The Bridge

Koviko

19:00

@SaintWacko Yup, so that the owners don't have time to delete anything.

badp

@MBraedley If you consider the amount of annoying passangers per plane to be a fraction of the total, that means less annoyance!

Fewer chances of having a baby cry incessantly throughout the fly.

MBraedley

@badp I'm more concerned with general physical comfort

badp

@MBraedley You're not flying with Ryanair so you should be good :P

(there's no Ryanair in the US right?)

(yep, its plague is EU-only)

MBraedley

@badp But they're so cheap! And no, but there are discount airlines

badp

@MBraedley Ryanair tries to sell you something every 15 minutes

(or so)

MBraedley

19:04

The chances of me not banging my head during this flight is virtually 0.

badp

When you sit down there are ads basically in your face and the airplane radio runs adverts for various services. Then they give you the brochure. Then they sell you food. Then they sell you misc stuff. Then they sell you lottery tickets. Then they sell you bus tickets. Then...

Lazers

0

Q: Hitman: Codename 47 "No render is selected"

I recently bought Hitman: Codename 47 from steam. When I try to run it, this message comes up: I tried different stuff like: And: After a while with a lot of changing random settings that I don't work, this was my closest result to playing the game :/ Nothing would work :/ Please help

steam

MBraedley

Must turn of Wi-Fi now. For some archaic reason.

badp

@MBraedley Good luck

I don't know how they make 60fps look so good

Other 60fps videos don't look as smooth.

Koviko

@badp I've never played TF2, but that video reminds me of those smooth Q3A videos

Unionhawk

19:10

Hell yes 93 on a test I thought I got a 65 on. BOOM

Tim Stone

wat

I remember tests... stares off into the distance before shouting "GET OFF MY LAWN"

badp

> Neither Kirk Douglas or People Magazine is commenting on the obituary the magazine ran over the weekend of the actor, who will celebrate his 98th birthday on Dec. 9.

Unionhawk

No you don't

badp

Like. Literally will or hopefully will?

Origami Robot

Every time I have a bad day at work, I just remember it's still better than school.

Koviko

19:12

@TimStone I heard them talking about this on the radio this morning. Wonder who hit the wrong button.

Tim Stone

I just find it amazing that someone's assigned task was to get a head start on that.

badp

@TimStone It's common practice to write those articles ahead of time.

Origami Robot

woooooooooooooooow

Tim Stone

How far ahead of time? If he lives to be 105 that's quite the archive.

badp

Coccodrillo (giornalismo)

Nel gergo giornalistico, il coccodrillo è un necrologio scritto in anticipo, sotto forma di servizio televisivo, radiofonico o di giornale, sulla vita di personaggi noti, al fine di averlo immediatamente pronto non appena giunta la notizia della loro morte. I tempi dell'informazione sono infatti strettissimi ed incompatibili con la preparazione di articoli in tempo reale, che spesso richiedono ricerche di documenti d'archivio, ed il timore di "bucare" la notizia a favore della concorrenza ha da tempo immemorabile spinto le redazioni giornalistiche e radiotelevisive a creare archivi di necrologi...

There's no link to the English Wikipedia equivalent (if any), but the literal translation of our word for those articles is "crocodiles"

Origami Robot

19:14

I guess it's kind of a compliment?

badp

@TimStone As soon as he becomes notable enough to deserve an article about his death, I suppose.

Tim Stone

@badp I guessed this because of Dora.

(That's right, I read the article as a combination of Spanish and French even though it's in Italian)

Koviko

@TimStone They do this with several celebrities. They want to be ready.

Tim Stone

We as a society are terrible

badp

@TimStone That's the beauty of Latin-derived languages

Unionhawk

19:16

@TimStone truf

Koviko

@badp That they are very similar, but different enough to cause border tensions throughout history?

badp

@Koviko I dunno if border tensions can be attributed entirely to the language

Origami Robot

Fun Fact: @TimStone can only speak truths due to a witch's curse.

badp

Also German and English have different roots from Latin and Greek.

James

@Koviko Looking at this sentence... Makes me acknowledge that its just going to be 'one of those' kinds of days it seems.

Unionhawk

19:17

@OrigamiRobot that's probably a lie

Jason Berkan

@badp I was going to point out your absolute wrongness, but then EDIT.

badp

@JasonBerkan context, man, context.

Tim Stone

@OrigamiRobot This is actually true. When I "lie" I actually alter reality, which is why no one's ever called me out on it.

badp

@TimStone That must be awfully convenient.

Origami Robot

Just like that episode of Fairly Oddparents!

Tim Stone

19:19

In school "Oh, you didn't get my homework? I know I turned it in" "Oh...well I guess I lost it, I'll just give you a good grade."

badp

"Oh yes I finished the report the other day. It's right there in your inbox. You received it yesterday, actually."

Tim Stone

(this is, incidentally, a truthful recounting)

Origami Robot

@TimStone Even if it wasn't, it is now.

Tim Stone

Magic

Koviko

I once had a teacher ask me if I turned in assignments. I swore I did. He believed me. OR didn't care.

badp

19:21

I'm so happy we don't have assignments.

Unionhawk

Wat

badp

And when we did in high school, teachers just assumed we'd do them.

@Unionhawk Like, essays and reports and whatnot? Nah. Just the occasional project.

Koviko

How can your government rank your progress?

Lazers

0

Q: How do I put my vitprtual pro in the arena-Fifa 15

I am wondering how to put my virtual pro which I made and I really want to practise with him so if any reads this and knows please comment your answer!

minecraft

0

Q: Golden claw glitch

I cleared the bleak falls barrow, got the shout as well as the dragon stone,returned the stone to farengar but I'm not getting an option to return the claw to Lucan nor is the dragon rising quest starting! Help?

skyrim

badp

@Koviko Government?

Unionhawk

19:28

Don't mind my friend here he's used to the graduation/achievement test standardized model of tracking how effective schools are

Koviko

@badp "Government?" like "What's a government?" or "Government?" like "Why would the government be involved?"

badp

@Koviko The latter.

@Unionhawk Yeah, we don't have a lot of related TLAs

Koviko

@badp That's how my government determines what schools get funding, what schools get shut down, etc.

badp

@Koviko I don't know how my grades are related to university funding. I don't think there's a direct correlation, because of course if there were, all universities would give top marks every time.

Origami Robot

@Unionhawk So they can say "Look how poorly these schools are doing. Spending money here is obviously a waste of time."

Koviko

19:30

@badp University = college, yes?

badp

@Koviko University = BSc + MSc

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot yep

Koviko

@badp BSc + MSc = ... Nope, no clue

What does that mean?

badp

Bachelor in Science/Master in Science?

After high school, before PhD

Koviko

Okay, yeah, so college

What Americans consider college *

badp

19:32

@OrigamiRobot That's backwards. You need to fund the schools that are struggling more than the schools that are already doing fine

Koviko

@badp Yup. But that's not how our government does it. It's very much backwards.

Unionhawk

BS/MS. University specifically refers to a school with both undergraduate and postgraduate.

Koviko

It's also the reason why poverty is a cycle in America.

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot pretend steam

Koviko

Low income = bad living conditions = poor education for your children = low-paying jobs for your kids

badp

19:33

@Unionhawk well yes PhDs also are at our university but they're, like, on the other side of the pond as far as I am concerned :P

Origami Robot

OK

Lazers

0

Q: Steam Family Sharing with Dawnguard

Let's say my Steam Library is shared with person B. If I own Skyrim, and he plays it, and then I buy Dawnguard, can he play Dawnguard as well? Or will he have to buy his own copy?

steam skyrim-dawnguard

Unionhawk

Well, yes

Koviko

@Unionhawk Is that why some colleges are universities and some aren't?

TIL. ty

StrixVaria

@Koviko The education thing doesn't necessarily have to be true. Although it certainly would help if most colleges weren't prohibitively expensive.

Poor people and rich people are entitled to the same public schools. I guess if you live in a predominantly poor area, then you're likely to have a worse public school system.

Unionhawk

19:34

Obviously the poverty cycle is an illuminati conspiracy

badp

@StrixVaria Yeah, because as soon as you allocate those struggling areas more fundings, the richer areas suddenly cry that their money is being stolen, and that they're working their asses harder while others enjoy the fruits.

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria And contrary to popular belief, you don't have to go to college to be successful.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot So much this.

I hear you can make a killing as a plumber or electrician nowadays because so many people think that kind of work is "below" them.

Man, I have no clue how to do that kind of work. I'm about to spend a ton of money on a plumber within the next few weeks.

badp

@StrixVaria Plumbers are essentially a mafia here.

StrixVaria

@badp And they dive into the pipes to save princesses from spikey frog beasts.

Unionhawk

19:37

Do you have to kill a guy to be a plumber? (SwiftKey gems: "to be a lobster")

I don't know why it would ever suggest that

badp

Lobsters are renown for their superior killing lust

Origami Robot

Who doesn't want to be a lobster?

Koviko

@OrigamiRobot That said, people from poor backgrounds that go to college make more than people from poor backgrounds that don't

badp

That's why they always have their claws taped shut.

nods

(or whatever they're called)

StrixVaria

I wouldn't want to be the guy who has the job of putting rubber bands around lobster claws.

Origami Robot

19:39

@Koviko Correlation and causation.

Unionhawk

@badp they're claws

badp

@StrixVaria How do those bands even work? I mean, those bands somehow stick on the widest part of a convex surface

which means that the natural thing for them would be to slip away

SaintWacko

@badp They're rubber

Lots of friction

Unionhawk

It's magic

Class 4 dark wizardry

Origami Robot

But it also doesn't help that the illusory belief of "college is necessary" is also held by employers.

Chippies

19:41

@SaintWacko but lobsters are wet, which reduces friction. I'm assuming they're just really strong rubbers

and they're a bit wide as well, which helps

Origami Robot

I really only apply maybe 10% of what I learned in college.

and that's being very generous.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot College taught me how to teach myself things.

That's really the main skill I got out of it.

Unionhawk

College teaches you to put up with a whole lot of bullshit

badp

and it seems that you teach yourself by downloading well-made slides with lots of helpful teaching material then cramming them up in one or two nights!!

StrixVaria

@badp I only did this for the worst classes.

Jason Berkan

19:43

I was working as a programmer as I took a CS degree part time. It was fun pointing out all the stuff that was taught that was completely pointless in an actual job.

StrixVaria

I had a class on "computer architecture" where we spent half a semester talking about how processors are made or something.

badp

@StrixVaria oh that's a fun course.

StrixVaria

I memorized notes, took a test, then purged all knowledge in that class.

badp

Pipelines, registers, instruction reordering, etc.

Jason Berkan

@StrixVaria Elves.

StrixVaria

19:44

@badp If we were talking about that stuff, it could have been interesting.

badp

The details are awfully boring but the general concepts are interesting.

StrixVaria

But we literally learned about the construction process of processors.

badp

oh. oh.

Unionhawk

What

StrixVaria

How to subdivide a circle into the maximum number of rectangles for cutting processors out or something. I have no idea. I couldn't even listen to the guy droning on about it. I only went to class twice.

Origami Robot

19:45

I remember 0% of my power class and I work in power.

badp

@StrixVaria we have electrical engineers for that

StrixVaria

@badp Yes.

badp

I'm sure they love that stuff and thinking about inductance and mosfets and whatnot.

I promptly forgot what mosfets are after learning about them.

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria I did two labs in a clean room. It was really cool.

badp

Oh, they're "standard" transistors. Okay move along.

Origami Robot

19:46

Doing things is a lot more fun than just learning how to do them.

badp

I totally forgot what inductance is though.

It's a spring shape in an electrical circuit

StrixVaria

> In electromagnetism and electronics, inductance is the property of a conductor by which a change in current flowing through it "induces" (creates) a voltage (electromotive force) in both the conductor itself (self-inductance) and in any nearby conductors (mutual inductance).

badp

It's like the opposite of a capacitor? Maybe?

StrixVaria

That doesn't help.

Practically, I think an inductor is a way to turn electricity into magnetism.

Unionhawk

Tbh so do I. I know what it is but I can never remember what it is mechanically.

StrixVaria

19:48

I think, like a capacitor stores voltage, an inductor can store current.

Or something.

It's been a long time.

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria An inductor is the opposite of a capacitor.

badp

@StrixVaria A capacitor integrates, an inductance derives.

sage nod

StrixVaria

I didn't even learn that in college; I learned that in high school.

Rapitor

blendtec has the best commercials

StrixVaria

So my knowledge is definitely fuzzy.

Unionhawk

19:49

So is ur face

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot What does that even mean? A capacitor is 2 wide plates with a non-conductive material between them, and somehow that makes it store voltage.

What is the opposite of storing voltage?

Chippies

@StrixVaria expending voltage?

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria Storing current.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Oh, so I was actually right!

badp

@Rapitor He's so red-faced.

How do you even store an electron flow

StrixVaria

19:52

@badp As magnetism.

Origami Robot

I mean, it's more complicated than that, but yes.

djsmiley2k

@badp with a 0 resistance superconductor

badp

@djsmiley2k INFINITE POWER

djsmiley2k

...nope

infinite travel of electrons

I have a PS4 boxed up downstairs

it's so messy in here i can't even get it plugged in :(

and I'm feeling so Ill i can't even tidy enough to sort things

Chippies

►

Whatever this is, it could be pretty

Jason Berkan

20:10

Hah! Wrong window.

SaintWacko

@JasonBerkan Nice

badp

#lifehack

Unionhawk

I'm always paranoid that I'll not notice I'm typing a password into The Bridge

SaintWacko

@badp How do you get that timer?

badp

@SaintWacko tap tab

StrixVaria

20:14

@Unionhawk I've definitely paused before pressing enter on password prompts to triple-check it wasn't in the Bridge.

Rapitor

@Unionhawk no wories. it automatically hides it for you :D

bridge secure

Origami Robot

hunter2

SaintWacko

@Rapitor See? ************

Rapitor

@SaintWacko all i see is *******

Unionhawk

Hmm... stick of truth for $23... I might do that.

SaintWacko

20:16

@Rapitor Exactly! It protects us from typing our passwords in here

Unionhawk

I didn't mess up that test, I deserve a reward

Yeah!

Frank

I still have a copy of Rebirth to give away.

Koviko

@Frank wait what

Frank

@Koviko Bought it for @SaintWacko as a surprise, but he didn't add me to his friend's list until after he bought it.

So now I don't know what to do with it.

SaintWacko

@Frank :(

StrixVaria

20:17

@Frank I've been contemplating getting it.

Koviko

@Frank I haven't played the original, but I'm interested in trying the game.

Origami Robot

You two should fight to the death.

StrixVaria

I was just going to suggest that.

Koviko

meet me in front of Orgrimmar

StrixVaria

What if I just ban @Koviko forever. Does that mean I win the fight?

Frank

20:18

Someone's trying to sell a KH 1.5 strategy guide for $200. That's...sorta unreasonable.

Koviko

/duel me bro

Origami Robot

Probably

This place wants to charge $90 shipping for a $60 purchase...

Jason Berkan

@OrigamiRobot That's why I no longer use eBay.

Origami Robot

It's not even eBay.

Jason Berkan

Shipping from US to Canada is literally just as easy as US to US. You just need to fill in a small customs form. US shipping on purchase - $5. Canada shipping on purchase - $40.

Arperum

20:21

@StrixVaria I'd count it as a win.

Unionhawk

@JasonBerkan SO MUCH WORK

Jason Berkan

@Unionhawk SO MUCH PROFIT

Matt Giltaji

@JasonBerkan SO MUCH ???

Unionhawk

ALSO YES

Origami Robot

@JasonBerkan This place is in the US so there really is no excuse.

Jason Berkan

20:23

@OrigamiRobot I'm going to go with the SO MUCH PROFIT excuse.

Origami Robot

Other than "It's so we can quote you a low price beforehand"

Why did I have to buy these stupid giant prints?

Unionhawk

You only have yourself to blame. And @Wipqozn.

Origami Robot

I blame the artist for making pretty things.

Unionhawk

Nope. You or @Wipqozn. Those are your options.

Frank

I ordered a really pretty Monster Hunter figure on Saturday. Darned if I can remember the name of it, though.

Matt Giltaji

20:26

@Unionhawk I vote for @Wipqozn

Frank

That thing.

Unionhawk

@Wipqozn for President!

Er...

djsmiley2k

Bob?

Origami Robot

@Frank Not DS, not interested.

Frank

@OrigamiRobot Er? Pretty sure that's from MH4.

Origami Robot

20:29

Are there no DS in MH4?

Frank

@OrigamiRobot Oh. Dual Sword. Sorry, I thought you meant the system.

Origami Robot

I can see where that'd be confusing.

Frank

Too many meanings for the same acronym!

Unionhawk

Nope, too few meanings

WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A THIRD MEANING OF "DS"

Rapitor

dumb shit

Frank

20:30

Does that count?

Origami Robot

@Unionhawk looks up old DS subtitles

Frank

Oh, wait, no. That's just the shield, from the other side.

badp

I get a 1-dice room... in Basement II

Origami Robot

Specifically, it needs to be Brachy Dual Swords.

SLIME WEAPONS BEST WEAPONS

Unionhawk

I have no idea what these things mean wheeeeeeeee

wheee

whee

...

Frank

20:33

Nope, that's the only Monster Hunter model they have, apparently.

Yuuki

@OrigamiRobot I WANT MONSTER HUNTER 4 ULTIMATE ALREADY.

Origami Robot

badp

rubber cement and dr fetus?

Unionhawk

Whoa

badp

sounds like NOPE

Origami Robot

20:34

@Yuuki Only if it comes to Wii U

Yuuki

@Unionhawk YOU HIT THINGS WITH THEM AND THEY EXPLODE.

badp

turns out it does nothing

Unionhawk

WHOA

Origami Robot

want

Yuuki

@Unionhawk YOU MAKE THEM USING MATERIALS HARVESTED FROM A MONSTER THAT HAS EXPLOSION PUNCHES.

Unionhawk

20:36

WHAAAAAAAT

Frank

@Yuuki IT'S LIKE TORGUE IS IN MONSTER HUNTER!

Unionhawk

I feel like Monster Hunter could be a game I'd enjoy if I had a Wii U

Frank

AIR GUITAR

Unionhawk

Too far

Origami Robot

waaaaaaaaaaant

Frank

20:37

@Unionhawk The new one is on 3DS.

@OrigamiRobot Zinogres look so cool.

Unionhawk

I maintain, Wii U

Frank

:18850646 http

Yuuki

Frank

@Yuuki I don't even know what that is.

Yuuki

Can't wait to fight that bastard.

Frank

20:39

I don't think it was in 3U.

Yuuki

@Frank Gore Magala.

He's new in MH4.

Unionhawk

oh random button, you're my only friend

wow that was depressing

djsmiley2k

:D

Unionhawk

this thing needs to periodically play the sound of them DENENing in unison (you will not regret this probably)

Frank

@StrixVaria Hey, we haven't had an incremental recommendation in a while.

Origami Robot

20:43

Man, remember when we used to hunt together all the time?

I miss those days.

Unionhawk

No (because I'm not part of the "we")

djsmiley2k

gawd i feel so ill :(

Frank

@OrigamiRobot As do I.

Origami Robot

Frank

Monster Hunter

All Monster Hunter talk, all the time. Or, just about anythin...

ElfSlice

20:45

@Wipqozn No.

6

Origami Robot

I miss @Wipqozn's hunting horn.

Unionhawk

\o/

@ElfSlice best slice

Frank

@OrigamiRobot As do I. But I don't miss him.

Unionhawk

Wow what a jerk

SHOTS FIRED

Frank

He was only good for his songs. And upswinging at the wrong time.

StrixVaria

20:47

@Frank There haven't been any good new ones in a while.

Frank

At least he'll be more useful in MH4, as verticality plays a part in it.

Origami Robot

@Frank Hey, sometimes his upswings helped me.

Because I was always too greedy.

Frank

@OrigamiRobot As was @TrentHawkins. I had trouble bailing him out sometimes.

Origami Robot

We didn't choose the Dual Sword life, it chose us.

Frank

@OrigamiRobot He's planning on going gunner come MH4.

Origami Robot

20:51

Traitor!

Frank

@OrigamiRobot If that's what it takes for him to play MH4, then I don't care.

Trent Hawkins

@OrigamiRobot It's the only way I won't feel like I'm just doing the same stuff all over again.

Monster Hunter

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