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@kalina That's what I read

@PrivatePansy I might have mistaken Total War for Europa Universalis. I haven't actually played either game, just extrapolating from my knowledge of Crusader Kings 2.

kalina

5:10 PM

@badp that seems to be what the words are saying ye

Private Pansy

@Yuki Top left is Total War. Extreme left is EU

@PrivatePansy maybe it's about dual boot.

Private Pansy

You can see the ROME II logo on the Total War image

I suppose it's going to be a *buntu, maybe without Unity.

Private Pansy

@badp Nah, they would announce that with SteamOS. Besides, SteamOS supposedly doesn't need dual boot because it can Steam from another Windows or OS X computer in the same household

Maybe its some sort of new social networking feature to connect players?

Steam sort of already does that though

Also, totally anti-climatic reveal. I go to sleep now, disappointed

5:13 PM

If O is an os and [O ] is a steam box, then O+O is likely dual booting.

kalina

maybe it's something about the "getting us involved in the design process" comment

Gabe did make it a point to underline that it's not going to be hard for people to get root access and do whatever they want with the box, including dual boot.

Uh oh.

FEichinger

@badp Likely without Unity. It'll likely need X, and Unity is moving away from X.

It's probably going to be a Ubuntu derivative that comes with graphics drivers preinstalled and when you boot it Steam comes up and when you close Steam the system goes down

so probably not too exciting for regular use

but just the kind of thing you want to stick into a Steam Box, or your own home-made version of it.

Q: Take down the helicopter in Just Cause

5:15 PM

I just found out that I've been missing a single class on Friday. For the past three weeks.

Lazers

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I'm playing Just Cause 2, but can't figure out how I should take down the helicopter in the mission where I need to protect the technichian. Any help?

just-cause-2

For some reason, most courses don't have Friday classes. Except for the math department, apparently.

@AshleyNunn Nice! How did you affect this mental shift?

user15026

@RedRiderX A lot of drinking from fountains and talking to people

@AshleyNunn Congratulations! bans @AshleyNunn for excess mental sanity

user15026

5:18 PM

@badp Hey now. I worked hard to get to where I am!

@AshleyNunn Sounds refreshing.

@AshleyNunn Is your hair at least still purple?

user15026

@badp faded pink, at the moment.

@AshleyNunn Be careful though. Large amounts of sanity can lead to insanity.

user15026

@Yuki That seems.....crazy.

5:19 PM

@AshleyNunn I... guess that'll do

@AshleyNunn That's the point.

Normality is just another kind of madness

user15026

@badp I know I am a disappointment

@Yuki A lot of Nova Scotian universities don't have Friday classes. They usually do two-day a week classes.

@RedRiderX Errm, I don't know which verb to use here.

@AshleyNunn I just said "Congratulations!"

How do you even say "Congratulations!" while disappointed

What kind of sick, mad, insane person... oh right.

@Wipqozn Yeah. That's how it is for pretty much every department I've been taking classes from. Except for math, who apparently didn't get the memo.

user15026

5:20 PM

@badp Precisely!

@badp Through clenched teeth.

FEichinger

@AshleyNunn Precisely*

user15026

@FEichinger I got there!

@RedRiderX that wouldn't match the spelling

it'd be like "... grats?"

Oh my, SteamOS? Fancy mancy.

5:21 PM

@badp Good point.

I'm so happy Valve decided to make SteamOS as a giant "fuck you" to microsoft for Windows 8.

user15026

I am watching a show and someone is supposed to be playing Pitfall on the Atari but all the noises are from Pacman.

user15026

It annoys me

@AshleyNunn Reminds of this one show (can't remember the name) when some guy yelled "Headshot!" and did a victory dance. He was playing Contra.

A Nintendo composer remixed two classic Nintendo songs: Super Mario Brothers and Super Metroid.

cc @MichaelDunfield, since I'm sure you'll enjoy them

OrigamiRobot

5:28 PM

DAMMIT @GRACENOTE WHAT KIND OF HEROIN IS ELONA MADE OF?

I AM TERRIBLE AT THIS GAME BUT IT'S ALL I CAN THINK OF

@OrigamiRobot The best kind.

I've only actually played it for a couple hours.

I'm not in a roguelike mood.

user15026

@Yuki sigh

one thing I don't find convincing about SteamOS is that as soon as you gOOOOOH HAT HAT HAT HAT I GOT AN HAT I GOT AN HAT

OrigamiRobot

I keep thinking, "maybe if I do X I will be less terrible at it"

NOPE

Still terrible and still want to play.

@badp HAT? WHERE

5:30 PM

@Yuki IN MY BACKPACK

fourth engineer hat

I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH HEADS FOR ALL THESE HATS

@badp GIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMME‌GIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMME... the precious...