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Yi Jiang

00:05

Don't those emails have to have a unsubscribe button by law?

fbueckert

@Lazers Thoughts on this, people? We have reporters writing about this hardware, apparently, but I still think the question will garner speculation until official release.

LessPop_MoreFizz

HI CHAT.

I am in Virginia. It is boring here.

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz Dishonored is still fun. In case you were wondering.

Powerlord

@LessPop_MoreFizz [virgin joke omitted]

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot It is!

The Heart is so creepy.

OrigamiRobot

00:10

I can't stop using it in hopes it will say something even creepier.

MBraedley

@fbueckert The same as my meta answer for pre-release games. More people seem to agree with @agent86 on that though.

fbueckert

@MBraedley I'm alright with that, actually.

This question still smacks of NARQ, though; I don't think he's got a set of the hardware to use.

In fact, I'm sure it's NARQ; the way he phrased it tells me he doesn't actually have a problem.

MBraedley

Well I think I heard/read that there will be some adjustability as far as focus is concerned (probably +/- 2 or 3 diopters), although I don't know what the focus plane will be.

That might be adjustable as well

Fredy31

@RonanForman Nice new mod! Looking forward to maybe play it on a GameOn!

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Lazers

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Q: Does some portable external hard drive work when powered by the Wii U?

It is said in this article that for the Wii U, an external hard drive is probably going to be needed. It is said in this article that the Wii U will work best with an external hard drive that uses its own power adapter. But I wonder for some small, portable hard drive, does somebody have any su...

wii-u

MBraedley

00:19

@fbueckert I'm willing to through it in the Ask the Devs bin in order to close it, if necessary. Unless there is good info on their website.

fbueckert

@MBraedley These questions tend to fall into a grey area, as we have conflicting rules.

On one hand, we're only supposed to ask real, practical questions that we are facing.

user15026

@fbueckert Yeah, on here that seems to be a really grey area

RedRiderX

Well, I think this is one of the most interesting uses of a Raspberry Pi I've seen: Mini RPi MAME Cabinet.

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fbueckert

On the other, we allow questions about lore and other "Not really a real problem, but somehting I'm curious about" type questions.

user15026

And you have people on both sides of the fence in terms of whether or not they should be allowed.

LessPop_MoreFizz

00:23

@fbueckert But they are mostly terrible questions.

fbueckert

@LessPop_MoreFizz I completely concur.

MBraedley

"With the Oculus Rift, your eyes are actually focused and converged in the distance at all times. It’s a pretty neat optical feature." That's all they have on the site AFAICS. Seems to me that Greentin won't have a problem in that regard.

pixel

pixel.3590 says hi

LessPop_MoreFizz

@fbueckert the real and practical rule is a guideline. It is a poor choice of text importation from stackoverflow. It's helpful for evaluating questions, but it should never be your only criteria for closure.

fbueckert

@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh, NOW you tell me. Why is it in our FAQ if it's just a guideline?

LessPop_MoreFizz

00:25

@fbueckert because it was copied and pasted from StackOverflow, where a rule like that makes a lot of sense.

It breaks down pretty hard when you apply it to a subject area like ours though, as should be obvious.

fbueckert

@LessPop_MoreFizz Problems in, or with, games, makes perfect sense to me.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Changing our FAQ to be more accurate is apparently out of the question.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Great.

MBraedley

Even SciFi has it in their FAQ. I presume it's part of the uneditable portion.

user15026

@MBraedley Yeah, it is.

user15026

00:27

just double checked on Libraries

pixel

somebody who has GW2, how big is it?

user15026

I like that I can poke at these things.

MBraedley

Well maybe someone should post a meta.SO question about it...

pixel

are we talking 'watch a tv show', 'watch a movie', or 'go to bed' ?

fbueckert

You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. Unless it's a grey area, like lore, which we allow, or unreleased publicly, but reporters have it and have talked about it.

LessPop_MoreFizz

00:28

@pixel Somewhere between 'Watch a movie' and 'go to bed'.

fbueckert

Or one of hundreds of other exceptions we allow.

OrigamiRobot

@MBraedley The fact that there is an uneditable portion is ridiculous.

pixel

@LessPop_MoreFizz I am getting a 2.7MB/sec download rate, although it's fluctuating wildly

I'm at 3% already though

user15026

@fbueckert That's where it gets tricky. it's like trying to explain the rules of the English langauge.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@fbueckert Right. The point is that it it's boilerplate that we can't change.

pixel

00:29

I reckon I'm getting around 1% per minute

user15026

@OrigamiRobot Would you want to edit all of it, though, or have to write your own?

pixel

I need a larger sample size

back in 5 minutes

user15026

I can see some desire for consistency

fbueckert

@LessPop_MoreFizz So, from using it as a guideline perspective, what's your take on the question in question?

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn Not when it makes the rules misleading and confusing.

user15026

00:30

@OrigamiRobot I'm not saying it is perfect, I am just saying that I can see why they might want to have some consistent stuff over the network

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn I can see why someone thought it was a good idea in theory, but in practice it creates problems.

MBraedley

@fbueckert With @OrigamiRobot's edit it incredibly easy to answer now. I just quoted the answer from their FAQ a few minutes ago.

fbueckert

@MBraedley The edit barely changed anything.

Except took out the "upcoming head mounted display" part.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert How dare you!

MBraedley

@fbueckert yeah, you're right

all the text moved, I thought more had changed

fbueckert

00:33

The question still sounds like a non-problem trying to sound like it might be a problem.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert I'd call it shopping advice.

Raven Dreamer

@pixel Ranger or Elementalist

MBraedley

I'll post the FAQ link as a comment instead of an answer then

pixel

@RavenDreamer ta raven

Raven Dreamer

Elementalist to focus more on the healing, Ranger for the mobility (though Ele's not bad)

fbueckert

00:34

@OrigamiRobot If there's anything it's not, it's shopping advice.

pixel

are you also on the same server as everybody else?

Raven Dreamer

Yes

pixel

awesome

Raven Dreamer

Rangers have one of the best support heals, since it's a Water AoE, so everything you combo in there is another heal

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Says you.

fbueckert

00:35

@OrigamiRobot Indeed, says me.

OrigamiRobot

And when have I ever listened to you?

MBraedley

Can we at least all agree that it should be closed then?

Raven Dreamer

@pixel We maintain an Arqade guild which is proving useful exclusively for "I wonder if any people from Arqade are on right now, because we're all in separate guilds, but at least I can see all Arqade folks in one list"

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot When you feel like it?

Raven Dreamer

Unrelatedly

I just bought a Nexus 4.

Raven's first smartphone.

OrigamiRobot

00:37

@fbueckert Exactly. And I don't feel like it right now!

pixel

mk, I haven't got a guild lined up to join already

MBraedley

@RavenDreamer I'm hoping to win one (although I probably won't)

OrigamiRobot

@pixel Join my guild.

pixel

and nice, I was looking at one of those but they're sold out atm over here

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Then fine!

Don't agree with me!

huff

pixel

00:37

@OrigamiRobot do you even play?

Raven Dreamer

@pixel You can join multiple ones.

@pixel Europe?

pixel

@RavenDreamer yeah but I was going to play on the same server as you guys

OrigamiRobot

@pixel No, I just wanted to be included in the conversation. :(

pixel

@RavenDreamer cool

@OrigamiRobot awww

Raven Dreamer

@pixel Oh, I meant for Nexus 4.

n4checker.com

pixel

00:38

@RavenDreamer oh, yeah

Alok

@RavenDreamer gz. I hadn't realized it was back in stock :)

Raven Dreamer

@Alok Yeah, just today.

pixel

preferably sim-free

since that's how I roll

Raven Dreamer

Google Play store had another freakout over the load

OrigamiRobot

9 hours ago, by OrigamiRobot

@TylerShads That's how @pixel rolls

Ullallulloo

00:39

@RavenDreamer I really want one of those.

pixel

aww the digital deluxe offer was only for black friday

Alok

I have an Amaze (4.0 ICS), hard to justify getting N4 ... but its so tempting to get quick OS upgrades :(

pixel

ok it will take me about 2 hours to download the client, since my download speed is fluctuating between 0KB/s and 6MB/s

game is about 20gb in total?

Raven Dreamer

I have no idea, honestly.

user15026

@Alok Yeah, now that my Galaxy Nexus likely won't get the upgrades quickly (or at all) past 4.1.1 (which is has currently), I am like....must....resist....

Raven Dreamer

00:42

I have 2 TB of space, so I stopped worrying.

pixel

well I'm at 11% with 2gb of downloaded data

Raven Dreamer

> Estimated Ship:
> 6-7 weeks	1	Nexus 4 (8GB)	$299.00

pixel

yeah same, it's more of a <time> than a <space>

user15026

I am, though, more tempted to upgrade my ereader. I wants me a backlit one something terrible.

pixel

@RavenDreamer pff you get it cheaper than we do as well

MBraedley

00:43

@RavenDreamer $300? That's a damn good price for a smartphone

Raven Dreamer

@pixel 300 euroes?

user15026

Or however the Kobo GLo light works.

Raven Dreamer

@MBraedley Unlocked contract free, too!

OrigamiRobot

@pixel Yea well we can't get smart phones without data plans.

pixel

@RavenDreamer £279.99

user15026

00:43

@RavenDreamer Seriously? That's full phone price?

pixel

oh is that with a plan?

Raven Dreamer

No clue.

I know you can buy them with a plan

pixel

so you bought sim-free?

MBraedley

@RavenDreamer If my GS2 was broken, I'd definitely get it at that price. Alas, it's still working fine, so I can't justify buying a new phone.

user15026

Or is it like WINDTab, where you don't have a contract, but some of your bill goes towards paying off the leftover phone price?

user15026

00:44

so curious

Raven Dreamer

@AshleyNunn Fun Fact: An analyst predicted lower sales of Nexus 7 tablets for google, which raised their expected revenue.

Google sells nexus (nexi?) at a loss.

pixel

oh and that's the 8gb model

Raven Dreamer

@pixel I think so. I don't currently have a contract phone, though.

pixel

8gb is 239.99

Raven Dreamer

Yup. 350 for 16gb

pixel

00:45

so might work out at a similar price

user15026

@RavenDreamer Yeah, I am just surpirsed because my galaxy nexus was 200 bucks plus like a 400 "tab"

user15026

Or something to that effect

Raven Dreamer

£40 ~= $50 ?

pixel

XE says 299.99 USD = 187.262 GBP

MBraedley

@RavenDreamer Last I checked, that's pretty close

no, wait, that's backwards

Raven Dreamer

00:46

Fixt

pixel

are races largely irrelevant in GW2?

Raven Dreamer

Yes

You get 6 bonus skills based on race, but they're designed to be less powerful than class skills

pixel

so... aesthetics then

Raven Dreamer

Mostly

For example - I can't stand the Norn female voice. So I decided not to roll a valkyrie-based character.

Ergo, I play no Norn.

pixel

well since you said ranger, I will probably go Sylvari

MBraedley

00:48

@RavenDreamer google.ca/search?q=50+usd+in+gbp

Raven Dreamer

So the US is getting a sweet deal!

Alternatively: the Brits are getting screwed by America, wie immer.

pixel

@RavenDreamer c'est la vie, happens all the time

Raven Dreamer

@pixel Speaking of voices, Jennifer Hale does female Sylvari.

pixel

@RavenDreamer sold

Femme Shep crossed with Leah Cain

Raven Dreamer

You have to throw in a faux-english accent, though.

Because fantasy, and such.

MBraedley

00:51

Covering up a Newfie accent. Which she does pretty well to begin with though

pixel

oh...

Raven Dreamer

@MBraedley I had no idea what a Newfie was until I played Cards against Humanity

Lazers

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Q: Where can I see the Achievements?

In Assassins Creed III, I sometimes see "Brawler" or hunting achievements pop up, like Kill a captain (4/10) Where can I view the open achievements I still have to do? I couldn't find it anywhere in the menu.

achievements assassins-creed-3

user15026

@RavenDreamer Silly America.

Alok

@AshleyNunn GNex should be fine, unless you have Verizon version that iirc needs some carrier support for the upgrades. Pity the fools like me, with HTC phones :( - even Samsung has been faster to upgrade S2 to 4.1

user15026

00:53

@Alok I am in Canada, so I don't know if it varies or not

Alok

@AshleyNunn One of the reasons N4 has been in great demand, is the price point for unlocked no-contract smartphone. And yea no idea about Canada, guess if its cdma you could have same problems as Verizon (need carrier support). Should be fine if its gsm version afaik

MBraedley

@Alok I think Bell and Telus still run their CDMA networks, but you might not be able to get on the HSPA network if you get the CDMA phone

OrigamiRobot

@RavenDreamer I've always heard the dog breed called a Newfie.

MBraedley

@OrigamiRobot So named because of Newfoundland

pixel

oh lol

OrigamiRobot

00:58

I am aware.

pixel

I'm looking at Jennifer Hale here on Wikipedia

she's always voiced one of my favourite characters in each game she's done that I've played

and I didn't realise she was the voice of most of them

like juni from freelancer

or naomi hunter from metal gear solid

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