part of my childhood

Matt Giltaji

smash bros mashup with smash mouth

Unionhawk

Well, like 5th grade and until they were just done

That mess and Runescape, dude, oh man

Matt Giltaji

anyone remember maddox?

Unionhawk

God, now I feel old

Matt Giltaji

lol, runescape

Unionhawk

4:31 AM

@MattGiltaji Dude

That game was my jam

Then it went real MMO or whatever

I've not played since EOC was a thing

Chippies

Runescape was the shitty mmo that everyone played because there were no other free mmo alternatives

Unionhawk

I can't really unless I subscribe again because I'm fairly certain my bank is overflowing otherwise

Matt Giltaji

i remember making good money paying noobs to farm feathers, then selling large batches to grinders

Unionhawk

That's how they get you

Chippies

apparently there are people that still play Runescape and that just blows my mind

Unionhawk

4:33 AM

@Chippies Runescape 3 is a thing, and apparently it's worth a revisit

That game was fun

Don't even lie

The full game was fun, the free game is limited

Chippies

@Unionhawk It was the best free mmo at the time, I'll give you that

Unionhawk

Meh

Chippies

just because there were no other free mmos

Unionhawk

I enjoyed it

I never got into WoW or any other MMOs

Chippies

I'm sure it was alright if you paid subscription, but at that point you could have just played something else

Unionhawk

4:34 AM

Like, my MMO experience is Runescape, and technically Elite Dangerous

Although the only other players I see are @OrigamiRobot and @TimStone

Chippies

MU Online on private servers was a huge thing in Latvia in early mid-2000s

and soon after that more and more f2p mmo's started popping up

I have played pretty much every half-decent f2p mmorpg there is

Matt Giltaji

i started with wow, went to eve, detoured to tabula rasa (while that was still up), private servers with wow, then lotro, dcuo, swtor, and now kingdom of loathing

Chippies

I started with runescape, then mu online on private servers, maple story and latest one was tera online

with a ton of other mmos that didn't last long in-between

Unionhawk

Literally, I have played precisely 2 MMOs

Vedant Chandra

I feel kinda sad now that I play Dota 2, it feels like I simply cannot play any other game now.

Chippies

4:46 AM

I have probably played 9 out of 10 games on any best/top10 f2p mmorpg lists made pre-2012

Vedant Chandra

The 45-minute in-and-out convenience of MOBA's is too good to pass up :P

Matt Giltaji

@VedantChandra i tried a few mobas, got my ass kicked, then backed off

Chippies

@VedantChandra that's a good/bad thing about mmo's in general

user15026

@Unionhawk I tried WoW and it's really not my thing

Chippies

you get hooked on one and you don't have time to play other games, so you're kinda saving money

user15026

4:47 AM

in general, I am not good with MMOs because tehy require more hand eye and stuff than I have

Matt Giltaji

i actually liked playing mmos as single player, like going on in off hours so no one is around to mess with my drops

Unionhawk

See, me, personally, I like having an open world where I can more or less do whatever the fuck I want

Vedant Chandra

@Unionhawk That's a good point

Unionhawk

I don't think the whole atomic match thing would be for me

Chippies

@AshleyNunn I wouldn't say that MMOs require more hand eye coordination than some single player games, although WoW is an exception

Unionhawk

4:48 AM

If I want to play for 5 minutes then goddammit I am going to play for 5 minutes

Matt Giltaji

@Chippies especially wow melee

Unionhawk

And then do something productive

Or whatever

user15026

@Chippies oh, there are lots of single player games I don't play for the same reason

Matt Giltaji

@AshleyNunn i thought you liked platformers tho

Vedant Chandra

My argument against RPG's personally is that gaming is just a casual thing for me, and it feels like RPG's take too long to 'farm up' a decent character and start enjoying the game

Chippies

4:49 AM

@AshleyNunn I figured, I just wanted to point that out :P

Unionhawk

My argument against arguments against particular subsets of games is play whetever the fuck you want

user15026

@MattGiltaji I do, but I suck at many of them

Vedant Chandra

@Unionhawk Upvoted and accepted

Unionhawk

I won't judge you... any more than I already do

user15026

I am a terrible gamer, but I like them anyhow

Matt Giltaji

4:50 AM

@AshleyNunn i'd argue that being a gamer is about playing many games, not playing them well

Chippies

@VedantChandra many people like seeing progress and RPGs show progress in literal numbers

Matt Giltaji

ergo you are not a terrible gamer

Chippies

a well done single player RPG doesn't need you to grind/farm

mmorpg's however are generally quite grindy

Matt Giltaji

@VedantChandra i'd get a single player rpg, save edit or hex edit your stats, then steamroll the game

user15026

@MattGiltaji Excellent

Unionhawk

4:51 AM

Yes, a good single player RPG will have hardly any grind

Chippies

@MattGiltaji now you just sound like @fredley :P

Unionhawk

Because the exp will be given to you as the game progresses

Vedant Chandra

Hmm, any good single player RPGs you could recommend?

Matt Giltaji

@VedantChandra you looking for more fantasy or scifi?

Chippies

@VedantChandra RPG is a very big genre with many subgenres

Vedant Chandra

4:52 AM

My list right now ends at Bastion, and that's just for the music :P

Um probably Sci-Fi

Matt Giltaji

@VedantChandra bastion was fun

Chippies

Bastion is not an RPG, even though it does have some RPG elements

Vedant Chandra

Yeah I know, it's too linear I suppose

Matt Giltaji

@VedantChandra knights of the old republic and mass effect were good

Unionhawk

I don-- Mass Effect series. There we go. Recommended. ...that's a Sci-fi RPG right?

Chippies

4:52 AM

but I guess that goes into "what exactly is the definition of an RPG" and that I can't answer and I don't think there are any actual guidelines for it

Unionhawk

I'm not making shit up?

user15026

@VedantChandra Transistor too!

Unionhawk

I also enjoy modded skyrim, personally

Vedant Chandra

@AshleyNunn I've been looking into Transistor already

Unionhawk

Not like, heavily modded skyrim, like replacing all characters with animu characters or something dumb like that

Matt Giltaji

4:53 AM

also fallout 3 is fun if you are into post-apocalyptic wasteland type scifi

Vedant Chandra

Skyrim is a classic, even more so when the dragons have been modded to become bronies

@Unionhawk Whoopsee

Thanks for the ideas :)

Unionhawk

I've gone down the heavily modded road, and it is a weird road

Chippies

Fallout 3 is awesome, but I never managed to enjoy Fallout: New Vegas

Matt Giltaji

skyrim scaling stats bug was fun, you could eventually enchant armor that let you cast every spell for free and one shot dragons

Chippies

Deus Ex is a classic sci-fi rpg

Unionhawk

4:55 AM

@MattGiltaji And also the "fortify enchanting potion->fortify alchemy enchantment" combo

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk thats the one

Unionhawk

Yep

Never used it

Matt Giltaji

so broken, so awesome

Unionhawk

I used cheaty mod tactics (I have a magical storage mod that sorts and infinitely stores my shit and also I can just plop down a chest anywhere)

Matt Giltaji

i like to mod my encumbrance so i can carry every damn thing back to my lair

Vedant Chandra

4:57 AM

@Unionhawk There was also this console cheat that teleported you to a dev test room with every item in it, at maximum enchantment

Unionhawk

And also an auto pick up the things because I could not be asked to grab all of the things

And apparently because the storage mod has combining soul gems and combining potions...

I have so many things

But it's fine

I'm not that guy who mods in need for food need for sleep need for warmth and also it's extremely dark because reasons

Chippies

cc: @Wipqozn ?

fineeeeeee, I'll go shovel the driveway...

Unionhawk

@JennyBeans totally should have come to the bridge to ping you to do it

That would have been funnier

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk who is @JennyBeans?

Chippies

5:26 AM

the weather outside is awesome!

it's so peaceful and calm, no wind or snow

how come it's never like this at day time?

2-3am seems to be the best time to go outside, it seems

@MattGiltaji my wife, who was in the chat like, twice

Matt Giltaji

@Chippies cool that she actually showed up. i tried to tell my wife about se in general and she rolled her eyes

Chippies

@MattGiltaji my wife is a gamer and she lacks gamer friends, so I suggested this chat, but she doesn't spend as much time farting around at the computer as most of us here do

when she's at the computer, she plays videogames, so, no time for bridge :(

when she doesn't play videogames, she's not at the computer

No. 7892142

7:25 AM

Which goddamn codepage displays F5 as ä is what I want to know, good morning.

5pike

7:37 AM

Morning

No. 7892142

Hello :c

No. 7892142

8:00 AM

Apparently someone goofed around with MS-850 and the proper ISO codepage and actually converted the file.

No. 7892142

8:12 AM

Danged idiots, the lot.

Lazers

8:32 AM

0

Q: How to record League of Legends with Obs

Umm so I know how to record already with OBS but when I try to record my League of Legends games the video just turns black with only the mouse icon seen.

league-of-legends recording

Newly Opened Proposals for Entertainment

9:38 AM

1

Internet

Proposed Q&A site for question About Anything About the Internet/Interweb

Closed before being launched.

1

HackExchange

Proposed Q&A site for ethical Hackers and Penetration testers.

Currently in definition.

1

StackOverflow (In Chinese)

Proposed Q&A site for professional and enthusiastic programmer in Chinese. - 针对职业的或者爱好编程的中国程序员。

Currently in definition.

No. 7892142

he he Penetration testers

5pike

Oh you...

Wipqozn

I woke up this morning to 17 chat pings. You guys are crazy.

cc @Unionhawk

fredley

9:54 AM

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment Internet and Interweb?

Kevin van der Velden

But no blagosphere? I am disappointed

Also, morning!

No. 7892142

@fredley Maybe "The Tubes" as well.

Kevin van der Velden

Sometimes I hate the internet. Sometimes it makes me happy that 'The Tubes' has become slang for the internet so quickly.

No. 7892142

We've all been thinking it.

Origami Robot

Yes, @Unionhawk, @Wipqozn does have an accent. No, he does not say "aboot"

TMK, that's not a real thing.

It's more like "aboat"

Kevin van der Velden

10:06 AM

@No.7892142 so I just went ahead and posted it

No. 7892142

@KevinvanderVelden Well done!

fredley

@KevinvanderVelden blago-blag

Kevin van der Velden

@fredley I'm partial to webtubes

Also annoying: being one key to the right of where you think your hands are

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden web-web

5pike

@KevinvanderVelden I never heard anyone using "Blago-"

Kevin van der Velden

10:20 AM

24 mins ago, by Kevin van der Velden

But no blagosphere? I am disappointed

5pike

You're strange

Kevin van der Velden

I'm on the bridge

In Gallup Poll, The Biggest Threat To World Peace Is ... America?

Uuuh

Jeah america? xp

I'd have said russia right now

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden USA and Russia are both a threat to peace.

fredley

@Arperum This. If both of them are sparring for a war, they're both a threat.

Also, America kinda bombs a lot of places.

Arperum

@fredley Not even kinda. They just flat out bomb everything.

Kevin van der Velden

10:32 AM

@Arperum yeah definitely, but I'd have said russia is currently a bigger threat (america definitely not far behind)

fredley

@Arperum BOMB THEM UNTIL THEY ARE PEACEFUL: American foreign policy.

Arperum

@fredley Pretty much.

fredley

@Arperum I would guess that although Russia has invaded another country in the past year, they've probably still killed less people than the US.

Arperum

@fredley Plus they've said that they were preparing to go nuclear about it... That's pretty bad.

fredley

@Arperum Yup. But threats !== action

Arperum

10:38 AM

@fredley True. But based on what I know about Putin, he's bloody serious when threatening.

fredley

@Arperum Yup. I find it hard to see Putin in the same light after House of Cards though. I know it's fiction and all, but it does portray how he has a requirement to do that for the sake of domestic power.

A war between Russia and US would be catastrophic for both. Neither side wants to start one. However the threat of war can be good for reinforcing power on both sides.

Arperum

@fredley I don't think we need another cold war. Even though there is a new one brewing.

fredley

@Arperum A foreign bogey man is a good thing to keep people in check.

Arperum

@fredley What about fixing the reason why you need to keep people suppressed?

fredley

@Arperum That reason never goes away.

Kevin van der Velden

10:45 AM

@Arperum What? Say "get with the times" to the russian church? That'll toss his power base out the window

Martin Sojka

@Arperum Willingly giving up power and/or fame? That's crazy talk.

Kevin van der Velden

Quick! Someone else point it out to him

fredley

@Arperum Allow all of the domestic tensions to become people's primary outlet for hatred, and kick off a civil war?

Anyone else?

@Arperum Time for someone to read Watchmen again

Lazers

1

Q: How can I escape being pinned by monsters?

I've been pinned down multiple times, I've also escaped in some cases, sometimes not. Since I have no clue how to escape I just buttonmash every button I can reach without moving my hands. Since I got a quest today to beat up some huge crab who kept grabbing me, I need a solution to consistently...

monster-hunter-4-ultimate

Newly Opened Proposals for Entertainment

11:07 AM

1

Airplanes

Proposed Q&A site for airplanes Enthusiasts

Currently in definition.

5pike

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment I'd say it's a dupe of aviation.se

fredley

One more reopen required

Origami Robot

Aren't we all dupes?

Kevin van der Velden

@OrigamiRobot no, we are all unique little snowflakes

Lazers

1

Q: How to survive early UVHM as Gaige?

I'm playing as Gaige and I am in UVHM at level 53. My skills are distributed like that: http://bl2skills.com/mechromancer.html#514004101541000000000000415150150010 The only legendaries I have is Slayer of Terra mod and Slag Conference Call, thought the CC is now obsolete in terms of damage (it is...

borderlands-2

Wipqozn

11:28 AM

@fredley I just case a close vote on it. For reals.

Clearly, the question needs to be more well defined.

Feeds

fredley has removed Wipqozn from the list of this room's owners.

Kevin van der Velden

The best reply

fredley

I like how whenever @Wipqozn does something I don't like, he's room owner

Wipqozn

@fredley IT's my gift to you

Also, tomorrow is my birthday. Rejoice, for I exist!

Kevin van der Velden

Yay, and it's even on a friday

Wipqozn

11:40 AM

I know. I'm sure I'll get lots of links.

I'll likely be afk most of the day though.

Meeting up early with friends for breakfast, then watching some buffy, then going to do family stuff.

Kevin van der Velden

Also every time you say rejoice I still think of this: girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120831#.VQq2L_nF8-q

Arperum

@Wipqozn Sunday is mine!

Wipqozn

@Arperum that's pretty rad.

Kevin van der Velden

The 8th is mine! But I'll share with gnomeslice cause I'm friendly like that

MBraedley

Well, I managed to make it into work today. One of the few at this time.

Wipqozn

11:56 AM

@MBraedley Everyone in my department is working from home right now. Someof us might be going in later.

How were the roads?

MBraedley

@Wipqozn Not great but passable.

Some two lane roads are down to one lane.

Another driver and I almost mutually sideswiped each other coming up to Windsor Street Exchange because we couldn't see each other.

Arperum

@Wipqozn And monday it's my dads birthday, and the 27th my mom.

Rapitor

12:12 PM

o/

5pike

\o

fredley

Today's "That makes me want to bash my head against my desk until one or other gives way" news story

Rapitor

@fredley isn't boing boing a not real one

fredley

...no...

@Rapitor BoingBoing's one of the oldest blogs in the blago-blog

Cory Doctorow writes there.

Feeds

12:30 PM

Sterno has added Wipqozn to the list of this room's owners.

fredley has removed Sterno from the list of this room's owners.

Sterno

MOD ABUSE

I can finally trust @fredley again

MBraedley

Mar 4 at 17:16, by MBraedley

Feb 27 at 22:53, by MBraedley

@fredley you are an evil, evil person! I will never trust you again!

Sterno

2 days ago, by Sterno

I don't trust an Arqade mod who doesn't abuse

fredley

You guys have trust issues

MBraedley

Apr 23 '14 at 12:48, by MBraedley

@Sterno I don't trust you, for some reason

Mar 6 at 17:10, by MBraedley

@fredley Those trust issues I was talking about last week? Yeah, there still there.

Sterno

12:42 PM

I am the most trustworthy member of The Bridge

fredley

Nov 4 '13 at 18:26, by Sterno

I trust Yahoo! Answers with all my legal needs.

Frankly, I don't trust @Sterno, based on where he chooses to place his trust.

Sterno

Everyone knows StackExchange is modeled after Yahoo! Answers

Yahoo Answers! is a little more strict with what they allow, though. You can't slip any BS past them.

Rapitor

today is opposite day.

5pike

Yahoo Answers! is srs business

Unionhawk

So tired

Asdf

Wipqozn

12:54 PM

@Sterno I could see an argument being made about that, given that Lifehacks.SE is a thing.

Rapitor

@Unionhawk join the club. we meet never

Sterno

Mobile chat puts a "mention" tag in the message when your pinged now. Seems redundant

Unionhawk

That's always been a thing

Frank

@Sterno Clicking it means you won't get an inbox notification on the site.

Lazers

0

Q: How to you use districts efficiently?

I am pretty new to the game, and while I have understood most of the key concepts, I am not quite sure how to use districts properly to manage my city. Honestly I find the whole concept of setting and managing districts quite confusing and overwhelming. Is there any benefit of using many small ...

cities-skylines

Frank

1:17 PM

Good morning, Bridge

Kevin van der Velden

Morning

Sterno

@Unionhawk Really? I'd never seen it before, but I don't use mobile that often

@Unionhawk Pfft, you young kids, thinking that since October 2013 is the same as "always"

Origami Robot

@Sterno IIRC, it's to prevent every ping you get while on mobile from showing up in your inbox.

Kevin van der Velden

@Sterno It's not? :o

Yuuki

@Sterno Didn't the universe begin on October 2013?

fredley

1:26 PM

@Sterno I don't like them either. ChatSEy removes them.

Sterno

@Yuuki It began on the day RB released Friday.

Yuuki

@Sterno Friday.

fredley

AND ON THE FIFTH DAY, REBECCA BLACK CREATED THE WORLD, AND ALSO THE SONG FRIDAY. AND SHE LOOKED UPON IT, AND IT WAS GOOD.

3

@Yuuki CAUTION: LINK IS NOT FRIDAY

Sterno

This one is a little more clever than most

Probably should have gone with something other than "Yours Faithfully" though

(there was a .zip file attachment of the supposed invoice)

Origami Robot

@Sterno "kindly" usually gives it away as well

Sterno

1:35 PM

Still, that one would totally get my parents

Rapitor

downforce is important

Private Pansy

@Sterno How does toll road fee payment forms get sent to emails?

Sterno

He also sent it to my webmaster@nat20s.com email address, which isn't used for anything worthwhile and really just ends up being a spam target. STILL A NOBLE ATTEMPT

@PrivatePansy In Chicago, there is an EZ Pass system where you register, load the pass up with money, and then you go through tolls where sensors basically deduct the money from you

Presumably you might use an email address when creating an account.

Private Pansy

@Sterno Same here. What I don't get is how that's connected in email

Sterno

How they'd go backwards from your license plate to your email is probably not something people woudl consider before clicking the link

They'd just be like "EZ Pass, yeah, I have one of those"

Wipqozn

1:38 PM

@Sterno IT's odd thinking of you having parents

Sterno

@Wipqozn I think of your parents all the time

Wipqozn

@Sterno My parents are pretty rad

Sterno

It's a shame about them being Canadian

Frank

@Sterno You say that like it's a bad thing!

Arperum

@Sterno One of our client got infected with ransomware through an email telling them to pay up (see invoice attached["invoice" actually encrypted everything]).

Frank

1:58 PM

@Arperum And this is why I continually harp on practicing skeptical computing.

I'm starting to sound like a broken record at work.

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