The Bridge

@kalina I actually have two imaginations, a background one that's imagined the scenario and told the main imagination that the scenario is not worth exploring

kalina

@badp this is obviously not true, what with you being a man and men not being able to multi task

badp

@kalina You're assuming the "background immagination" is like a task that I actively do and not just something running on the background

kalina

11:21 AM

@badp you obviously don't understand "multi-tasking"

everything is a task

badp

@kalina bleh, I am absolutely certain that if I can't do multi tasking I can do multi threading.

This has been verified in the most certain of ways

kalina

@badp I am inclined to believe multi-threading, otherwise you'd be stuck in a heartbeat->breathe loop and never get anything done

but you still can't do two things at once

badp

That's... a less socially and not any less true way of looking at it, and you can relate to it too for bonus points.

kalina

scifi.SE - the stack exchange site where questions about sweaters are on topic

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina But it's science fiction sweaters

kalina

11:28 AM

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Q: What is the deal with Daniel Jackson's sweater?

During Season 6 of Stargate SG1 after Daniel Jackson has died and ascended, he appears multiple times in a variety of episodes. In the vast majority of these appearances he is wearing a cream/beige sweater. This is the sweater I am talking about: Prior to this point in the series I don't rem...

stargate-sg1

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone with like lights and circuits and the classic vacuum-skin-tight super-thin women's armor

kalina

the less-is-more approach to female armour is stupid

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina Well there you go, a science fiction sweater. I betcha you can't find something like that on present day Earth.

I mean, that sweater must be spun out of cloned sheep wool or something

badp

@kalina minicrit.com/?comic=the-relic-of-vanu

(I don't get the punchline honestly, I'm just stopping at the sixth panel.)

kalina

@badp I'm glad you clarified this, I didn't want to just openly admit I don't get it but now we can not get it together

badp

11:35 AM

@kalina I was turning to the reddit gods to getting the punchline, and the reddit gods turned out empty

kalina

I'm so bored

I should do some work instead of looking for stuff to answer

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

On the topic of webcomics, today's Unsounded was pretty interesting

kalina

fml

bit into this sandwich and the filling fell out the other side

ok this just isn't funny

Ender

11:55 AM

All the best sandwitches are messy

badp

@kalina it obviously can't be funny without a pathetically fake facial expression on your face, a quick zoom out, a grey out and a red cross covering the scene

kalina

...

badp

Some people may also overlay "THANKS OBAMA" for greater comedic value, but I'm not one of them.

Ender

LoL

It's so obviously Obama's fault there, I can't even comment.

kalina

12:10 PM

@badp lol...

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

No question about it. Obama obviously manipulated the crystalline structure of the glass so that it'll shatter on the slightest touch

Either that, or aliens. Aliens everywhere.

kalina

I like how the guy just stands there

Ender

@RonanForman I'm interested in playing with you guys, but I pretty much exclusivly run vanilla Minecraft, when your up and around send me a msg so we can discuss what I need to do and if you dont mind answer a few questions

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Honestly I think the problem is he managed to push a pull door.

not sure though

Ender

@badp watch the top, the door immidiatly comes completly off track.

badp

12:14 PM

it still doesn't explain why the door doesn't fall flat and crash on landing then

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Also, after all the warnings about filling in the bubbles completely, I spent like 30 seconds on each one.

Ender

I'm also interested in the foot on the right hand lower side. Did he knock someone over?

@Yi LMFAO

badp

Idungeddit

automatic correction systems?

Ender

I think its more along the lines of how when ur a young child, you really dont know the consequences of over half the rules you follow

this would be a worst case scenario of that ideal I think.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp The sort of automated sheets for MCQ questions in tests

They always tell you to ONLY USE A 2B PENCIL

Ender

12:17 PM

entirely off topic, I'm currently cross training my Crew in FTL using a most accomidating automated drone ship that cant break my sheilds. YAY

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

So obviously the question to ask is, what if you use some other pencil?

Ender

BLAM!

StrixVaria

@Ender That's more on topic than most stuff on the bridge.

Ender

@StrixVaria good point

kalina

what?

conversations about games?

IN HERE?

Ender

12:18 PM

hey, while Ive got ya'll here

kalina

I'm not here

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina BURN THE HERETIC

Ender

do I need a crystal aboard my Kessler for the acheivement of having all members of the species on the ship at the same time

Lazers

0

Q: Is there a site that shows all zombie parkour runner achievements

Is there a site that has every zombie parkour runner achievements in Game Center?? or at least a vid showing all of them.

achievements game-center zombie-parkour-runner

0

Q: What are the differences between the difficulty levels in Bioshock 2?

What are the differences between the difficulty levels? Do the quantity of enemies increase in the harder difficulties? Are there any enemy AI behavior changes?

bioshock-2

0

Q: Do I need crystals too?

One of the Kessler acheivements mentions having a member of every species on your ship at the same time. Does this include the secret species, Crystal?, or are they exempt?

ftl-faster-than-light

Ender

@Lazers holy moly I asked that 30 seconds ago.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

12:23 PM

@Ender Right, but the top question is 24 minutes old

@Lazers can be hours late. The feed system is a bit of a black box

Ender

@Yi then somebody needs to dock his pay, if I'm hours late I get a counseling statement and an Article 15. Thats not fair.

kalina

@ender I assume you mean Kestral, not kessler

Ender

@Kalin Yea. Someone has been playing too much Infamous.

@Kalina Thanks, I'll accept when the minimum timer ticks off.

kalina

not sure why anybody would downvote that question either, but oh well

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Because the question can be answered by reading the in-game text of the achievement. It is the epitome of "no research effort"

Wipqozn

12:39 PM

@OrigamiRobot Exactly. I was just about to leave a comment to that effect, but you've saved me the trouble.

The description gives you an exact number, it doesn't use the word all.

Ender

I havent read the acheivement in forever. Had I done so, I'da known. shrugs it is what it is

Wipqozn

@Ender Hence the "lack of research."

Ender

I'm not arguing with that reason at all.

:)

Thats what downvotes are for

Wipqozn

Ah, okay. Sounded like you were.

In any case, I should play some X-COM.

Or some FTL...

kalina

shouldn't you two drink coffee before you start chatting? :p

Ender

12:43 PM

FTL! join the club.

kalina

mmm I might play FTL while at work

Ender

I'm farther than I've ever been! Very excited.

kalina

I'm quite bored of it now though

Ender

I still havent beat this game. I still only have two ships, with only the default layout of each. I find this game hard as ****

Ben Brocka

@DaveMcClelland didn't we find 4 eridium totems? I think we might have enough to spawn the boss then: orcz.com/Borderlands_2:_Dexiduous_Eridium_Totem_Furnace

Wipqozn

12:44 PM

@Ender I bought it back at launch, but haven't played it in a while.

@Ender I got to the final boss, on the final form, and then died...I was sad :(

Ender

@Wipqozn god that sounds fustrating. Alas, the nature of Rogue-like's.

kalina

@Ender it's meant to be hard

Ben Brocka

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I once had a teacher insist I use a number 2 pencil not a mechanical one. WHAT IF IT MATTERS OH GOD

Ender

@kalina yea but my best friend gets all the lucky rolls, he played for a week and had the game beat on easy, and normal, AND had like 5 ships unlocked with 2 layouts for some of them.

@Kalina he started to make me think I sucked at the game, until I read more information about it here, and realized he was just super lucky.

OrigamiRobot

@Ender I've only beat the game with Kestrel Layout B

kalina

12:46 PM

I think I actually spent longer playing FTL than I did XCOM

I don't think I've completed XCOM yet

I just liked naming all of my little people after people from arqade and then getting them killed

Mad Scientist

I've only beaten it on easy, when I got a ridiculously good set of weapons

Ender

I wanna try xcom so bad. It looks cool as heck. The friend I just mentioned owns it for Xbox

OrigamiRobot

The latter two achievements for the Kestrel are much easier than the first.

Ender

Except he pcs'ed back to the states, so I cant play it on his xbox lol

kalina

GnomeSlice died a lot

3

Ender

12:47 PM

@origamiRobot isnt the third acheivement the one to repair back from 1hp? I find that kinda hard

kalina

I would use the sniper shared sight trait and then charge in with gnomeslice

and pick them off with my sniper

Wipqozn

@Ender It's actually really easy. You just need to go against a really weak enemy, and then fly away once you hit 1 HP.

OrigamiRobot

@Ender Nah, just get within one jump of a store, let a ship hit you until you're at one, and jump away to the store.

Ender

@wipqozn wow. Yea, if you put it that way it doesn't seem as hard.

kalina

@Ender attack an enemy until its nearly dead, drop your shields, afk a bit, moment you're at 1hp shields up to full and attack or run

Ender

12:48 PM

Maybe I DO suck at the game. lol

OrigamiRobot

I beat the 2nd stage of the flagship taking only 1 hit

Ender

Human, Mantis, Engi, Rock, Zoltan... what am I forgetting?

OrigamiRobot

Slug

Ender

Ahh! thanks.

OrigamiRobot

Unfortunately, that 1 hit took me from 2 hull to 1 hull...

No way I could beat the whole third stage with 1 hull

Wipqozn

12:49 PM

I love slugs!

Ender

Does completing any of the non-ship-related acheivements reward you with anything?

OrigamiRobot

Not that I know of.

Wipqozn

The Slug Cruiser A is an amazing ship. It's perfect for taking out crew members, which results in you getting a lot more scrap.

Ender

@Wipqozn my favorite way to win a battle.

Ill take your lives. O yes, I'll take your ship too.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot I disabled weapons and killed the people in all the weapons rooms except one on the first phase

Ender

12:53 PM

Really really excited on this run. Have 5 crew members, 2 manti, 1 engi, 2 humans. Cross training time now for maxed piloting and sheilds on all crew members. Plenty of hull and scrap. Ooo boy. This might be the run!

OrigamiRobot

@kalina I did what I could, but I only had two crew members left and the third stage is boarders.

@Ender Cross training seems very hard for anything other than guns.

Ender

@Origami its actually super easy for everything BUT guns. Find a ship that cant breach your sheilds.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot nah, upgrade your shields early and just shield tank stuff while swapping people around as they finish level 2

Ender

What @kalina said.

OrigamiRobot

My guns always get to level 2 long before anything else.

kalina

12:55 PM

should at least fully train a pilot and engine room person up by the end of the second sector

OrigamiRobot

Hell, my guns get to level 2 before anything else gets to level 1

kalina

@OrigamiRobot you spend too much time being violent

more violets I say, less violence

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina I say, you do look rather purple today

kalina

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I am purple tree person

OrigamiRobot

@YiJiang'sEvilClone She is a former grape juice stain.

kalina

12:57 PM

@OrigamiRobot dot dot dot

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Aaaaaangry Beavers

kalina

oh I see, is this one of those days where I end up dominating the stars list until the afternoon comes around?

too predictable

Ender

lol

@kalina speak of the devil...

kalina

I am not the devil

although it would be rather cool

badp

kalina

1:01 PM

@badp I don't get it

badp

I don't know know if that's enough violet

Ender

Needs more cowbell.

kalina

nothing ever needs more cowbell

sigh

one more hour and I will start doing some work

CruelCow

@OrigamiRobot Only 2, what happened?

badp

You push my artistic prowess to the limit

OrigamiRobot

1:08 PM

@CruelCow I started the sector with half my hull and all the repair points were captured before I could get to them.

Ender

@badp. Definitly an improvement. Still tho, somethings missing. Needs more cowbell

CruelCow

Ouch, that's unfortunate. But why did that lead to losing all your crew?

kalina

@CruelCow he became suicidal and vented the atmosphere out of his ship

OrigamiRobot

@CruelCow I only had 4 going in.

CruelCow

Weird, I always find so many that I hit the limit. You're fighting the slavers right?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

1:10 PM

@kalina I didn't knew FTL featured dorfs

badp

@Ender Fine.

kalina

@YiJiang'sEvilClone dorfs?

Ender

@badp. Wow. Even the cowbell has cowbell. Impressive.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina Dwarf Fortress. Dorfs

kalina

never played dwarf fortress

OrigamiRobot

1:12 PM

@CruelCow Most of the time I get a full crew, I just for unlucky this time.

Ender

wow and after killing the automated drone I was cross-training against, i got ANOTHER crew member

O yea. This is the run.

badp

Every time I felt like that in a roguelike, I died in a horrible and stupid way little ways later

kalina

@badp this

every time you think you're winning, it means you're about to die

Ender

STOP RAINING ON MY PARADE!

kalina

any moment now you'll come up against a ship that will destroy your oxygen systems on the first attack and then firebomb you

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

1:14 PM

@kalina All you need to know is that if you manage to get the dorfs in DF sad enough, like say by killing their relatives, they can go on suicidal rampages. Which often kills some other dorf. And the whole thing can snowball until your entire fortress turns in on itself.

fbueckert

Was there not a question similar to this asked just a short while ago?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

One of the best ways for a fortress to go, in my opinion

kalina

@YiJiang'sEvilClone harsh

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@fbueckert He asked how to get a specific hidden achievement

The question appears to be deleted now

fbueckert

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Probably deleted because he didn't get an answer. So he asks something similar.

badp

1:17 PM

@kalina Did you mean... Fun

kalina

@badp the terms aren't mutually exclusive

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone gaming.stackexchange.com/revisions/101599/5

kalina

unlike 'badp' and 'awesome', which are two words you can never see together

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp Not a 10k'er

kalina

do I put in the effort to rep cap today, or not

badp

1:19 PM

1 min ago, by kalina

unlike 'badp' and 'awesome', which are two words you can never see together

kalina

@badp yes, I said it

Wipqozn

@badp I think you're awesome, badp.

kalina

:O

those mutually exclusive words used together!

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Wipqozn I think I just saw @kalina's head explode

kalina

feint

badp

1:21 PM

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I felt that too.

btw

does anybody want Firefall beta invites? I have 7.

kalina

are we allowed to raise questions about it on arqade?

Lazers

0

Q: What happens to items in pipes when a chunk is unloaded?

I have a quarry, which keeps its chunks loaded, outputting into buildcraft pipes. If I were to disconnect from the server, what would happen to the items in the pipes in the chunks that were unloaded? What about new items heading through pipes into unloaded chunks?

minecraft minecraft-buildcraft

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp New FPS MMO, right?

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone actually runs on normal hardware unlike Planetside

kalina

planetside was never very optimised anyway

don't know why people expected planetside 2 to be better

MBraedley

1:26 PM

How is this still outvoting by my answer?

kalina

@MBraedley obviously the other answer is the bestest

StrixVaria

MBraedley

@kalina I'm assuming that's sarcasm, because it's completely false

kalina

@MBraedley I wouldn't use the word 'bestest' in a serious sentence

speaking of Meth

3

when is Breaking Bad back on?

50% of stars belong to me

doesn't quite have the same ring to it as "all your base" but I guess it'll do

Ender

wow

MBraedley

1:32 PM

@Wipqozn have you left your house yet? My twitter feed this morning was almost entirely hfxtraffic.

Ender

My IRL name is Lombardi. And by pure coincidence, my newest crew member is named Lombard.

Fluttershy

I am down voting the next question I see that says "Downvoter(s) please leave a comment."

6

And I'm not going to comment.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Fluttershy reddit.com/r/firstworldanarchists

CruelCow

@Fluttershy People who star this message, please comment.

3

Ender

@badp I hate you.

badp

1:37 PM

@Ender Thanks <3

How can I disappoint you today?

Ender

@badp asteroid field + enemy ship with 3 different weapons AND an anti-ship drone.

I lasted about 40 seconds. Maybe.

I had 7 crew members over 200 scrap, upgraded doors and sheilds and a drone control system with an antiship drone of my own.

OrigamiRobot

@Ender Don't be afraid to run away, coward.

Ender

@Origami I died before my ftl charged

I had an FTL prebooster. I was rollin in it

Dave McClelland

@BenBrocka Yeah, I saw that. I'm pretty sure we had found 4 of them. Sadly, I won't be around to play for a few days, since I've got friends visiting from tonight until Tuesday :/

badp

The "best" part is that likely the system grabbed network data, including my message, to get entropy for its random number god which then decided to throw that your way

Ender

1:39 PM

@badp -.- lol

badp

However, it also included everybody else's message

So we're ALL to blame!

Ender

CURSE YOU BRIDGE!

badp

even if you didn't bring this up to begin with we would've still affected the outcome!!

(I'm assuming Windows has something like /dev/random vs /dev/urandom, which might be a stretch)

Ender