The Bridge

Lazers

03:05

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Q: is it possible to leave the Silent Realm without completing the trial

After entering the Silent Realm for another trial i seem to fail miserably. Is it possible to leave the Silent Realm so I can do something else for a while, or do I have to complete the trial to be able to leave?

zelda-skyward-sword

GnomeSlice

> You've earned the "Fanatic" badge. See your profile.

WAT.

BULLSHIT.

That can't be right...

alexanderpas

@GnomeSlice gratz, also, check your profile to see which days you were on.

GnomeSlice

440 days, 100 consecutive

That can't be right... I'm sure I've missed days.

alexanderpas

@GnomeSlice check the calender under the link ;)

GnomeSlice

Link is gone.

Oops.

@badp something wrong with this answer?

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A: Does Irukandji only have one level?

Yes, there is only one level. I think the game was never fully completed, so while it still says 'level 1' at the beginning, it is in fact, the only level.

alexanderpas

03:11

@GnomeSlice 440 days, 100 consecutive <- this is a link on your profile.

GnomeSlice

so it is

Huh. Sept 9 was the last day I missed.

Also, thanks for the upvote @alexanderpas.

alexanderpas

@GnomeSlice you can miss a day if you're in a good timezone.

GnomeSlice

> uhh i just got banned for no reason [well i was raging but that was cause someone changed my name to penis and then muted me]so can i be unbanned

Oh, the joys of Minecraft server administration.

agent86

@TimStone thanks, I remember that scene in SQ2 vividly. I didn't have a clue about what that person was talking about until I read that part and then it all fell into place :)

LessPop_MoreFizz

Yay, badge and hat inc.

alexanderpas

03:16

> someone changed my name to penis

what?

GnomeSlice

Stupid moderators.

Unfortunately, it's not actually my server or I'd have done a better job picking them.

Mana

@LessPop sorry that was me

I looked over it and I didn't really get what was going on. In retrospect I should not have handled that flag.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Mana It happens.

It's cool maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.

Yi Jiang

So yeah, it seems like you need to get a star in chat to get the unicorn hat

LessPop_MoreFizz

I have earned 3 badges today, Where is my Mario Hat.

And two of them Silver badges at that. I go all in.

alexanderpas

03:22

@LessPop_MoreFizz that's nothing, @GnomeSlice earned a Gold Badge.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@alexanderpas Pfft, I got two of those.

Though Gnome does have the only Populist badge for a deleted answer I think

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz I was wondering who that belonged to...

Jin

i'm trying to earn the egg bacon spam hat.

it's the only hat i wanna

user15026

Where do you have to share the link?

Jin

@AshleyNunn doesn't matter. you can post to fb, twitter, email etc

LessPop_MoreFizz

03:26

@Jin I'll just keep posting links into chat and hope that one of them gets clicked a bunch.

Jin

but you have to use generated url, from clicking on "link" or the fb/twitter buttons

LessPop_MoreFizz

But I bet it won't work. :(

user15026

@Jin Oh, that sort of posting a link. I was confused by the vagueness.

Jin

yay got my spam hat

alexanderpas

@Jin what did you post where?

Yi Jiang

03:33

Hmmm, still no unicorn hat. That's weird.

So what is needed for that damn hat?

user15026

I really dislike how vague the descriptions of the "how to get a hat" things are. I suspect that is intentional, but it just bugs me.

David Fullerton

@AshleyNunn hm, they're not supposed to be vague...we'll improve the description on that one

Jin

@alexanderpas i posted the link on twitter

I love out of context gaming questions. "How can I find out who I'm married to?" http://gaming.stackexchange.com/q/41560/5 #Skyrim

Tweeted by jzy on December 17, 2011 at 3:23 AM

David Fullerton

the share hat works the same as the announcer badge

user15026

@DavidFullerton I suspect part of it is that I tend to take things horribly literally, so I see "post on chat", and I go, okay, I have to say a thing, on chat.

David Fullerton

03:38

the chat hat works like the talkative badge...10 messages + at least one star

oh also, you realize there's a more detailed description if you click the hat, right?

user15026

@DavidFullerton No. I didn't even realize they were clickable.

user15026

learns a new thing

David Fullerton

o yeah...I was a little worried about that :(

user15026

@DavidFullerton Oh, I see that they get like a "glow" when you hover, and your cursor changes, but I only see that now that I am looking for a change.

user15026

Mind you, I am the worst person to ask about things like this - I have trouble with seeing contrasts like that. sigh Yay for having bad eyes XD

Mana

03:43

:(

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Mana :)

user15026

@Mana Why the sadface? Not at me, I hope?

LessPop_MoreFizz

Hmm... It appears that one of my three badges isn't counting towards Mario Hat. Going to guess that Strunk & White triggered before hats went live and after the day rolled over, somehow.

Mana

@AshleyNunn It was sympathy for the bad eyes

user15026

I hate when recaptcha gives you something in non-Latin characters. I know I can just refresh and get something else, but argh in princple.

user15026

03:46

@Mana Oh. :) Thanks. I manage - there aren't many times where it is a big deal. Just for clicking hats, apparently ;)

David Fullerton

@AshleyNunn you just type the word that is typeable and any garbage for the other word

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alexanderpas

@AshleyNunn actually, having someone with bad eyes around is a good thing ;) it makes you aware of these things :D

LessPop_MoreFizz

@DavidFullerton Though that ruins Recaptchas attempts at collecting useful data, and kind of defeats the whole philanthropic point of the endeavor.

David Fullerton

@LessPop_MoreFizz eh, it's untypeable...surely they'll figure out that users are typing in random stuff that doesn't match

user15026

@DavidFullerton Good to know. :)

alexanderpas

03:49

@DavidFullerton and the japanes typing in their japanese symbols ;)

user15026

@alexanderpas I am glad to help XD

LessPop_MoreFizz

@DavidFullerton I don't believe Recaptcha results get human reviewed. So, some scholar somewhere is trying to read some latin text that's been OCR'd, and all of a sudden the word DONGS is sitting in the middle of a sentence because you figured out how to cheat at RECAPTCHA.

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user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz snorts

Mana

oh god I don't want to work on this website. why the hell did I sign up for this job.

alexanderpas

@LessPop_MoreFizz it does get filtered, even anonymous didn't manage to poison the system.

@Mana clientsfromhell?

Mana

03:51

hardly even a job. $30 for what is going to be around 30 hours of work by the time the year ends...damn it.

@alexanderpas well they're people living in my res

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Mana If they're paying you pennies, give them work commensurate with the rate.

Mana

wanting me to maintain the shitty residence website

alexanderpas

@Mana what are the demands/requirements?

Mana

@alexanderpas they just want me to do things like change the text and upload boatloads of images that they hand off to me.

user15026

@agent86 You are like an answer ninja. honestly. ;)

Mana

03:53

it is the most boring thing. HTML is no fun.

alexanderpas

@Mana install Drupal.

agent86

@AshleyNunn I am 10 ninjas.

Mana

@alexanderpas Not a bad idea actually. Never worked with Drupal before though.

user15026

@agent86 blinks Do I even dare ask how that is possible?

LessPop_MoreFizz

wired.com/gamelife/2011/12/10-videogame-foods/all/1

agent86

03:55

@AshleyNunn dieselsweeties.com/archive/879

GnomeSlice

@Mana Wordpress is better/easier.

alexanderpas

@GnomeSlice only for bloggers, Drupal is more generic.

user15026

@agent86 laughs Well, then.

Lazers

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Q: Does getting all the panels of a Puzzle Swap puzzle do anything?

On Street Pass, one of the games you can play is Puzzle Swap, where you get pieces either by paying with Play Coins, or by meeting new Miis on Street Pass. There is a large variety of panels/puzzles, and I was wondering if there was any bonus to completing one, other than just having a nice pic...

streetpass puzzle-swap

2

Q: How do I unlock additional songs in Wii Music's hand bell game?

The UI for the handbell game pretty clearly is built to scroll and allow more songs, but I've only got 5 of them. What do I need to do to unlock more?

wii-music

LessPop_MoreFizz

gourmetgaming.co.uk/post/8745072752/…

So hungry now.

alexanderpas

03:57

@Lazers can somebody think of another wii-music question?

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz That's almost as awesome as the Fictional Food site.

user15026

@alexanderpas I honestly did not know until today that there was a Wii Music game.

agent86

@AshleyNunn at one point they sold a shirt with that on the front

user15026

@agent86 That is so awesome. Diesel Sweeties makes me ridiculously happy some days.

alexanderpas

@AshleyNunn I actually own that game.

David Fullerton

03:59

@LessPop_MoreFizz no, but I'd imagine they don't take it on just the first user's response...it's like old school SETI-at-home: they give the same challenge to a bunch of users and make sure their answers agree

but I dunno, I'm just guessing

user15026

@alexanderpas How is it? It intrigues me.

Mana

Speaking of which, Wipqozn is an awful person. And I'm not taking that back.

glares

Wipqozn

@Mana THank you!

Also, what did I do, or just trolololing me since I joined the room (like I normally do to others)?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@DavidFullerton And don't you think it's likely that if enough users decide to 'type something arbitrary' that DONGS is a pretty likely consensus pick, this being the internet and all?

agent86

would some of you vote this answer up? the #1 answer's wrong.

user15026

04:01

Is bridge supposed to be misspelled as "brige" in the room description, btw?

alexanderpas

@AshleyNunn should've been a Wiiware game IMHO, otherwise, it's interesting to make music with casuals.

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn No, but @badp will probably claim it is.

@alexanderpas Yes.

user15026

@alexanderpas cool. :) I might check it out at some point. Rental, probably. :)

Wipqozn

@alexanderpas: Does Wii Music have online play?

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn ...No.

user15026

04:02

@Wipqozn laughs well, glad I got that cleared up. :P

GnomeSlice

Which it says on the box.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Wipqozn Vote to close, General Reference.

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn I already pointed it out to him a few times.

I think he's doing it to spite me.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Sounds like a good reason to me.

user15026

@GnomeSlice Things that are spelled wrong make me twitchy.

alexanderpas

04:03

@Wipqozn actually a good question, because there is no online play, just sharing of songs you've played. (if I remember correctly.)

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn twichy.

GnomeSlice

The Battalion's Banner?

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Twitches, glares You're so nice. ;)

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn y iS So niC?

Mana

@LessPop_MoreFizz You are my favorite person.

Wipqozn

04:05

@Mana favourite* Come now mana, you're Canadian!

GnomeSlice

@Mana FAVOURITE MOTHERFUCKER

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user15026

grumps I take back any nice thing I would have ever said about any of you ever.

GnomeSlice

DYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Mana

@GnomeSlice Oh come on. Canadian spelling is dumb.

Wipqozn

@Mana correct*

alexanderpas

04:06

stars are flying everywhere.

Wipqozn

@alexanderpas It's like a starring marathon!

user15026

STARS FOR ALL THE THINGS

Wipqozn

Also, I'm reading through Watchmen again. Anyone who has never read it, I highly recommend it.

Alan Moore is a wonderful writer and what not, so I would suggest reading V for Vendetta as well.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Mana /s/canadian spelling/canada.

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn dont u meen tings?

LessPop_MoreFizz

04:09

@Wipqozn Since you're reading Moore, I need to ask if you've read the things that are sitting next to Watchmen on my bookshelf: That is to say, Transmetropolitan and Sandman.

user15026

@Wipqozn why must you pick on me? tears

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz I've never heard of Transmetropolitan, but Sandman is on my to-read list.

David Fullerton

@LessPop_MoreFizz hmm....I think you win. I'll stop typing "DONGS" into recaptcha

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Wipqozn ...

Transmet is basically the best thing.

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz I see I see. I'll need to look into it then.

LessPop_MoreFizz

04:13

@Wipqozn Let's put it this way. Within the first few dozen pages, our intrepid hero holds up the president in a bathroom stall to get an interview at gunpoint. The gun in question is a bowel-loosening-ray.

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz Sounds like an interesting read.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Wipqozn It's a pretty famous and seminal piece of work.

Transmetropolitan

Transmetropolitan is a cyberpunk comic book series written by Warren Ellis with art by Darick Robertson and published by DC Comics. The series was originally part of the short-lived DC Comics imprint Helix, but upon the end of the book's first year the series was moved to the Vertigo imprint as DC Comics cancelled the Helix imprint. It chronicles the battles of Spider Jerusalem, infamous renegade gonzo journalist of the future, a homage to gonzo journalism founder Hunter S. Thompson. Spider Jerusalem dedicates himself to fighting the corruption and abuse of power of two successive United ...

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz I keep meaning to read that

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'll need to make a point to read through it sometime.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FallenAngelEyes philistines both of you.

FallenAngelEyes

04:17

also yay Watchmen

@LessPop_MoreFizz Hey, I've at least read Sandman

Wipqozn

I would like to read through From Hell first though.

FallenAngelEyes

I want the Absolute collection for Sandman so badly :(

@LessPop_MoreFizz I hear Freakangels by Ellis is pretty good as well

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Wipqozn Don't bother.

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz No good?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FallenAngelEyes Ellis is wildly inconsistent. Transmet is the main thing worth your time.

@Wipqozn Yeah, I think it's Moore's weakest.

On a related note: I want this to be real. So badly.

FallenAngelEyes

04:20

@LessPop_MoreFizz I really need to just take time to read more often

I game too much >_>

LessPop_MoreFizz

> A mother-daughter team who can grow to be slightly bigger than any other mother and daughter with which they come in contact

Lazers

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Q: How do I force my PS3 to refresh the list of videos shared from my computer?

I have my Playstation 3 set up to play videos shared from my Windows 7 desktop. I basically drop files into the "Public Videos" library (C:\users\public\Videos) and then magic happens and the PS3 cna play them. I recently removed some of the videos from that folder and added new ones. The new on...

pc ps3 streaming-video

FallenAngelEyes

the most recent thing I read from more was Neonomicon, which was Lovecraftian stuff

LessPop_MoreFizz

> The League’s efforts are hampered by several nemeses, most of whom have risen from the grave, including an undead DJ with a noose around his neck, an all-female zombie legion called The Pretty Girls and a mysterious ringleader known only as The Queen.

alexanderpas

> Girlfriend In a Coma, whose comatose state grants her extra-dimensional perception. Her precognitions allow the team to prevent criminal activity before it happens.

LessPop_MoreFizz

04:22

@FallenAngelEyes Speaking of Lovecraft, I don't suppose you've heard of Cyclonopedia?

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz I have not

GnomeSlice

Damn, I'm getting good with this crossbow.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice The what?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FallenAngelEyes How to describe it... it's... it reads like an academic text that posits the oil beneath the middle east is actually basically cthulu.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn The medic crossbow.

Wipqozn

04:23

@GnomeSlice OH, gotcha.

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz ...what

Wipqozn

Well, I'm going to go read Watchmen. Night all.

GnomeSlice

Which everyone says to not use.

FallenAngelEyes

wikis

GnomeSlice

Fuck 'em.

LessPop_MoreFizz

04:23

@FallenAngelEyes re-press.org/books/…

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice IT's good for healing from a distance, assuming you can aim with it.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn I'm using it for kills, mostly.

COMBAT MEDIC BABY

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz Haha, wow, wtf

alexanderpas

@GnomeSlice you just lost geneva convention protection.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice you may wish to use the Blutsauger instead then.

FallenAngelEyes

04:25

also do you have a goodreads account? You seem like someone who reads things I'd find interesting, based on past conversations

GnomeSlice

@alexanderpas What?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FallenAngelEyes Negarastani is a weird one. His most recent publication? He edited a journal on cullinary materialism.

GnomeSlice

Someone else mentioned the Geneva Convention in this game... is it a game thing?

Wipqozn

I use the Overdose myself, since I like the slight increase in speed.

What medic gun do you use @GnomeSlice?

alexanderpas

Geneva Conventions

The Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties, and three additional protocols, that establish the standards of international law for the humanitarian treatment of the victims of war. The singular term Geneva Convention denotes the agreements of 1949, negotiated in the aftermath of the Second World War (1939–45), which updated the terms of the first three treaties (1864, 1906, 1929), and added a fourth treaty. The articles of the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) extensively defined the basic rights of prisoners (civil and military) during war; established protections for the wounded; and es...

LessPop_MoreFizz

04:26

@FallenAngelEyes I don't.

user15026

@FallenAngelEyes This might be silly, but what exactly is Goodreads? I have never quite figured that out.

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz well poo

GnomeSlice

BAM

Just beat a scout in a melee fight.

As MEDIC.

FallenAngelEyes

@AshleyNunn It's kind of like a social networking site for book lovers

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Quick Fix.

alexanderpas

04:27

@GnomeSlice it's because of the red cross complaining about games violating the rules of war.

Wipqozn

@FallenAngelEyes account name?

FallenAngelEyes

You can rate books you've read, post reviews about them, etc. and your friends will see your updates

user15026

@FallenAngelEyes That's awesome. I read a lot (and I catalogue what I read), so that is rather awesome. (That is also how I know I read about 200 books a year. Some repeats in there, though.)

GnomeSlice

@alexanderpas Oh. Heh.

FallenAngelEyes

they've recently created a Recommendations feature which tries to recommend you stuff based on your other ratings

Wipqozn

04:28

@GnomeSlice My favourite medic gun.

FallenAngelEyes

@Wipqozn just FAE

@AshleyNunn What's also neat is that there are a lot of authors on the site

Wipqozn

You should have a load-out for each medic-gun though.

FallenAngelEyes

It's cool to see that me and Patrick Rothfuss have read the same book

user15026

@FallenAngelEyes Sorta like Amazon?

user15026

@FallenAngelEyes That is pretty cool. I think I will check it out :)

GnomeSlice

04:29

@Wipqozn Everyonbe rages at me

FallenAngelEyes

@AshleyNunn sorta, yeah

@AshleyNunn It lets you catalog your collection too which is another reason I started using it

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice That's because most people don't know how to use it (you may be included in that group).

Stack Exchange

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Q: How to play civilization 5 on ubuntu 11.10?

I have a 295 gtx video card from nvidia with 1700 MB of video memory. My Proc is a AMD 1100 hexcore clocked at 3.2 Ghz I have 4 GB of RAM. I dual boot my machine with windows 7. I have been using UBUNTU more now that 11.10 came out. Still learning the ins and outs. I have seen that people play C...

video game

user15026

@FallenAngelEyes Okay, that is cool. How does that work? Manual entry?

alexanderpas

@GnomeSlice response: I know how to use it, seems like you don't

GnomeSlice

04:30

I seem to do well with it.

Wipqozn

@FallenAngelEyes Added you. I just made an account there. It sounds like a good site and what not.

FallenAngelEyes

@AshleyNunn You can do it that way or you can import preexisting databases

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Good to read.

FallenAngelEyes

@Wipqozn just got the email!

user15026

@FallenAngelEyes Preexisting databases?

Wipqozn

04:30

There are situations where you will want to use a different medic gun though @GnomeSlice, so it is good to keep a build with the other ones.

GnomeSlice

Well, by 'well' I mean 'largely terrible' like everything else.

FallenAngelEyes

@AshleyNunn you can export from some other sites (like Shelfari) and some people use other files/databases to keep their collections in

it allows you to import certain formats

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FallenAngelEyes That said, while on the subject, I should take this opportunity to once again suggest China Mieville to anyone and everyone who has not read his work.

Because he is The Best.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz What sort of books?

FallenAngelEyes

What I did was use a barcode scanner app on my b/f's smartphone to scan my books

user15026

04:31

@FallenAngelEyes Such a thing exists?

FallenAngelEyes

It put the ISBNs in a text file (each one on a newline) which I could then import

@AshleyNunn Yep!

Wipqozn

The problem with the quick-fix is that it's really only good if you have a few team members close together. Depending on the people you are playing with, that could be a problem.

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah I remember you mentioning him before, seems like something I'd like

user15026

@FallenAngelEyes That is super cool. Any idea what it was?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn China is best defined as the leading light of the whole 'new weird' movement - that is to say, it falls into the sci-fi/fantasy bin mainly because it doesn't fit anywhere else.

Wipqozn

04:32

well, that and the quick-fix cannot overheal, although it can maintain it.

FallenAngelEyes

@AshleyNunn Lemme grab his phone, one sec

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz I am intrigued. As with all new things, I shall try and see if the library has any of their stuff. :) Is it scary, though? (I always check, I don't do scary.)

Wipqozn

finally leaves

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn He has done scary, but I don't consider any of his novels to be.

Some of his shorts can be.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Good to know. places hold

LessPop_MoreFizz

04:34

Also, Jeff Vandermeer. In his case, the book to start with is Shriek: An Afterword, which is all kinds of amazing.

user15026

Although, I am reading a book about fonts right now. My reading list goes all over the place.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Shriek is mainly notable because it includes within it's text, the greatest rejection ever given to a writer in a work of fiction. Ever.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Do you have a recommendation of a book to start with by him?

FallenAngelEyes

@AshleyNunn wBarCodesList is the name, for Android

user15026

@FallenAngelEyes I wonder if iPhone has anything similar. I will have to look :) Thanks for finding out!

FallenAngelEyes

04:38

It lets you scan and then export the results into a bunch of formats and even email them

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn For China, start with Perdido Street Station for steampunky stuff, The City and The City for a weird take on contemporary crime fiction, and Kraken if you want to read more of an urban fantasy type thing.

Embassytown is also really good, but super dense and brainy, and possibly not the best way to start in on his stuff.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Very cool. Will do. :D I love finding new authors to read.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Now then, to paste in a wall of text: The Greatest Rejection Ever.

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> You need not sit and thus defile my perfectly good chair because it will take no time at all to say what needs to be said to you. Once I have said what I am going to say to you, I would like you to leave immediately and never return. You are no longer welcome here and never will be welcome again.

> Your manuscript has performed the useful function of warming us, a function a thousand times more beneficial than anything it might have hoped to accomplish as a series of letters strung together into words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, and chapters.

> The fire has purified it, in much the same manner as I would like at this moment—and will desire at all moments in the future—to purify you, were it not outside of the legal, if not moral, boundaries placed upon us by the law and society in general.

> By this time it ought to be clear to you, Mr. Shriek, that we do not intend to buy the rights to your ‘book’—and I use the word ‘book’ in its loosest possible sense—nor to its ashes, although I would sooner buy the rights to its ashes than to its unblemished pages. However, on the off chance that you still do not comprehend what I am saying to you, and allowing for the possibility that you may have entered a state of shock,...

> I shall continue to talk until you leave this room, which happy event I hope will take place before very much longer, as the sight of you makes me ill. Mr. Shriek, as you must be aware, Frankwrithe & Lewden has a history that goes back more than five hundred years, and in that time we have published our share of controversial books.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz I might have to check this out.

LessPop_MoreFizz

> Your first book—which, by the way, you may be fascinated to know is as of this moment out of print—was the forty-first book to be banned by the various Antechambers of Ambergris over the years. We certainly have no qualms in that regard. Nor have we neglected to publish books on the most arcane and obscure topics dreamt of by the human brain.

> As you are no doubt aware, despite the fact that many titles no longer have even a nostalgic relevance, we keep our entire, and considerable, backlist in print—Pelagic Snail Rituals of the Lower Archipelago comes to mind, there being no such snail still extant, nor such an archipelago; still, we keep it in print—but we will make an exception for your first book, which shall be banished from all of our catalogues as well.

> As I would have hoped you had guessed by now, although you have not yet left this office never to return, we do not like your new book very much. In fact, to say I do not like your book would be like calling a mighty tree a seedling. I loathe your book, Mr. Shriek, and yet the word ‘loathe’ cannot convey in even a thousandth part the full depths of my hatred for this book, and by extension, you.

user15026

04:42

@LessPop_MoreFizz sadface the library doesnt have that one. :(

LessPop_MoreFizz

> But perhaps I should be more specific. Maybe specifics will allow you to overcome this current, potentially fatal, inertia—tied no doubt to the aforementioned shock—that stops you from leaving this office. Look—the last scrap of your manuscript has become a flake of ash floating above the fireplace. What a shame. Perhaps you would like an urn to collect the ashes of your dead newborn?

> Well, you can’t have one, because not only do we not have an urn, but even if we did, we would not allow you to use it for the transport of the ashes, if only from the fear that you might find some way to reconstruct the book from them—and yes, we do know it is likely you have a copy of the manuscript, but we will feel a certain warmth in our hearts if by burning this copy we can at least slow down your reckless and obstinate attempt to publish this cretinous piece of excrement.

FallenAngelEyes

ok I need to actually try to sleep now, goodnight again!

user15026

@FallenAngelEyes Goodnight!

user15026

Okay, time to eat brownies and read books. :D

LessPop_MoreFizz

> Returning to the specifics of our argument against this document: your insipid stupidity is evident from the first word of the first sentence of the first paragraph of your acknowledgments page, ‘The,’ and from there the sense of simple-minded, pitiable absence of thought pervades all of the first paragraph until

> , by the roaring crescendo of imbecility leading up to the last word of the first paragraph, ‘again,’ any possible authority the reader might have granted the author has been completely undermined by your inability to in any way convey even an unoriginal thought.

GnomeSlice

04:44

@LessPop_MoreFizz <3 Steampunk.

LessPop_MoreFizz

> thought. And yet in comparison to the dull-witted pedantry of the second paragraph, the first paragraph positively shines with genius and degenerate brilliance. Perhaps at this point in our little chat, I should repeat that I don’t very much like this book.”

That right there.

Is how you reject a manuscript.

GnomeSlice

Lol.

Anna Lear

I want to star all of that. But that'd be weird.

3

GnomeSlice

@AnnaLear I was just thinking the same thing.

Lazers

0

Q: Does my XP from Spec Ops: Missions carry over to Spec Ops: Survival mode?

I've noticed that I gain experience while playing Spec Ops: Survival mode, and the more XP I have, the more things I can unlock. I was playing Spec Ops: Missions mode earlier, and I noticed an XP counter at the end of the mission. Does this XP carry over to Survival mode? Can I use Missions mo...

modern-warfare-3

0

Q: How can I access Tonalia after the final quest without the Thieves' Guild armor?

Okay. I don't give a skeever tail about having the item, but I do care about finishing the quest. I hadn't bothered to do the Thieves' Guild quests for quite a while after initially joining (and promptly selling the armor) back at the 30 hours of gameplay mark. At about 160 hours of gameplay I ...

skyrim xbox-360 quests

alexanderpas

04:50

10 mins ago, by LessPop_MoreFizz

Now then, to paste in a wall of text: The Greatest Rejection Ever.

star that!

GnomeSlice

Makes sense.

Powerlord

So, I was playing TF2 for a bit... few hours... OK, like 5 hours.

I noticed I have 10 hats now, not counting the invisible hat. Anyone else doing better than that?

agent86

05:07

@Powerlord at present, that's my count as well.

although I likely have a different set than you :)

getting people to click is going to be somewhat challenging for me I think. I have no twitter really.

Kevin Y

No school for a few weeks? Gaming time. :D

Lazers

1

Q: Operation and Control of EOD Bot

Are there any other controls for the EOD bot, other than the forward/left/right/back for movement and left mouse button for using the torch? It seems like there might be a way to raise or lower the torch, and to arm an MCOM is it just LMB click?

battlefield-3

Powerlord

@agent86 I was trying to get 10 different people to click on a link.

But I don't have that hat, so I failed.

agent86

@Powerlord :( you should make it the MOTD on your server :P

and with that, BED.

alexanderpas

Kevin Y

05:17

This Editor Hat will have to do until somebody asks a minecraft question.

hinthint

Powerlord

@KevinY Why? You aren't going to get the Meta, Chat, Bacon, or Comment hats?

Kevin Y

I probably will, but the Editor Hat looks cool. Sort of like the Larrikin Robin.

Lazers

05:33

2

Q: Can we add a close button to the hat popup?

I'm having a lot of fun with the Hat Dash (I swear, Gaming.SE gets the best toys), but there's a minor UI issue that's bugging me. When you click a hat on the Hat Dash home page or another user's profile, you get a hat popup with no obvious way to close it: Now, clicking outside a popup is on...

feature-request hatdash

0

Q: Team Fortress 2 Missing Fonts & Poor Performance on Ubuntu 11.10/Wine 1.3

I just installed Team Fortress 2 on Ubuntu 11.10 x64 with Wine 1.3. It works, but I am missing fonts or something. In the servers dialog, the fonts seem blury. In other dialogs (using those "Team Fortress 2's Fat/Comic like Font"), there are no next visible at all. The tooltip works tho. I believ...

team-fortress-2 linux wine

user15026

05:57

Lazers

0

Q: Would you liketh a user icon in the style of my hat designs?

In the spirit of the season, I grant-eth ye one wish-eth! If any of our users think it would be cool, I'll do 10 user illustrations in the style of the Hats illustrated for the gaming site. First 10 people to claim it in comments get it! You can choose to either have your existing gravtar icon...

feature-request

0

Q: What's the fastest way to find melons?

I'm frequently finding myself in situations where I have 9 bars of satiation, with low health, but I don't want to waste cooked meat on that. Melon slices, which fill 1 slot of the hunger bar, would be perfect for keeping me full. What's the fastest way to find melons?

minecraft

alexanderpas

@AshleyNunn which empty is that one?

alexanderpas

06:21

in Hats! Hats! Hats! Hats!, 1 min ago, by tzenes

HATS!

Lazers

0

Q: What does the number beside the "review question" link mean?

I noticed today when I was reviewing posts on the "review" page that the posts under the "low quality posts" link all have a number beside them. When I hover over the number, it says "calculated quality score". What does this mean? I am assuming a higher number is probably better, but what pu...

support

0

Q: What's the fastest way to find mine shafts?

I'm on the hunt for melons, and one place I'm fairly sure I can find them is a mine shaft. Which leaves me back at square one, how do I find a mine shaft? It seems they were made substantially harder to find between 1.8 and 1.0. What's the fastest way to find a mine shaft?

minecraft

0

Q: Time-sensitive quests in Skyrim?

Are there any time-sensitive quests in Skyrim? I recall some quest NPCs making statements that imply a certain amount of urgency to the tasks they assign, but I've yet to run into a situation where delaying the quest invalidates the objectives. Please try to keep answers as spoiler-free (or app...

skyrim quests

0

Q: What can I do with my trading cards?

I have a lot of extra trading cards. Can I do something with them? Is it possible to share them with a friend (if I had one)? Or just get rid of them? Or am I just stuck with them?

snoopys-street-fair

alexanderpas

@Lazers duplicate!

Lazers

06:48

-1

Q: Can you find the secret word in the hat?

One hat contains a word, hidden in the design. Can you find it? If you're paying attention and use your smarts a lil, you just might see it...

discussion

0

Q: UK (region 2) DVDs, Can they play on a US (region 1) X-box 360?

Okay, as my friend just shipped me her Misfits (UK only show) DVDs so I can catch up on them over my holiday week- I am wondering if I should look at investing in a region free DVD player on my next day off... or does the X-box-360 play region 2 dvds as well as region 1 on a US Elite console? A...

xbox-360 region-locked dvd

Lazers

07:15

1

Q: Can followers be used to keep stolen items from "the law"?

In Skyrim is your follower able to carry stolen items for you? If so, will they still be carrying the stolen items if you pay a bounty or go to jail?

skyrim crime

Lazers

07:42

0

Q: Places to train in alchemy besides Whiterun?

So I thought I'd be smart and kill the woman in Skyrim who was training me in alchemy. You know, so I could get my gold back. Turns out I'd like to train in alchemy some more. Are there any other NPCs in Skyrim that I can train from?

skyrim training alchemy

Yi Jiang

08:14

So weird. The chat hat isn't connected to stars in chat

I guess it might be connected to the number of messages

alexanderpas

@YiJiang both, 1 star and 10 messages.

♦ Hats! Hats! Hats! Hats!

Everything hats! All hats! Only Hats!

Yi Jiang

08:29

I guess I'll just... say some things until I get unicorn puke on my gravatar

Arda Xi

Okay, so what did I miss?

alexanderpas

@YiJiang I guess it will be there soon ;)

Arda Xi

Where are my hats?

Yi Jiang

Oh, and there's a "I hate hats" button in the footer

Arda Xi

Well that just looks ridiculous.

alexanderpas

08:36

@ArdaXi let's move to the hats room so we don't cover the mothership conrols with all the hats.

gaming.stackexchange.com/a/42132/29

Yi Jiang

Oh, and relevant:

27

A: Celebrating Christmas on Stack Overflow

Introducing the StackExchange™ Christmasify™ Decoratingnator™ Yes, that is a jsfiddle link - SO won't allow JavaScript in anchors for security reasons. Bookmark the link you see, and run the bookmarklet repeatedly. I'll let the results speak for themselves: Alternatively, run repeated...

alexanderpas

@YiJiang Why?

Yi Jiang

@alexanderpas To get into the mood for Christmas

Ah, the Christmas spirit

Lazers

09:16

0

Q: Show check marks to the hats I've obtained in the full hat rack

Would it be possible to link the listing at hatdash.com to the site so that hats we do have are checked? Maybe integrate the full listing into our regular profiles adding a link to show all hats? Right now if you wanted to go after all the different hats, you'd have to have a tab open for hatda...

feature-request hatdash

badp

bad news for my health

my tap water appears to be hot enough that I can just pour soluble coffee in it

Arda Xi

Given the current weather, I wouldn't necessarily think that's negative.

Having cold instead of hot is worse.

badp

Given how easy having coffee becomes, I have my doubts

Also, this room miracolously still holds its temperature of 26°C

Arda Xi

Well, you won't top my coffee addiction, trust me.

badp

I'd rather not try either

Arda Xi

09:22

Good call.

You can't even stomach a grande Frappuchino :P

badp

Besides, I should really close this as "not real coffee"

just like a Russian would scoff at wine, and go for vodka instead.

Arda Xi

I've got Nespresso, regular espresso, drip coffee, Moka Expres, some soluble packets.

badp

@AshleyNunn Thank you, fixed

room topic changed to The Brige: of Gaming's StackExchange™ AlienOverlord AskQuestion™ mothership, wherein we trade off some antialiasing on the ever-charging lazers and the lack of doors on the brige with our new-found hats. hatdash.com We urge you to remember that the unicorn hug is not a valid replacement for pants. [doorlessness] [hatshatshatshatshatshats] [murder] [wipqozn-gravitation-law]

(@Wipqozn gets what he asks for)

Arda Xi

Current design doesn't look very good on 1920x1200...

alexanderpas

@ArdaXi if you scroll however, the border isn't there...

Arda Xi

09:30

Border remains visible for most of the page without scrolling.

Front page isn't meant to be scrolled.

badp

@alexanderpas I see you exposed your inner wargarbl

Arda Xi

I want my Scrooge hat :(

badp

support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2825-AFGJ-3513

How does the matchmaking work?

You need to be running a Valve map to be matched, except:
Any arena map
cp_manor_event
cp_degrootkeep
koth_harvest_event
tc_hydro

Poor, poor tc_hydro. I weep for ya.

Arda Xi

Yeah. I thought TC was a really great concept.

badp

Put on the same level of fucking degroot or manor event.

(I hope itemtest is also disqualified...)

Arda Xi

09:37

@badp Is itemtest shipped with the game though?

badp

Yes. Press Steam Workshop, click on Start test map, join a team and, hey presto! you're idling on itemtest.

I'm sure that was the intention.

The only problem I had with that is that this server ended up on the server browser, and people would join it.

(And kill me. And kill me. And kill me. And kill me. And kill me. And kill me. And kill me. And kill me. And kill me. And kill me. And then I'd turn buddha on. And they'd quit.)

Arda Xi

Hehe. recalls when training games were advertised

Lazers

2

Q: Relocate my followers to my Whiterun home?

So Lydia nicely went into my house in Whiterun, which is great. If I need her I know where to go. However I have made a number of followers in the game since then of all walks of life in various parts of the world. My question is, can I move these followers to my house in Whiterun, so I can kee...

skyrim

badp

so have the traffic levels stabilized post-Skyrim yet?

hm, not really

ugh. Quantcast. Why'd you ruin your reports

lol

The people who visit gaming.stackexchange.com are also likely to visit these categories and sites:

Affinity Gaming Information
98.7x Game Informer
79.1x kotaku.com
75.0x gamefaqs.com
60.3x gamespot.com

(that's a multiplier, not a percentage.)

♦ Hats! Hats! Hats! Hats!

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